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Chemistry World March 26, 2015 Jonathan Midgley |
Ionic liquid a perfect fit for rare earth recycling Chemists in Belgium have shown how an intriguing ionic liquid they developed 10 years ago can recover valuable rare earth metals from stockpiles of used fluorescent lamps and magnets. |
Chemistry World March 24, 2015 Rebecca Trager |
Chemists in demand as cannabis industry experiences explosive growth The US's rapidly growing cannabis industry -- medical and recreational -- desperately needs chemists. That was the conclusion of a session at the American Chemical Society's spring conference. |
Chemistry World March 24, 2015 Rebecca Trager |
Opossum peptide antivenom could take on snake bites An antidote based on a protein found in the blood of opossums could offer an effective low-cost treatment for snake bites, researchers in the US have found. |
Chemistry World March 24, 2015 Rebecca Trager |
Bacteria altered to suppress hunger faces long road to clinic A US-based research team has programmed gut bacteria to produce a hunger-suppressing molecule that has been shown to aid weight loss in mice. However, there are still significant challenges ahead. |
Chemistry World March 24, 2015 Bill Griffith |
My life in the golden age of chemistry: more fun than fun Frank Albert Cotton, known to most as Al, was one of the most outstanding inorganic chemists of recent times. |
Chemistry World March 23, 2015 Emma Stoye |
Simple cooking changes make healthier rice Researchers in Sri Lanka have found that making simple changes to the way rice is cooked can lower its calorie content, by converting some of the starch to a non-digestible form. |
Chemistry World March 23, 2015 Philip Ball |
Simple chemistry mimics animals' predator spotting method Some animals, from fish to cats to humans, use edge detection to decode their visual environment: they identify some objects just by their outline. |
Chemistry World March 23, 2015 Sonja Hampel |
Flexible polymer threads set to light up clothing Fashions on the catwalk could soon become a whole lot funkier with the development of new light-emitting threads that can be knitted or woven into textiles. |
Chemistry World March 19, 2015 James Urquhart |
Mystery of colored water droplets that chase and repel each other solved Researchers have solved the puzzle of a remarkable phenomenon that allows droplets of water mixed with a food coloring to move spontaneously and freely in intricate patterns when placed on a clean glass slide. |
Chemistry World March 19, 2015 Andrea Sella |
Crookes' tube William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (1832 -- 1919), discovered thallium and pioneered vacuum discharge tubes. |
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