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ChemMatters: Episode 2 - Plastics Go Green Apr 26, 2010

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Earth Day Episode 6: Plants — The Hardcore Cleaning Machines! Apr 26, 2010

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Don’t let the Pennycress plant’s wimpy name fool you — this flowery little plant is known as a “hyperaccumulator,” which can suck up toxic amounts of heavy metals and help clean up polluted land.
Intro theme and various sound effects by Adam Dylewski; music by DoKashiteru (via ccMixter.org); Creative Commons licensed audio from freesound.iua.upf.edu includes sound by Justine Angus, thanvannispen, cognito, dobroide, Erdie, theta4, belloq, Connum, mikejedw and batchku.

Earth Day Episode 5: Plants – the Green Machines Apr 26, 2010

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Learn all about the plant “machinery” behind photosynthesis, the process of how plants make their own food.
Intro theme and various sound effects by Adam Dylewski; music by DoKashiteru (via ccMixter.org); Creative Commons licensed audio from freesound.iua.upf.edu includes sound by Justine Angus, thanvannispen, cognito, dobroide, Erdie, theta4, belloq, Connum, mikejedw and batchku.

Earth Day Episode 4: Phytoremediation Apr 26, 2010

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Plants are amazing cleaning machines, and scientists are using them to pull pollutants right out of the ground using a technique called phytoremediation.
Intro theme and various sound effects by Adam Dylewski; music by DoKashiteru (via ccMixter.org); Creative Commons licensed audio from freesound.iua.upf.edu includes sound by Justine Angus, thanvannispen, cognito, dobroide, Erdie, theta4, belloq, Connum, mikejedw and batchku.

Earth Day Episode 3: Defensive Plants Make Medicine Apr 26, 2010

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A huge amount of plant material is produced every year when plants die or are harvested. In this podcast, we find out how scientists are using all of this plant matter to make useful biofuel.
Intro theme and various sound effects by Adam Dylewski; music by DoKashiteru (via ccMixter.org); Creative Commons licensed audio from freesound.iua.upf.edu includes sound by Justine Angus, thanvannispen, cognito, dobroide, Erdie, theta4, belloq, Connum, mikejedw and batchku.

Earth Day Episode 2: Defensive Plants Make Medicines Apr 26, 2010

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A huge amount of plant material is produced every year when plants die or are harvested. In this podcast, we find out how scientists are using all of this plant matter to make useful biofuel.
Intro theme and various sound effects by Adam Dylewski; music by Yacht; Creative Commons licensed audio from freesound.iua.upf.edu includes sound by morganTJ, levinj, mikejedw, Halleck, Erdle, sukaton, lonemonk and Heigh-hoo.

Earth Day Episode 1: Plants—The Energy-Capturing Machines Apr 26, 2010

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A huge amount of plant material is produced every year when plants die or are harvested. In this podcast, we find out how scientists are using all of this plant matter to make useful biofuel.
Intro theme and various sound effects by Adam Dylewski; music by Yacht; Creative Commons licensed audio from freesound.iua.upf.edu includes sound by morganTJ, levinj, mikejedw, Halleck, Erdle, sukaton, lonemonk and Heigh-hoo.

Bytesize Video Episode 9: How a worm's natural glue could help mend broken bones Mar 04, 2010

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Bytesize Video Episode 8: Taking sharper aim at pesky stomach ulcer bacteria Jan 06, 2010

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Thanksgiving and Chemistry: What's the connection? Nov 23, 2009

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