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Chemistry World March 24, 2011 Rebecca Trager	Flights from Japan trip US airport radiation detectors Low levels of radiation have been detected on planes arriving at US airports from Japan, but experts say that overly sensitive detectors are culpable and the public should not be concerned.
Chemistry World March 23, 2011	Antibacterial Clays Kill with Iron US researchers have made a step towards understanding why some natural clays are antibacterial, boosting the chances that they could one day be used as alternatives to antibiotic drugs.
Chemistry World March 22, 2011 Amaya Camara-Campos	Microfluidics to diagnose sleeping sickness Jonas Tegenfeldt from the University of Lund developed a microfluidic device that separates the parasites in this disease from the blood cells using their shape, because parasites and red blood cells are very difficult to separate by size.
Chemistry World March 21, 2011 Michael Gross	Origin of life experiments revisited Modern analysis of forgotten samples has given chemists in the US additional insights the origins of life on Earth.
Chemistry World March 21, 2011 James Urquhart	Seeing clearly with silicone School children in developing countries who have poor vision could soon see clearly thanks to cheap self-adjustable glasses that use silicone fluid to control the lens power.
Chemistry World March 20, 2011 Simon Hadlington	Amino acids flag risk of diabetes Raised levels of certain amino acids in the blood could flag up the possibility of someone developing diabetes later in life, researchers in the US have discovered.
Chemistry World March 18, 2011 Rebecca Brodie	Digging deeper into bone fossils The accuracy of studies on ancient bones of interest to archaeologists and paleontologists can be improved thanks to a new procedure designed by scientists in France.
Chemistry World March 18, 2011 Yuandi Li	Carbon capture with sawdust Plants may help to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere when dead as well as alive, say scientists from Spain.
Chemistry World March 18, 2011 Holly Sheahan	Cool roof coating inspired by the poplar leaf The coating could be used on the outside of buildings to counteract the heating effect of carbon dioxide emissions, reducing the energy needed to cool the building from the inside.
Chemistry World March 18, 2011 Elinor Richards	The way to pain-free uterine disease detection A potential non-invasive method to detect endometriosis by acquiring a spectral signature of the uterus has been developed by scientists from the UK.
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