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Chemistry World June 20, 2012 Rebecca Brodie	Faster removal of cigarette filters from the environment Filters can take years to degrade. Celanese Corporation has been working to develop a filter that contains a controlled-release organic acid to catalyse the hydrolysis of the filter material.
Fast Company Jul/Aug 2012 Kate Rockwood	Could You Build A House Using Only Local Materials? Architects Weigh In Sticking to a 100-mile diet is hard enough, but what happens when you apply the locavore ideal to construction?
Fast Company Jul/Aug 2012 Jon Gertner	Can 10,000 Bikes Change The Way New Yorkers Travel? Alta Bicycle Share Is About To Find Out If communal bikes can make it in New York with a public-private partnership can they make it anywhere? Alta Bicycle Share aims to find out.
Fast Company Jul/Aug 2012 Margaret Rhodes	Conscious Commuter's New Electric Bike Folds To The Size Of One Wheel Mobility designer Gabriel Wartofsky, who, with his new electric, foldable bike from Conscious Commuter, hopes to evangelize a cleaner commute.
Fast Company Jul/Aug 2012 Anya Kamenetz	Adam Hasler On Developing A Kickstarter For World-Changing Ideas "We hope to simultaneously break down existing information silos and create a shared space for those who work on urgent global problems," says Hasler.
IndustryWeek June 20, 2012	ISO 50001 Promotes Better Energy Management ISO has estimated the standard could impact up to 60% of the world's energy use.
Chemistry World June 13, 2012 Elinor Hughes	Paper and plastic HIV test A DNA test to detect HIV in infants in resource-poor countries is a step closer, thanks to a technique to amplify DNA samples developed by US scientists.
Chemistry World June 12, 2012 Erica Mills	Lighting the way to explosive detection A mesoporous material functionalized with aggregation-induced emission luminogens serves as an efficient and recyclable fluorescent sensor to detect picric acid in water.
National Defense July 2012 Stew Magnuson	Stopping the Chinese Hacking Onslaught Cyber Command Commander Army Gen. Keith Alexander last year called the cyber-espionage being conducted against U.S. companies the largest transfer of intellectual property from one nation to another in the history of the world.
National Defense July 2012 Stew Magnuson	U.S. Government Attempts to Thwart Chinese Network Intrusions If the might of the Chinese government -- as many believe -- is behind this massive operation, what can the might of the U.S. government do to help companies facing the onslaught?
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