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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. |
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