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Chemistry World May 10, 2013 Michael Parkin	Super Glue for cells Scientists in Canada have made a super-strong cell membrane adhesive and used it to stick red blood cells together. The polymer, based on the phospholipid head group phosphatidyl choline, could be used to secure cells in particular positions for tissue engineering and wound closure.
Chemistry World May 9, 2013 James Urquhart	Greener, cleaner steel US researchers have developed a greener way to produce metals such as steel. Their process could cut greenhouse gas emissions while using earth abundant and affordable metals.
Chemistry World May 9, 2013 Emma Stoye	Atomic nucleii go pearshaped Researchers at the University of Liverpool, UK, have found evidence that the radioactive nuclei of some radon and radium atoms are lopsided like pears.
Chemistry World May 9, 2013 Emma Stoye	Understanding defects in graphene The products of thermally exfoliating graphite oxide to make graphene are much more complex than previously thought, new research shows.
Chemistry World May 9, 2013 Simon Hadlington	Mineral dust plays key role in cloud formation, chemistry Mineral dust that swirls up into the atmosphere from Earth's surface plays a far more important role in both cloud formation and cloud chemistry than was previously realized.
Chemistry World May 9, 2013 Philip Ball	Materials for a sustainable future This multi-author volume edited by Letcher and Scott does an excellent job of explaining how we can make better use of available resources. It considers the dwindling of elemental sources, biomass and chemical feedstocks, and materials for energy and the built environment.
Chemistry World May 8, 2013 Cara E Sutton	Coming unstuck with DNA A DNA-based glue has been developed by scientists at the University of Illinois, US. The adhesive uses DNA base pair mimics that bind to each other more strongly than their natural counterparts and may lead to glues far more powerful than Super Glue.
Chemistry World May 8, 2013 Josh Howgego	Sound approach to drug testing Using pipettes for serial dilutions in drug discovery work could generate misleading data, a new study suggests.
Chemistry World May 7, 2013 Jessica Cocker	Origami electronics We normally think of electronic components as being inflexible but researchers in Japan are challenging this concept by reinventing paper. And they've used their paper electronics to create origami-style lights.
Chemistry World May 7, 2013 Laura Howes	Plasmonic milk monitor collars spoilt dairy The milk monitor changes from red to green over time and changes faster in warmer temperatures
Chemistry World May 7, 2013 Tuck & Poliakoff	Supercritical water: a green solvent, properties and uses This is an interesting monograph by Yizhak Marcus that focuses on the properties and spectroscopy of scH 2O with a brief review of its applications on a laboratory and industrial scale.
Chemistry World May 5, 2013 Simon Hadlington	Actinide specialists crystallize uranium(VI) nitride Chemists in the UK have succeeded in isolating stable crystals of the triply-bonded nitride of uranium in its +6 oxidation state -- the first time that this has been done.
Chemistry World May 3, 2013 Alison Rodger	VCD spectroscopy for organic chemists I highly recommend VCD Spectroscopy, by Philip Stephens and others, for organic chemists as the textbook of choice on this useful topic.
Chemistry World May 2, 2013 Simon Hadlington	Solar panel slims down to a few atoms thick An international team of researchers has constructed an atom thin photovoltaic device with unusually high quantum efficiency -- a measure of the photons converted into charge carrying electrons -- of 30%.
Chemistry World May 2, 2013 Jennifer Newton	Updating the textbook on intermolecular interactions A researcher in Spain has analyzed over five million intermolecular distances to propose a consistent set of van der Waals radii for the most naturally occurring elements.
Chemistry World May 2, 2013 Rebecca Trager	Suspect charged over ricin letters A martial arts instructor from Mississippi has been charged with sending ricin-laced letters to President Obama, a Republican Senator and a state judge last month. The letters were intercepted at postal screening facilities.
Chemistry World May 1, 2013 Rebecca Trager	UCLA chemist to stand trial for safety violations linked to Sheri Sangji death The chemist who supervised a research assistant who died from injuries sustained in a University of California, Los Angeles lab more than four years ago will go on trial in connection with her death.
