Chemistry World podcast – March 2015

Chemistry World podcast – March 2015

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AlphaGenome & the RNA world hypothesis | The chemical breakdown podcast

This week, we discuss the new deep learning model AlphaGenome and visit the very beginning of life on Earth with Mason Wakley and Neil Withers. Google DeepMind has released a new deep learning model that can predict the effect of small changes to DNA sequences up to one million b ...  Show more

Bench-stable butyllithium & secrets of Pompeii's limescale | The chemical breakdown podcast

This week, we discuss new butyllithium formulations and ancient limescale chemistry with Emma Pewsey and Phillip Broadwith. New bench-stable tert- and n-butyllithium formulations developed by Merck KGaA, should make organometallic chemistry safer and more accessible. What's diffe ...  Show more

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