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Chemistry World December 17, 2014 Matthew Gunther	Chemical camouflage helps fish hide from predators This is the first time that chemical crypsis -- the ability of an organism to avoid detection by using odor-based camouflage -- has been observed in vertebrates.
Chemistry World December 11, 2014 Vicki Marshall	Sunlight activates radical approach to dengue eradication Researchers in Brazil have created floating blocks that could be added to stagnant water to suppress the transmission of dengue fever.
Chemistry World December 10, 2014	Big pharma opens up abandoned drugs Sixty eight stalled pharmaceutical compounds are being made available for academic research through the UK Medical Research Council.
Chemistry World December 8, 2014 James Urquhart	Asteroid bombardment of early Earth may have created building blocks of life Scientists in the Czech Republic and US have shown how asteroid collisions with early Earth could have sparked reactions that produced the basic chemical building blocks of life four billion years ago.
Chemistry World December 8, 2014 Elisabeth Ratcliffe	Spinach chlorophyll activates polymer production line Inspired by nature, scientists in Australia have united light and chlorophyll to generate a range of polymers that have biomedical applications.
Chemistry World December 2, 2014 Nina Notman	Let the molecules do the talking Communication using chemical signals happens all the time inside every living thing, as well as between organisms.
Chemistry World November 28, 2014 Matthew Gunther	DNA survives extreme heat of rocket re-entry DNA can survive the extreme conditions of sub-orbital spaceflight and re-entry.
Chemistry World November 26, 2014 Rebecca Brodie	Seeing glucose through the skin Scientists in Germany have developed a spectroscopy method to measure diabetics' glucose levels through their skin.
Chemistry World November 24, 2014 Matthew Gunther	Crustacean culprit turns lakes to jelly Holopedium are taking over Canadian lakes as acid rain is leading to a decline in other species of plankton
Chemistry World November 18, 2014 Alistair S Grandison	The science of cheese This book attempts to describe the chemistry and biology of cheese making to non-scientist readers.
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