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Chemistry World March 21, 2013 Neil Withers	Harry Kroto: From light years to nanometers -- and back My emphasis in the Pittcon plenary lecture is that the discovery of C 60 started off from an interest in massive clouds of gas in interstellar space. You go from these huge objects into the nanoscale world and back again out into space.
Chemistry World March 18, 2013 Simon Hadlington	Dried lake bed on Mars 'could have supported life' New chemical analysis by the Mars rover Curiosity suggests that Mars was once more hospitable to life.
Chemistry World March 14, 2013 Jon Cartwright	Exoplanet spectrum hints at 'core accretion' Scientists in the US and Canada have uncovered what could be the most detailed spectrum of an exoplanet to date. The spectrum reveals the presence of carbon monoxide and water, which suggest that the planet formed by core accretion.
IEEE Spectrum March 2013 Stephen Cass	App Watch: The Final Frontier -- on Your Phone NASA brings its missions to the smallest screen
IEEE Spectrum January 2013 Rachel Courtland	Gaia Telescope Will Map the Milky Way The European Space Agency project will change how astronomers view our galaxy
IEEE Spectrum January 2013 David Schneider	Virgin Galactic Space Planes Should Launch This Year $200,000 buys you a seat and the end result should be something science-fiction writers have long dreamed of: regularly scheduled passenger flights into space.
Chemistry World December 13, 2012 Phillip Broadwith	Quasar hydrogen found US astronomers have detected large amounts of neutral hydrogen and a lack of elements heavier than helium in a quasar thought to by in an exceptionally young part of the universe.
Chemistry World December 7, 2012 James Urquhart	Curiosity detect hints of complex organics Nasa's Curiosity rover has detected a range of chemical species including chlorinated hydrocarbons on the surface of Mars -- indicators that point to the presence of complex organic molecules.
IEEE Spectrum December 2012 Toth & Turyshev	Finding the Source of the Pioneer Anomaly Thirty years ago, the first spacecraft sent to explore the outer solar system started slowing unexpectedly. Now we finally know what happened
Chemistry World November 29, 2012 Jon Evans	Messenger spots Mercury performing organic chemistry Nasa's Messenger spacecraft has uncovered evidence that not only does water ice exist on the surface of the planet Mercury, but in many places this ice appears to be covered in a 10cm-thick layer of soot-like organic material.
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