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Carbon Snake Experiment

by Kristen Pace
Carbon Snake Experiment
for All ages,
Teaching modules | All ages | 8 years ago | 4666 views
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00:35:00

How to Synthesize a Wide Variety of Optically Active Compounds with >99% Optical Purity

by Ei-ichi Negishi
How to Synthesize a Wide Variety of Optically Active Compounds with >99% Optical Purity
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 8 years ago | 1460 views
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The discovery and synthetic applications of a widely applicable and highly enantioselective (>99% ee) protocol consisting of the 'ZACA reaction' (Zr-catalyzed asymmetric carboalumination of alkenes), purification of the ZACA-products by lipase-cat....

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00:38:00

Factors Affecting Magnetic and Electric Order in Perovskite-Like Metal-Organic Frameworks

by Nandita Abhyankar
Factors Affecting Magnetic and Electric Order in Perovskite-Like Metal-Organic Frameworks
for 14-19 and upwards,
Postgraduate presentations | 14-19 and upwards | 8 years ago | 1554 views
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Creativity Synthesis Chemistry: CO2 + Water +Photons

by Harry Kroto
Creativity Synthesis Chemistry: CO2 + Water +Photons
for 14-18 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-18 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1683 views
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Dr. Kroto talks about his favorite synthesis reaction in chemistry

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Lab Synthesis and Radio Detection of Long Carbon Chains HC5N, HC7N, HC9N in Interstellar Space

by Harry Kroto
Lab Synthesis and Radio Detection of Long Carbon Chains HC5N, HC7N, HC9N in Interstellar Space
for 14-18 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-18 and upwards | 9 years ago | 2043 views
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A brief explanation of the methods to creating a carbon chain, and detection of the frequency of a photon emitted by a rotating molecule, and how these methods led to the discovery of new organic compounds in the constellation Taurus

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00:32:00

Part 3: Selective Microwave Heating of a Polar Reaction Substrate

by Gregory Dudley
Part 3: Selective Microwave Heating of a Polar Reaction Substrate
for 18-22 and upwards22 and upwards,
LecturesPostgraduate presentations | 18-22 and upwards22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 2837 views
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In part three of this three part series, FSU chemist Dr. Gregory Dudley, summarizes the conclusions of ongoing FSU microwave chemistry research. He discusses the implications and future prospects of microwave research, addressing how other labs could....

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00:30:00

Part 1: Selective Microwave Heating Design and Theory

by Gregory Dudley
Part 1: Selective Microwave Heating Design and Theory
for 18-22 and upwards22 and upwards,
LecturesPostgraduate presentations | 18-22 and upwards22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 3933 views
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In part one of this three part series, FSU chemist Dr. Gregory Dudley, puts forth the controversy that surrounds microwave chemistry research, he outlines physical theory of microwave chemistry, and discusses the research teams central design hypothe....

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Microwave Chemistry Introduction: Your dial goes up to 11

by Gregory Dudley
Microwave Chemistry Introduction: Your dial goes up to 11
for 18-22 and upwards22 and upwards,
DiscussionsLecturesPostgraduate presentations | 18-22 and upwards22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 2942 views
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This is the introduction to a three part research presentation on microwave chemistry given by FSU chemist Dr. Gregory Dudley. Dudley reports on joint FSU research surrounding microwave chemistry and its previously unknown potential in lab applicatio....

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00:34:00

Discovery of Nitric Oxide and Cyclic GMP in Cell Signalling and their Role in Drug Development

by Ferid Murad
Discovery of Nitric Oxide and Cyclic GMP in Cell Signalling and their Role in Drug Development
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 2895 views
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The role of nitric oxide in cellular signaling in the past three decades has become one of the most rapidly growing areas in biology. Nitric oxide is a gas and a free radical with an unshared electron that can regulate an ever-growing list of biolog....

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00:42:00

Discovery of Nitric Oxide and Cyclic GMP in Cell Signaling and Their Role in Drug Development

by Ferid Murad
Discovery of Nitric Oxide and Cyclic GMP in Cell Signaling and Their Role in Drug Development
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 2376 views
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The role of nitric oxide in cellular signaling in the past three decades has become one of the most rapidly growing areas in biology. Nitric oxide is a gas and a free radical with an unshared electron that can regulate an ever-growing list of biolog....

