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Chemistry World September 21, 2015 James Urquhart	Antibacterial soap has poor killing power Washing your hands with antibacterial soap containing triclosan -- the most common microbe-killing ingredient used in these soaps -- may be no better than ordinary plain soap.
Chemistry World September 18, 2015 Emma Stoye	Chemistry Ig Nobel goes to 'un-boiled' egg The prizes are awarded each year shortly before the Nobel prizes to some of the most imaginative, and often silly-sounding, research across the sciences.
Chemistry World September 18, 2015 Tim Wogan	Shining a light on amine synthesis A new method for site selective amination of aromatic organic compounds has been developed by researchers in the US.
Chemistry World September 16, 2015 Rebecca Trager	Court rejects US approval of sulfoxaflor pesticide A US federal appeals court has overturned the Environmental Protection Agency's approval of sulfoxaflor, an insecticide that acts on the same insect receptors as neonicotinoids.
Chemistry World September 16, 2015 Patrick Walter	A shot in the arm It's heartening news that an Ebola vaccine has delivered outstanding results and that a malaria one shows early promise.
Chemistry World September 15, 2015	Photograph 51 Photograph 51 is a new play by Anna Ziegler based on the career of Rosalind Franklin who worked on the structure of DNA.
Fast Company October 2015 Adam Bluestein	This Plastic Chip Is Changing Medicine Artificial micro organs, which are being developed at Harvard, MIT, UC Berkeley, and other places, give researchers the ability to model what happens in humans when drugs or irritants enter the system.
Chemistry World September 14, 2015 Tim Wogan	New reaction offers sustainable route to biodiesel A new chemical reaction that converts waste glycerol from biodiesel production into methanol -- a necessary reagent in biodiesel production -- has been discovered unexpectedly.
Chemistry World September 14, 2015 Rebecca Trager	NIH backs natural products research The US National Institutes of Health has awarded nearly $35 million to fund research into botanical dietary supplements.
Chemistry World September 11, 2015 Rebecca Trager	Moulting seals bring mercury contamination to coast Elephant seals have been identified as a previously unrecognized source of mercury contamination in coastal waters by scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz
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