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IEEE Spectrum November 2006	Q&A With Bioengineer Tejal Desai Desai is a leader in a field with a big name -- biological microelectromechanical systems -- that deals with very small items. She uses the tools of semiconductor manufacturing to make minuscule medical devices, such as a miniature artificial pancreas and scaffolding for tissue regeneration.
Chemistry World October 27, 2006 Richard Van Noorden	Synthetic Origami Folds Like Natural Enzymes Researchers have synthesised a large organic molecule that folds up like a small protein, though its backbone is entirely non-biological. The achievement is a step along the path to producing truly synthetic enzymes in the laboratory.
The Motley Fool October 27, 2006 Jack Uldrich	Nanotech and the War on Cancer New imaging advances in nanotechnology will help speed cancers' end. What does it mean for investors?
Chemistry World October 26, 2006 Victoria Gill	Volcanoes Reveal the Secret of the Origin of Life Life began with a chemical reaction under the sea over four billion years ago. That is the claim of a German scientist whose team has recreated a crucial part of the reaction, synthesizing all the necessary ingredients for a living organism.
Chemistry World October 26, 2006 Bea Perks	Honeybee Genome Unveiled The humble honeybee is giving up its genetic secrets, now that scientists have unveiled the insect's entire genome sequence. Chemists have a lot to learn from the honeybee genome.
Chemistry World October 25, 2006 Jessica Ebert	The Smell of Filthy Lucre The musty smell that most people associate with old pennies and other objects made of iron, copper, or brass is really a human body odour, not a metal vapour, report researchers.
Chemistry World October 25, 2006 Richard Van Noorden	Oldest Pigments Found in Ancient Fossils Researchers have extracted colourful organic molecules from the fossilized remains of 350-million-year-old sea creatures. The orange and yellow pigments may provide a new way of tracking the evolutionary history of the ancient crinoids, or sea lilies, which still swim around ocean reefs today.
Reactive Reports October 2006 David Bradley	RNA Chemistry Zips Up Nobel Prize If Watson and Crick unlocked the mystery of DNA's structure, then Stanford University's Roger Kornberg and his team unzipped the secret of how the cell converts DNA into the RNA needed to make proteins.
Reactive Reports October 2006 David Bradley	Let it Bleed. Not! An international research team has shown that a biocompatible liquid can stop bleeding within seconds. The discovery could cut to the heart of many problems facing hospital emergency rooms and operating theaters.
Reactive Reports October 2006 David Bradley	Drink Up! Lest We Forget There is potentially good news for red wine lovers whose favorite tipple is Cabernet Sauvignon. Researchers have found that moderate consumption of Cabernet Sauvignon can attenuate neural degradation in laboratory mice with Alzheimer's disease.
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