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Chemistry World September 11, 2014 Emma Stoye |
Germanium enters 2D scene In recent years we've welcomed silicene and phosphorene to the family of elements that have a two-dimensional allotrope, and now germanium has become the latest member. |
Chemistry World September 11, 2014 Anu Daniel |
Poplar biofuel has potential to offer substantial environmental savings Biofuels have long been suggested as part of the solution to curbing greenhouse gas emissions and our reliance on oil but a new study is seeking to ease the bottleneck in them being adopted on a global scale. |
Chemistry World September 10, 2014 Andy Extance |
'Assembly line' sculpts carbon chains UK chemists have devised a precise process for building carbon chains a link at a time that packs in more side groups than biologically-derived molecules can. |
Chemistry World September 10, 2014 Anthony King |
Debate over microwave boost to reactions rumbles on Researchers at Florida State University report two new papers that support a microwave-specific heating effect. |
Chemistry World September 10, 2014 Elisabeth Ratcliffe |
Antimalarial flow synthesis closer to commercialization Scientists in Germany have demonstrated the large scale and inexpensive production of a range of antimalarial drugs, using a continuous flow system. |
Chemistry World September 9, 2014 Katie Bayliss |
Colloidal caterpillars get a wiggle on Researchers have devised a new method to transport micro cargo -- by attaching it to chains of colloidal particles that wiggle their way through liquid crystals. |
Chemistry World September 8, 2014 Emma Stoye |
CPU heat powers PCR disease detection Scientists in the US have devised a new way of carrying out blood tests -- based on a modified computer and camera phone -- that could lower the costs of disease screening in developing countries. |
Chemistry World September 8, 2014 Harriet Brewerton |
Higher levels of some metals in e-cigarette smoke A study comparing secondhand emissions from e-cigarettes and conventional tobacco ones reveals that although e-cigarettes release much lower levels of most harmful compounds, they actually discharge more nickel and silver than tobacco cigarettes. |
Chemistry World September 7, 2014 Michael Gross |
Bringing chemical synthesis to the masses The promise of a novel approach to building chemical libraries, which only requires simple building blocks in water, without any additional reagents or sample preparation, is inspired by nature. |
Chemistry World September 5, 2014 Katie Lian Hui Lim |
Urine test could catch lung cancer early Lung cancer could be identified earlier, thanks to a new test that uses surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy to detect a cancer biomarker in urine. |
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