Chemistry

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Chemistry World April 11, 2008 Lewis Brindley	Super Cells Made with 'Inorganic Armor' Chemists in China have coated living cells with egg-like shells, granting them a wide range of new properties.
Chemistry World April 10, 2008 Mark Peplow	'Pot-in-a-Pot' Technique Makes Impossible Cascade Reactions Easy A simple technique that nests a series of reaction vessels could help chemists avoid the tedium and expense of purifying organic compounds after each step of a long synthesis.
Chemistry World April 9, 2008 Kira Welter	Rainforest emissions don't harm clean skies Atmospheric chemists have been overestimating the harmful effects of rainforests' hydrocarbon emissions, German scientists say.
Chemistry World April 8, 2008 Mark Peplow	Meteorite Source for Life's Handedness Scientists have long speculated that life's preference for left-handed amino acids may have been triggered by compounds brought to Earth by meteorites. Now they've shown exactly how two crucial steps in this process could happen.
Chemistry World April 7, 2008 Kira Welter	Industrial emissions boost pollution at coastlines Pollution along our coastlines is worsened by chemical reactions that occur when emissions from ships and heavy industry combine with ocean air, US scientists have found.
Chemistry World April 7, 2008 Simon Hadlington	Polyketide ring mystery solved US researchers have worked out how some microbes produce polyketides - a class of polycyclic compounds that have antibiotic and anti-cancer properties but are difficult to manufacture.
Chemistry World April 4, 2008 James Mitchell Crow	More to Catalysis Than Meets the Eye Catalysts are more than just a reactive surface. Changes beneath a metal's skin can completely change the course of a reaction.
Chemistry World March 31, 2008 Luisa Massarani	World's First 'Green' Linear Polyethylene Launched Braskem, one of Brazil's largest petrochemical companies, has developed the first internationally certified linear polyethylene made from 100 per cent renewable raw materials.
Chemistry World April 2008 Peter Wothers	The Big Experiment The lure of the large-scale chemistry experiment.
Chemistry World April 2008 Philip Ball	Column: The Crucible The seductive power of burning saltwater.
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