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00:33:00

Structural Biology and its Translation into Practice and Business: My Experience

by Robert Huber
Structural Biology and its Translation into Practice and Business: My Experience
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1588 views
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As a student in the early 1960s, I had the privilege to attend winter seminars organized by my mentor, W. Hoppe, and by M. Perutz, which took place in a small guesthouse in the Bavarian-Austrian Alps. The entire community of a handful of protein cry....

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00:51:00

Nitric oxide as a messenger molecule and its role in drug development

by Ferid Murad
Nitric oxide as a messenger molecule and its role in drug development
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1378 views
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The role of nitric oxide in cellular signaling in the past three decades has become one of the most rapidly growing areas in biology. Nitric oxide is a gas and a free radical with an unshared electron that can regulate an ever-growing list of biolog....

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00:39:00

Recent Advances in Olefin Metathesis Catalyzed by Molybdenum and Tungsten Alkylidene Complexes

by Richard Schrock
Recent Advances in Olefin Metathesis Catalyzed by Molybdenum and Tungsten Alkylidene Complexes
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1622 views
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In the process of preparing M(NR)(CHCMe2R')(OR")2 (R' = Me or Ph) species (or analogs that contain enantiomerically pure biphenolate or binaphtholate ligands) in situ by treating M(NR)(CHCMe2R')(pyrrolide)2 species with alcohols, we have discovered M....

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00:35:00

From ‘On Water’ and Enzyme Catalysis to Single Molecules and Quantum Dots, Theory and Experiment

by Rudolph Marcus
From ‘On Water’ and Enzyme Catalysis to Single Molecules and Quantum Dots, Theory and Experiment
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1539 views
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Much of theoretical chemistry has involved equations and their application to experiments, Debye, Debye-Hueckel, Transition State Theory, Kramers, LCAO, RRKM, among others. In fortunate circumstances one can, as in a theory of electron transfer reac....

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00:31:00

Chemistry: the Key to Our Future

by Ryoji Noyori
Chemistry: the Key to Our Future
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1386 views
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Chemistry is not merely a science of making observations in order to better understand Nature. Our science is creative and productive, generating substances of very high value from almost nothing. Chemists already have made enormous contribution to....

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00:31:00

From Atoms to Complexity: Reactions at Surfaces

by Gerhard Ertl
From Atoms to Complexity: Reactions at Surfaces
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1338 views
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The interaction of molecules with the surfaces of solids forms the basis of heterogeneous catalysis and can now be investigated in atomic detail. Systems of this kind may, on the other hand, serve as models for studying self-organisation of matter le....

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00:30:00

Cross-Coupling Reactions of Organoboranes: An Easy Way for Carbon-Carbon Bonding

by Akira Suzuki
Cross-Coupling Reactions of Organoboranes: An Easy Way for Carbon-Carbon Bonding
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 2473 views
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The palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction between different types of organoboron compounds and various organic halides in the presence of base provides a powerful and general methodology for the formation of carbon-carbon bonds.  The (sp3)C-B ....

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00:34:00

Advances in Olefin Metathesis Employing Molybdenum and Tungsten Catalysts

by Richard Schrock
Advances in Olefin Metathesis Employing Molybdenum and Tungsten Catalysts
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1633 views
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Olefin metathesis is an irresistible way to make C=C bonds catalytically in organic molecules and polymers, both as a consequence of its very nature, i.e. the synthesis of C=C bonds from C=C bonds, and because of the control that can be exercised thr....

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00:09:00

Turning Mountains into Mole Hills: Moderating Strain without Sacrificing Reactivity

by Brian Gold
Turning Mountains into Mole Hills: Moderating Strain without Sacrificing Reactivity
for 18-22 and upwards,
Postgraduate presentations | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 2190 views
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Florida State graduate student Brian Gold discusses his research into click chemistry, that is building complex molecules using simple reactions that always work. Brian's project focuses on increasing ring strain of organic molecules without reducing....

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00:08:00

Organometallic uranium chemistry: small molecule activation

by Jessica Higgins
Organometallic uranium chemistry: small molecule activation
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 10 years ago | 4427 views
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Jess gives a lively account of her work which involves the study of how uranium organ-metallics can catalyse unusual and useful reactions.  She is a PhD student at the University of Sussex, UK.

