Marie Curie lecturer Dr Nicola Gaston from the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology spoke on Nights with Bryan Crump.

Listen to her speak about the periodic table, the properties of radioactive elements and the contribution Marie Curie made to chemistry.

http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/nights/20110310

The song Nicola and Bryan refer to during the interview is ‘The Element Song’ by Tom Lehrer. You can listen to it here.