Chemistry World Podcast

We speak to the 'sultan of synthesis', Phil Baran, and Peter James explains how labs can save cash on energy bills

Why are researchers boycotting a conference? How can Raman spectroscopy reveal the true colours of paintings? And how can shrimp shells help clean the ocean?

This month, synthetic DNA bases and chemistry using smartphones

This month, alternatives to animal testing and exploring actinide chemistry

This month, we examine the controversy surrounding the Turin shroud and explore the history of crystallography

We discover how spin chemistry guides migrating birds and explore the science of cheese

Michelle Francl helps us tackle chemophobia, and we discover the history, art and science of alloys with David Dye

Chemists are helping palaeontologists discover the palette of fossil pigments, and helping toxicologists design greener compounds

Emma Smith surveys the prospects for chemistry graduates and Polly Arnold looks at plugging the leaky pipeline of women in chemistry

Loren Williams explains how the ribosome hints at the origins of life, and Kevin Greenlees discusses veterinary drug development