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00:59:00

Making the tiniest machines

by David Leigh
Making the tiniest machines
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1595 views
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Over the past few years some of the first examples of synthetic molecular level machines and motors Ñ all be they primitive by biological standards Ñhave been developed. These molecules respond to light, chemical and electrical stimuli, inducing mo....

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00:45:00

Science Advice and Policy Making

by John Cadogan
Science Advice and Policy Making
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1862 views
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Professor Sir John Cadogan was awarded the RSC Lord Lewis Prize 2010 in recognition of his distinguished research in organic chemistry and his wide-ranging, distinctive and significant contributions in industry and public service.

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00:20:00

Suzuki Coupling Reactions

by Akira Suzuki
Suzuki Coupling Reactions
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 3101 views
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The discoverer of these really useful reactions talks about their discovery and development.

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01:01:00

Discovery of a dynamic atmosphere at one of Saturn’s moons, Enceladus

by Michele Dougherty
Discovery of a dynamic atmosphere at one of Saturn’s moons, Enceladus
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 11 years ago | 2118 views
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In recent years, Enceladus, Saturn's sixth largest moon, has become a major attraction for scientists, with many believing it offers the best hope we have of discovering other life in our solar system. NASA's Cassini spacecraft has been orbiting Satu....

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00:29:00

Coprolite Chemistry – what fossilised faeces can tell us about extinct animals

by Fiona Gill
Coprolite Chemistry – what fossilised faeces can tell us about extinct animals
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 11 years ago | 2693 views
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Faeces contains a complex mixture of chemical compounds, including substances from the diet and digestive processes. By better understanding the biology of extinct animals we can gain insights into how they interacted with their environment and poten....

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00:43:00

‘How should a chemist understand brewing?’ Beer and theory around 1800

by James Sumner
‘How should a chemist understand brewing?’ Beer and theory around 1800
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 11 years ago | 2033 views
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Eighteenth-century chemists could gain useful income and patronage as advisors to industry – and some of the wealthiest and most influential industrialists were brewers. Making chemical knowledge credible to this audience, however, was not always e....

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00:06:00

Catalytic Clothing

by Tony Ryan
Catalytic Clothing
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 11 years ago | 3349 views
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When science meets fashion exciting things happen. Unlikely collaborators designer Helen Storey MBE and scientist Tony Ryan OBE have teamed up for Catalytic Clothing - a radical project that endeavours to clean the air we breathe through the clothes ....

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Properties of secondary organic particles

by Guanto Zhang
Properties of secondary organic particles
for 22 and upwards,
Lectures | 22 and upwards | 12 years ago | 1741 views
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Surface Chemistry of cis- and trans-Stilbene on TiO2

by Max Mankin
Surface Chemistry of cis- and trans-Stilbene on TiO2
for 22 and upwards,
Lectures | 22 and upwards | 12 years ago | 4052 views
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Metal Flux Synthesis Media for Magnetic Compounds

by Susan Latturner
Metal Flux Synthesis Media for Magnetic Compounds
for 22 and upwards,
Lectures | 22 and upwards | 13 years ago | 2036 views
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Early rare earth metals (La, Ce, Pr, Nd) combined with late first row transition metals (Fe, Co, Ni) can produce low melting eutectic mixtures. For instance, a 75:25 mole percent mixture of La and Ni forms a eutectic that melts at 532 õC. We are inv....

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00:09:00

The History of Nitrous Oxide

by Gina Nicoloso
The History of Nitrous Oxide
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 2070 views
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A look at the interesting history of nitrous oxide

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00:12:00

The Chemistry of Gasoline

by Anna Meyer
The Chemistry of Gasoline
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 3515 views
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Explaining the chemistry behind gasoline. Also given is an explanation of ethanol, an alternative fuel.

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00:11:00

Green Chemistry – an overview

by Julie Bowditch
Green Chemistry – an overview
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1887 views
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A general overview and a brief history of the green movement.

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00:12:00

Carbon Sequestration

by Kyle Serniak
Carbon Sequestration
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 2719 views
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Why is carbon sequestration so important?

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00:10:00

Green Chemistry

by Rachael Dean
Green Chemistry
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1721 views
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Green chemistry

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01:01:00

Finding the right balance: from rare gases to ribosomes

by Carol Robinson
Finding the right balance: from rare gases to ribosomes
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1998 views
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In this lecture Carol discusses the developments in accurately weighing atoms and molecules, from the earliest experiments used to examine gases through to the analysis of organic chemicals. She describes how she and other researchers developed innov....

