Radium
Our Changing World for 3 October 2019
3 Oct 2019
Peter Griffin investigates the ethics and possibilities around achieving immortality, and Allan Blackman looks at the chemical element radium. Audio
Radium - famous but not very useful
27 Sep 2019
Radium was famously found by the Curies, and was once widely used in face creams, drinks and luminous watch dials, despite being highly radioactive, says Allan Blackman in ep 66 of Elemental. Audio
Radium - famous but not very useful
27 Sep 2019
Radium was famously found by the Curies, and was once widely used in face creams, drinks and luminous watch dials, despite being highly radioactive, says Allan Blackman in ep 66 of Elemental.
Audio