Chemistry World May 1, 2013 Dinsa Sachan	High lead levels in Indian children blamed on paints Old lead paint around Delhi may go some way to explaining the high levels of lead in the blood of the capital city's children
Chemistry World May 1, 2013 Paul Docherty	Kingianin A The capacity for nature to astonish me with architectural ingenuity has remained undimmed. One glance at the kingianin family of natural products did this again -- the remarkable and unusual cyclobutane functionality kindling thoughts of 'how the hell..?'
Chemistry World May 1, 2013 Bibiana Campos Seijo	Not short of news Death of Margaret Thatcher, trained as a chemist... Explosion of fertilizer plant at Waco, Texas... Ricin laced letters to Obama...
Chemistry World April 30, 2013 Andy Extance	Microreactors tame osmium tetroxide Researchers in South Korea and India have made microfluidic reactors that safely harness the synthetically powerful but noxious catalyst osmium tetroxide.
Chemistry World April 30, 2013 Anthony King	Lean green microbe machines For its proponents, algae hold the promise of a green and clean source of fuel, food and even drugs. What is the evidence?
Chemistry World April 30, 2013 Derek Lowe	Bespoke or bodged Chemists really don't have very much to complain about when it comes to our normal lab equipment. Ground glass joints and the like have been standardized for a long time now, and most of what's out there is perfectly fit for our uses.
Chemistry World April 25, 2013 Zbigniew SzydAeo	The secrets of alchemy For any self-respecting chemist or for anyone who is interested in the origins of chemistry, The Secrets of Alchemy by Lawrence Principe is a must read.
Chemistry World April 29, 2013 Caryl Richards	Protein origami sets scene for designer structures A world first in the art of protein origami has been attained with a novel method of folding a polypeptide chain into a three-dimensional tetrahedron.
Chemistry World April 29, 2013 Michael Parkin	Food safety test for harmful dye It may soon be easier to protect consumers from dangerous condiments thanks to an electrochemical method developed by Chinese scientists that can spot the toxic azo dye, Orange II.
Chemistry World April 25, 2013 James Urquhart	Filler to patch up ancient silk delicates Chinese researchers have found a way to restore and strengthen ancient, fragile silk fabrics using an enzyme-mediated reaction to fill in tiny cracks in the fibers.
Chemistry World April 25, 2013 Charlie Quigg	Inorganic nanosheet to enhance batteries A graphene inspired electrode material that could help batteries hold more power has been developed by Chinese scientists. The large surface area of these cobalt oxide nanosheets is key to their electrochemical performance.
Chemistry World April 25, 2013 Andreas Barth	Chemical bibliometrics Counting compounds instead of publications and citations opens new perspectives for data-based scientific discovery and it can complement and stimulate both experimental and theoretical research.
Chemistry World April 24, 2013 James Urquhart	Color changing nanoparticles inspired by deep sea denizens Inspired by the camouflage abilities of marine organisms, such as the cuttlefish, US researchers have created striped ellipsoid particles using controlled self-assembly of diblock copolymers.
Chemistry World April 24, 2013 Helen Bache	3D microfluidic liver on a chip Researchers have developed a three-dimensional liver model that can recreate cell signalling within the organ. The liver on a chip could cut tests on animals by providing an accurate artificial model of how the organ responds to new drugs.
Chemistry World April 24, 2013 Rebecca Brodie	DNA, Russian opera and blue suede shoes Duncan Graham is professor of chemistry at the University of Strathclyde, UK. He was recently appointed chair of the editorial board for Analyst, and will take up the role in 2014. His research areas include nucleic acid chemistry and synthetic chemistry for bioanalysis.
Chemistry World April 23, 2013 Andrea Sella	Anschutz's manometer Richard Anschutz, German organic chemist (1852 -- 1937) codified the emerging practice of vacuum distillation.
Chemistry World April 23, 2013 Laura Howes	Carving graphene snowflakes with gases Beautiful flakes aren't made of ice but are instead etched into a sheet of graphene. A group at the Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences in China, etched the graphene flakes using a flow of argon and hydrogen gas.
