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Chemistry World December 7, 2012 James Urquhart	Curiosity detect hints of complex organics Nasa's Curiosity rover has detected a range of chemical species including chlorinated hydrocarbons on the surface of Mars -- indicators that point to the presence of complex organic molecules.
Chemistry World December 7, 2012 Ann Dixon	Biochemistry Essentials of Biochemistry by Herbert Fromm and Mark Hargrove, is aimed at undergraduate chemistry and biochemistry students with a specific interest in the subjects of cellular metabolism and enzyme reaction mechanisms.
Chemistry World December 6, 2012 Elinor Hughes	Stopping endocrine disruptors in their tracks US scientists have come up with a system to assess whether chemists' latest synthetic product is an endocrine disruptor -- a chemical that interferes with hormone regulation in animals and humans.
Chemistry World December 5, 2012 Tamsin Cowley	Safer blood clotting agents for open wounds New toxicity results show that foams would be safer than the currently used clays as materials to stem blood flow in open wounds.
Chemistry World December 4, 2012 Emma Stoye	Low acrylamide potato on the horizon During cooking, different varieties of potatoes can produce widely varying levels of the carcinogen acrylamide. Researchers investigated the formation of the chemical in nine different potato varieties.
Chemistry World December 3, 2012 Laura Howes	Antimalarials should target female parasites The Plasmodium parasite, unlike humans, for example, does not have different genes coding for different sexes. New antimalarials should target the slower evolving female genes, or those that are expressed by both sexes.
Chemistry World December 3, 2012 Charlie Quigg	A greener approach to gas transport Gas storage is an expensive and energy intensive process, which has left the use of isolated natural gas reserves and gas sequestration plans unfeasible. However, an international collaboration of scientists has developed a way of storing gas in 'bioclathrates' formed from fruit and vegetables.
Chemistry World December 3, 2012 Ned Stafford	Tragic death of Oxford astrophysicist Neuropsychiatric disorders have been linked to mefloquine, which was developed in the 1970s as a synthetic analogue of quinine at the US Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and later manufactured by Roche under the trade name Lariam.
IEEE Spectrum December 2012 Celia Gorman	Is Slime Mold Smarter Than a Roomba? The humble protozoan glop can do some amazing things
Chemistry World November 29, 2012 David Bradley	Lego-like DNA bricks are child's play DNA building blocks have been pieced together to form a multitude of Lego-like bricks by researchers at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US.
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