SciFri Radio: Chemistry
SciFri Radio: Magnetic Soap May Help Clean Up Spilled Oil
Scientists have created an iron-containing soap that can be removed from solution with a magnet.
SciFri Radio: The Science Behind ‘Breaking Bad’
The science adviser for the TV series ‘Breaking Bad’ talks about getting the science right.
SciFri Radio: Science Diction: The Origins of the Bunsen Burner
Historian Howard Markel talks about chemist Robert Bunsen and how his namesake apparatus came to be.
SciFri Radio: Using DNA To Shape Nanostructures
Chemist Chad Mirkin describes advances in using DNA molecules to shape nanoscale crystal structures.
SciFri Radio: Video Pick: Mapping Flames
Two engineers are videoing fire with high speed cameras to try to make a 3D reconstruction of a flame.
SciFri Radio: Science Diction: The Origin Of ‘Chemistry’
Howard Markel discusses the origins of the word ‘chemistry,’ said to have roots in Egypt or Greece.
SciFri Radio: High Tech Meets High Art In ‘Modernist Cuisine’
Nathan Myhrvold shares tips and recipes from his new six-volume, 2,438-page cookbook.
SciFri Radio: Don't Cork That Champagne
Chemist Richard Zare and food writer Harold McGee discuss the best way to store leftover Champagne.
SciFri Radio: Science Diction: Atom
What is the origin of the word "atom?"
SciFri Radio: Happy Birthday, Buckyballs!
Twenty-five years ago this month, researchers first identified buckminsterfullerenes -- chemical structures shaped like tiny carbon soccer balls.
SciFri Videos: Chemistry
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Video: A Recipe for Slime
Want to make slime? Two chemistry students from Hofstra University in Long Island, New York share their recipe. Also, find out how to make the...
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Video: Grease Lightning: How Biofuel is Made
How do you turn fat drippings into fuel? Just add chemicals! Watch the biofuel production process from start to finish--from slurping grease at a...
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Video: Beer: The Foam is Sexy
Live from Milwaukee, WI--Ira talks with beer experts about the trick to good foam.
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Video: Making Spirits, Distilled
Thirsty? Learn how to make vodka and gin. Doug MacKenzie, master distiller at Great Lakes Distillery in Milwaukee, WI, and Kent Kirshenbaum, a...
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Video: Turning Carbon Dioxide into Stone
What if you could take CO2, pump it down a deep hole in the sea floor and turn it into something harmless? New research suggests the idea is not so...
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Video: The Scoop on Stretchy Ice Cream
A traditional Turkish ice cream stretches like silly putty. What makes the ice cream stretchy? We stopped in at a recent meeting of the
SciFri Newsbriefs: Chemistry
Newsbrief: Crystal Ball
Researchers have grown a crystal that bends in light. Under the right rays, the crystal can even catapult a gold ball ninety times heavier than...
Newsbrief: Toxic Sponge
Researchers invented a new material that sucks mercury and other heavy metals out of polluted water.
Newsbrief: A Natural Attraction
Scientists making new adhesives are looking to nature for recipes.
Newsbrief: The End of the Drip Line?
Researchers try to find the heaviest isotope of them all.
Newsbrief: Chemical Leaks when Water is Hot
Study shows that when exposed to hot water, more bisphenol A leaks out.
Newsbrief: 3D, Without the Glasses
One step closer to glasses-free 3D movies.
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