Chemistry World April 23, 2013 David Bradley	A sweet switch for an ageing heart Studies revealing how the protein elastin -- found in heart tissue and blood vessels -- responds electrically to glucose could offer new clues to problems that arise as we get older, including loss of elasticity in major blood vessels and arteriosclerosis.
Chemistry World April 23, 2013 Derry Jones	A history of the electron: JJ and GP Thomson In the absence of full biographies of father and son, this book by Jaume Navarro, provides a short joint history of the electron and the Thomsons (especially JJ), and their interactions, with an emphasis on emerging science in the 1920s and early 1930s.
Chemistry World April 22, 2013 Andrea McGhee	Creating biodegradable electronics using shellac Scientists in Austria, Romania and Turkey have used the natural resin shellac to devise biocompatible organic field-effect transistors, which could help make electronic gadgets biodegradable and allow easier use of OFETs in the body.
Chemistry World April 22, 2013 Patrick Walter	RSC takes top UK business award The Royal Society of Chemistry has received the prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise for achieving substantial growth in its overseas scientific publishing business.
Chemistry World April 19, 2013 James Urquhart	Solar boost for gas power stations US researchers are developing a system that could boost the efficiency of gas-fired power plants while reducing their greenhouse emissions.
Chemistry World April 18, 2013 Yuandi Li	Reducing the cost of perovskite solar cells A new way of making semiconducting perovskite-based solar cells could result in photovoltaic devices that are 70% cheaper than current commercial models, say UK scientists.
Chemistry World April 18, 2013 Jean-Claude Bradley	Opening up and sharing Open chemistry will not appeal to everyone. But it does not need unanimous openness; the actions of a few are all that is required to effect its progress. And its benefits are available to all -- the spectrum's whole population, those who share and withhold alike.
Chemistry World April 17, 2013 Andy Extance	Electron flashes catch organics in the act Researchers based in Canada, Germany and Japan have overcome the difficulties of collecting diffraction data on small organic molecules to make atomic-scale recordings of their movement.
Chemistry World April 16, 2013 Emma Stoye	Polymer 'nano-suit' protects insects from vacuum Japanese scientists have shown that coating insect larvae with Tween-20, a common detergent, lets them survive the powerful vacuum inside an electron microscope. The technique could pave the way for high resolution live imaging.
Chemistry World April 16, 2013 Caryl Richards	Radical approach to turn sulfur into polymers A single-step process to co-polymerize elemental sulfur -- a by-product of petroleum refining -- converts this cheap and abundant resource into novel and useful copolymers.
Chemistry World April 16, 2013 Amy Middleton-Gear	Sieving silica sieves from biomass ash A team, led by Duncan Maquarrie at the University of York, developed an efficient route for extracting the silicates by forming alkali silicate solutions. 'We have to become more sustainable and re-evaluate what we currently call waste,' says Maquarrie.
Chemistry World April 15, 2013 Phillip Broadwith	Polymer lubricant may stave off knee surgery A synthetic polymer could make a better replacement lubricant for joint cartilage in people with arthritis, US researchers claim. The polymer is not broken down in the body like currently used replacement lubricants.
Chemistry World April 14, 2013 Andy Extance	Split water splitting raises green hydrogen hopes UK scientists say that they have developed the first widely-useable electrolysis system that splits water and releases hydrogen and oxygen in separate stages.
Chemistry World April 12, 2013 Melissae Fellet	Elusive atmospheric intermediates reveal some secrets Scientists have found further evidence for the existence of an elusive intermediate implicated in chemical reactions that degrade atmospheric pollutants.
Chemistry World April 11, 2013 Philip Robinson	Terahertz turns up fresco's hidden artwork Analytical scientists revealed a hidden work under one of the Louvre Museum's frescoes. The research is an example of the broadening field of terahertz spectroscopy, using wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation between microwave and infrared.
Chemistry World April 10, 2013 Hayley Birch	Yeast to make malaria drug on demand A natural biochemical pathway that produces the antimalarial drug artemisinin in the sweet wormwood plant has been fully reconstructed in yeast.
Chemistry World April 10, 2013 Akshat Rathi	Engineered extremophile brews bulk chemical US researchers have engineered a heat-loving microbe to produce a bulk chemical from carbon dioxide and hydrogen. Their results may provide a viable industrial alternative to blue-green algae.