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00:06:00

Catalysts and collaborations

by Richard Schrock
Catalysts and collaborations
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 2051 views
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Catalysts facilitate almost every reaction in the human body. They also enable us to make all kinds of molecules in the lab, and few people have contributed more to this field than Richard Schrock. Can he help Norweigan student Christer pstad to cata....

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The Periodic Table as you’ve never seen it before

by Martyn Poliakoff
The Periodic Table as you’ve never seen it before
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 2200 views
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A wonderful set of videos about all the elements, available interactively from the opening page.

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00:08:00

Bucky Balls

by Jonathan Hare
Bucky Balls
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 15 years ago | 2547 views
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The Buckyball, or C-60 molecule was discovered by accident (in the lab) while trying to understand the chemistry between the stars in the Interstellar Medium ISM. The discovery led to the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1996. Here we look at the structur....

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00:03:00

Manchester United

by Harry Kroto
Manchester United
for 11-14 and upwards,
Workshops | 11-14 and upwards | 15 years ago | 8096 views
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A workshop in Chemistry at Old Trafford.

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00:45:00

Nesta Inspire Workshop

by Harry Kroto
Nesta Inspire Workshop
for 11-14 and upwards,
Workshops | 11-14 and upwards | 15 years ago | 8662 views
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Harry Kroto and Jonathan Hare give a workshop at the University of Sussex to local school children and simultaneously video conference with children at Leicester, Imperial, Cardiff, and Edinburgh universities.

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00:05:00

Giant Fullerenes

by Jonathan Hare
Giant Fullerenes
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 15 years ago | 2540 views
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C-60, the football caged molecule is the head of a family of carbon based structures called the Fullerenes. In this presentation we ook at the larger structures, the giant fullerenes and among other things we will explore the 60nrule us....

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00:58:00

How to be Right and Wrong

by John Cornforth
How to be Right and Wrong
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 15 years ago | 1798 views
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Nobel Laureate Professor Sir John Cornforth, overcomes his deafness to present an elegant account of how he, and his wife Rita, disentangled a historically important puzzle in steroid synthesis.

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00:29:00

Nuclear magnetic resonance and macromolecules

by Kurt Wurthrich
Nuclear magnetic resonance and macromolecules
for 18-22 and upwards,
Interviews | 18-22 and upwards | 15 years ago | 1813 views
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Kurt Wurthrich was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2002 'for his development of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy for determining the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules in solution' He now shares his life between his....

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00:42:00

Atmospheric Chemistry

by Sherwood Rowland
Atmospheric Chemistry
for 14-19 and upwards,
Interviews | 14-19 and upwards | 15 years ago | 2261 views
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In this interview Sherwood Rowland talks about Ozone depletion and the effect of CFCs on Ozone and Global Warming (Greenhouse Warming where infrared radiation is trapped). He explains the chemistry of Ozone depletion and the history of what led to th....

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00:40:00

Discovery and development of conductive polymers.

by Alan MacDiarmid
Discovery and development of conductive polymers.
for 18-22 and upwards,
Interviews | 18-22 and upwards | 15 years ago | 12056 views
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Alan MacDiarmid was the first New Zealand born and educated Nobel Prize (Chemistry, 2000) winner since Maurice Wilkins in 1962. In this interview MacDiarmid talks about the science that he was awarded the Nobel Prize for, the discovery of the first c....

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00:40:00

Conductive Polymers

by Alan Heeger
Conductive Polymers
for 18-22 and upwards,
Interviews | 18-22 and upwards | 15 years ago | 3335 views
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Heeger says that he started as a physicist and thinks like a physicist but got interested in the late 70's in the study of materials. For him it was a natural evolution to move to polymers and in 1975 he began working with Alan MacDiarmid and became ....

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00:29:00

Enzyme-Catalysed Reactions

by John Cornforth
Enzyme-Catalysed Reactions
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 15 years ago | 2194 views
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John Cornforth, (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1975), is a member of the Royal Society and is still very active in chemistry research at Sussex University. This section from longer archive recordings shows his warmth and personality, and gives an insight....

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