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Chemistry World February 21, 2013	A biomass bonanza Companies have put biofuels on the back burner to aim for higher margin chemicals
Chemistry World February 20, 2013 Jessica Cocker	Raman spectroscopy for bedside cancer diagnosis Currently the only way to identify whether a suspicious lump is something to be concerned about is to have it removed and then examined. But a new diagnostic technique based around Raman spectroscopy could provide a faster diagnosis.
Chemistry World February 19, 2013 Patrick Walter	Bacteria clean-up after Gulf of Mexico disaster After the Deepwater Horizon disaster at Macondo prospect spilled 4.1 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, bacterial communities made a significant and little noticed contribution to the clean-up.
Chemistry World February 19, 2013 Ian Farrell	Analyzing bacterial metabolites A mass-spectrometry technique that can characterize and spatially resolve the metabolites produced by bacteria could lead to a better understanding of how different microbes interact with each other, and how their chemistry could be harnessed industrially.
Chemistry World February 17, 2013 Simon Hadlington	Enzyme nano-parcels sober up drunken mice Scientists in the US and China have invented a way to encapsulate teams of enzymes in a thin polymer shell. This enables the enzymes to carry out a series of sequential reactions within an enclosed space -- as happens in nature.
Chemistry World February 14, 2013 Patrick Walter	Drugs to blame for anti-social fish Swedish scientists say that low levels of psychotherapeutic drugs can change the way fish behave and could be altering the balance of entire aquatic food webs.
Chemistry World February 13, 2013 Michael Parkin	Bone-repairing nanoparticles laced with DNA A bone-repairing nanoparticle paste has been developed that promises faster repair of fractures and breakages. DNA containing two growth-factor genes is encapsulated inside synthetic calcium-phosphate nanoparticles.
Chemistry World February 13, 2013 James Mitchell Crow	Tapping proton power for enantioselective synthesis A simple proton is the key to a novel approach by US-based chemists to synthesize chiral amines and alcohols -- a structural motif common to many organic molecules with pharmaceutical promise.
Chemistry World February 12, 2013 Laura Howes	Biosynthesis of methylmercury discovered It's been acknowledged for years that methylmercury is produced by microorganisms far down the food chain, but what has not been known is how they do it.
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2013 William Looney	In Cancer, Process Drives Progress Today's most important public health story is the advance in our understanding of the biology of cancer.
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