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    Plastics from Potatoes, Rubber from Rice

    This talk shows that the incorporation of a simple salt can lead to a flexible plastic with mechanical properties similar to oil derived plastics. Most importantly these plastics are recyclable and ultimately compostable.

    Infections and the Brain

    Control measures including vaccination have reduced the risk of some, but not all, of these very serious infections. This lecture will cover how infections get into the brain, their effect and how we can prevent and treat them.

    From Test-Tube to YouTube

    This lecture tells a startling and unexpected story of science-communication success: the YouTube channel 'The Periodic Table of Videos,' which boasts over 130 million views in more than 200 counties. What is the secret to this educational success?

    A Little Light Relief

    Light, particularly sunlight, has always occupied a mystical power and is commonly held to bestow good health upon recipients of its rays. Both the truth and fallacy in this will be demonstrated with science of photo-medicine from a chemist’s point of view.

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