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Chemistry World March 18, 2013 Andrew Turley	Interpol teams up with pharma International police service Interpol is teaming up with 29 drug companies to combat the trade in fake medicines.
Chemistry World March 15, 2013 Ian Farrell	Recycling rare earth elements using ionic liquids Recycling old magnets, so that rare-earth metals can be re-used, could help to solve an urgent raw material supply problem in the electronics industry.
National Defense April 2013	Readers Sound Off on Recent Stories Readers comment on stories about piracy on the high seas and the Army's first new rifle in a half century.
National Defense April 2013 Valerie Insinna	Benghazi Attack Could Spur Technology Buys In the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, the State Department will require more than a beefed-up Marine presence to improve embassy defenses.
Chemistry World March 14, 2013 Mark Peplow	Hydrogen's false economy Hydrogen will undoubtedly find transport niches, but talk of hydrogen powering a substantial proportion of the planet's billion cars (and counting) is driven more by techno-optimism than evidence.
Chemistry World March 13, 2013 Andy Extance	University cleared, student recovering after poisoning The University of Southampton has told Chemistry World that a chemistry student poisoned last October was not exposed by accident or contamination on its premises. Malicious poisoning remains a possible explanation.
Chemistry World March 8, 2013 Yuandi Li	High-capacity MOF shows clean fuel promise Scientists in Evanston, Illinois, and in Gaithersburg, Maryland have synthesized a metal organic framework in gram-scale quantities that has 67% of the deliverable storage density of gas cylinders, but at only a quarter of the pressure.
Chemistry World March 7, 2013 James Urquhart	Recycling electronics with dimethyl sulfoxide Chinese researchers have developed a simple and environmentally friendly method to salvage the materials found in waste printed circuits boards using the solvent dimethyl sulfoxide.
Chemistry World March 7, 2013 Paul Illing	Is lead linked to violence? Recent articles are part of a spate of media interest in claims that a relationship exists between tetraethyl lead in petrol and violent crime. But is it true?
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2013 Ben Comer	Drugged Driving NHTSA is working on a structured, standardized protocol for assessing the driving-impairment risks of drugs.
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