Chemistry World April 10, 2013 Emma Stoye	Shell extract helps rebuild pearly whites Researchers in China have shown that the organic component of mother of pearl can help repair damaged teeth, by acting as a template for the mineralization of tooth enamel.
Chemistry World April 9, 2013 Rebecca Trager	Chinese scientist arrested for attempted research theft Hua Jun Zhao is alleged to have used his position as an assistant researcher at the Medical College of Wisconsin to illegally acquire patented cancer research, and to pass it to Zhejiang University in China. Other Chinese scientists have also been involved in research theft.
Chemistry World April 8, 2013 Charlie Quigg	Biomimetic bricks inspired by mother of pearl Chinese chemists have developed a new nacre-like material which is stronger than natural nacre and most other composites.
Chemistry World April 8, 2013 Philip Robinson	The truth about snake oil? US scientists have carried out the first analyses of old 'patent medicines' - medicinal preparations from the turn of the last century - to identify the chemical constituents of the medications and perhaps determine if there was any truth in the wild health claims they made.
Chemistry World April 7, 2013 Laura Howes	Healthy chocolate gets a vodka jelly reboot After success producing a lower fat chocolate, Stefan Bon has now made a chocolate that is 20% vodka.
Chemistry World April 7, 2013 Laura Howes	Beer filtration could add arsenic Researchers at the Technical University of Munich, Germany, have found that the material used to filter beers might add arsenic at the same time as it removes yeast.
Chemistry World April 5, 2013 Jessica Cocker	Mesoporous materials from macroalgae It is estimated that less than 1% of the world's macroalgae biomass is currently utilized but UK scientists have found a use for some of it -- in the preparation of highly mesoporous materials.
Chemistry World April 5, 2013 Laura Howes	More clues to Maya blue The early Maya chemists managed to make pigments that are incredibly stable. The color has lasted longer than the civilization and today's modern chemists have been trying to work out why.
Chemistry World April 5, 2013 Lynda Williams	Fat chemistry -- the science behind obesity Given the title of this book, by Claire Allardyce, I had hoped to get a well rounded explanation of how the increased availability of cheap, tasty, high-caloric density food has led to the obesity epidemic.
Chemistry World April 4, 2013 Phillip Broadwith	A solution to fluoronium riddle The first evidence for hypervalent fluorine cations, or fluoronium ions, in solution has been found by US chemists.
Chemistry World April 4, 2013 Simon Hadlington	Titanium oxides in stellar clouds finally pinned down After decades of searching, astronomers at last appear to have found two key components of the dust that forms around stars -- the oxide and dioxide of titanium.
Chemistry World April 4, 2013 Emma Shiells	Power-up with edible electronics Since 2008, Christopher Bettinger and colleagues from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, have been working on biodegradable electronics for medical devices.
Chemistry World April 4, 2013 Rebecca Trager	Massachusetts crime lab scandal explodes The arrest of another forensic lab chemist has prosecutors scrambling to check drug cases she worked on.
Chemistry World April 4, 2013 Laura Howes	Droplet printing assembles soft networks Producing soft networks of droplets is now much less laborious and time consuming.
Information Today April 4, 2013	ACS Introduces ACS ChemWorx, a New Research Collaboration System Every step of the research process can now be performed within the secure and interoperable ACS ChemWorx environment.
Chemistry World April 3, 2013 Helen Bache	Nanopaper light scattering under control Collaborators in the US and China have demonstrated that by changing the diameter of cellulose fibers in nanopaper they can tailor its optical properties for use in optoelectronics.
Chemistry World April 2, 2013 Emma Stoye	New diagnostic test lights up bacteria UK researchers have developed a faster way to detect Staphylococcus aureus bacteria using a fluorescent probe. The method holds promise as the basis for a new rapid diagnosis kit to identify infections in hospital patients.
Information Today April 1, 2013	Springer and Chemical Abstracts Service Collaborate to Accelerate Chemistry Research This collaboration will increase the visibility of articles with experimental procedures published in 165 Springer chemistry journals from 1985 to the present.
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