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Chemistry World May 9, 2013 James Urquhart	Greener, cleaner steel US researchers have developed a greener way to produce metals such as steel. Their process could cut greenhouse gas emissions while using earth abundant and affordable metals.
Chemistry World May 9, 2013 Philip Ball	Materials for a sustainable future This multi-author volume edited by Letcher and Scott does an excellent job of explaining how we can make better use of available resources. It considers the dwindling of elemental sources, biomass and chemical feedstocks, and materials for energy and the built environment.
Chemistry World May 7, 2013 Jessica Cocker	Origami electronics We normally think of electronic components as being inflexible but researchers in Japan are challenging this concept by reinventing paper. And they've used their paper electronics to create origami-style lights.
Chemistry World May 7, 2013 Laura Howes	Plasmonic milk monitor collars spoilt dairy The milk monitor changes from red to green over time and changes faster in warmer temperatures
Chemistry World May 2, 2013 Simon Hadlington	Solar panel slims down to a few atoms thick An international team of researchers has constructed an atom thin photovoltaic device with unusually high quantum efficiency -- a measure of the photons converted into charge carrying electrons -- of 30%.
Chemistry World April 30, 2013 Andy Extance	Microreactors tame osmium tetroxide Researchers in South Korea and India have made microfluidic reactors that safely harness the synthetically powerful but noxious catalyst osmium tetroxide.
Chemistry World April 29, 2013 Michael Parkin	Food safety test for harmful dye It may soon be easier to protect consumers from dangerous condiments thanks to an electrochemical method developed by Chinese scientists that can spot the toxic azo dye, Orange II.
Chemistry World April 29, 2013 Philip Ball	Quantum leaps of faith There's no reason to suppose that the way quantum mechanics was discovered is the most logical or obvious means to comprehend its conceptual foundations. In some recent re-evaluations of quantum theory, the 'quantum' becomes almost incidental.
Chemistry World April 25, 2013 Phillip Broadwith	Portable detector shines light on fake drugs The CD-3 counterfeit detection device uses a variety of different wavelengths of light to visually compare tablets, capsules and their packaging with genuine reference samples.
Chemistry World April 25, 2013 Charlie Quigg	Inorganic nanosheet to enhance batteries A graphene inspired electrode material that could help batteries hold more power has been developed by Chinese scientists. The large surface area of these cobalt oxide nanosheets is key to their electrochemical performance.
Chemistry World April 24, 2013 Helen Bache	3D microfluidic liver on a chip Researchers have developed a three-dimensional liver model that can recreate cell signalling within the organ. The liver on a chip could cut tests on animals by providing an accurate artificial model of how the organ responds to new drugs.
Chemistry World April 23, 2013 Laura Howes	Carving graphene snowflakes with gases Beautiful flakes aren't made of ice but are instead etched into a sheet of graphene. A group at the Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences in China, etched the graphene flakes using a flow of argon and hydrogen gas.
Chemistry World April 23, 2013 David Bradley	A sweet switch for an ageing heart Studies revealing how the protein elastin -- found in heart tissue and blood vessels -- responds electrically to glucose could offer new clues to problems that arise as we get older, including loss of elasticity in major blood vessels and arteriosclerosis.
Chemistry World April 23, 2013 Derry Jones	A history of the electron: JJ and GP Thomson In the absence of full biographies of father and son, this book by Jaume Navarro, provides a short joint history of the electron and the Thomsons (especially JJ), and their interactions, with an emphasis on emerging science in the 1920s and early 1930s.
Chemistry World April 22, 2013 Andrea McGhee	Creating biodegradable electronics using shellac Scientists in Austria, Romania and Turkey have used the natural resin shellac to devise biocompatible organic field-effect transistors, which could help make electronic gadgets biodegradable and allow easier use of OFETs in the body.
Chemistry World April 22, 2013 Rebecca Brodie	Quicker checks for safer water Scientists in the Netherlands have developed and tested a new method that uses Raman spectroscopy to quickly identify harmful bacteria in drinking water.
Chemistry World April 19, 2013 James Urquhart	Solar boost for gas power stations US researchers are developing a system that could boost the efficiency of gas-fired power plants while reducing their greenhouse emissions.
Chemistry World April 18, 2013 Yuandi Li	Reducing the cost of perovskite solar cells A new way of making semiconducting perovskite-based solar cells could result in photovoltaic devices that are 70% cheaper than current commercial models, say UK scientists.
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 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 4, 2013 Emma Shiells	Power-up with edible electronics Since 2008, Christopher Bettinger and colleagues from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, have been working on biodegradable electronics for medical devices.
Chemistry World April 3, 2013 Helen Bache	Nanopaper light scattering under control Collaborators in the US and China have demonstrated that by changing the diameter of cellulose fibers in nanopaper they can tailor its optical properties for use in optoelectronics.
IEEE Spectrum April 2013 Rachel Courtland	Laser Fusion's Brightest Hope The National Ignition Facility houses the world's most powerful laser. Is it enough to ignite a fusion revolution?
IEEE Spectrum April 2013 Ahn et al.	The All-Electric Car You Never Plug In Wireless power transmission would let EVs draw their power from the road
IEEE Spectrum April 2013 Neil Savage	Path Found to a Combined MRI and CT Scanner Omni-tomography could add together the advantages of several medical imaging technologies
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