Chemistry

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Chemistry World June 18, 2013 Rowan Frame	Hydrogen generation using sunlight Scientists from Spain have found a catalyst that can use sunlight to power an important industrial reaction for the production of hydrogen at ambient temperatures.
Chemistry World June 17, 2013 Eleanor Merritt	Switching chirality in amino acids An international team of scientists has developed a purely chemical approach to interconvert L- and D-amino acids. This method could rival enzymatic routes used in industry, and enable cheaper production of some pharmaceuticals.
Chemistry World June 17, 2013 Emma Stoye	First vertebrate fluorescent protein discovered A protein from Unagi eels is the latest addition to the fluorescent protein paintbox, and the first to come from a vertebrate.
Chemistry World June 14, 2013 Philip Ball	Protons wander freely in icy gas giant cores If you squeeze ice hard enough, its protons fall off. That's the conclusion of a new study by Malcolm Guthrie of the Carnegie Institution of Washington and colleagues.
Chemistry World June 14, 2013 Michael Parkin	Plumage pattern revealed in 150 million-year-old bird An international team of scientists has used synchrotron-based imaging techniques to chemically map the feather colors of a 150 million-year-old bird. The study reveals that the dinosaur had feathers which were light in colour with a dark edge and tip, rather than all black as previously thought.
Chemistry World June 13, 2013	Former editor of Chemistry in Britain dies Peter Farago oversaw many changes to Chemistry in Britain and Education in Chemistry both of which were jointly published by the Chemical Society and Royal Institute of Chemistry before the two societies joined to become the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Chemistry World June 13, 2013 Sonja Hampel	Diabetes breath test overcomes humidity A cheaper and safer to produce a breath test for diabetes has been developed by scientists in Canada. The titanium nanoparticle-based sensor detects acetone, a biomarker of type 1 diabetes, even at 90% relative humidity.
Chemistry World June 13, 2013 Jeanne Therese Andres	Bacterium breaks down grass for biofuel US scientists have discovered the first microorganism that anaerobically degrades plant biomass to release sugars for biofuel feedstocks.
Chemistry World June 12, 2013 Sarah Houlton	No small success Chad Mirkin has been the driving force behind four spin-out nanotechnology companies, and has more than 850 patents to his name. Yet he describes himself as something of an accidental chemist. He is particularly proud of spherical nucleic acids.
Chemistry World June 11, 2013 Arno de Klerk	A carbon-based future It is almost guaranteed that over the next 50 years most of our energy will still come from carbon-based raw materials. In this respect, there are four important issues to keep in mind.
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