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Chemistry World September 19, 2008 Lewis Brindley |
Chemical conversion made twice as green A combination of two green processes - supercritical fluids and photochemistry - could have a bright future for performing environmentally friendly reactions on an industrial scale  |
Chemistry World September 18, 2008 Simon Hadlington |
Bio-petroleum made from sugars James Dumesic's team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison set out to convert simple sugars into hydrocarbons that could be blended to make vehicle fuels that are identical to the ones we use today.  |
Chemistry World September 18, 2008 James Mitchell Crow |
Atomic pinball Scientists in the Netherlands have made platinum nanostructures that act like a pair of pinball flippers when triggered by electric current.  |
Chemistry World September 17, 2008 Hayley Birch |
Colloids twist like DNA French scientists have used magnetic colloids to make self-assembling, helical structures reminiscent of DNA  |
Chemistry World September 12, 2008 Rebecca Trager |
NIH funds chemical biology network NIH-funded scientists will have access to the tools for rapidly screening hundreds of thousands of small molecules against many novel biological assays at lower costs than previously possible,' said the agency's director, Elias Zerhouni.  |
Chemistry World September 11, 2008 Hayley Birch |
New drug hope for controlling heart damage US researchers have found a small-molecule drug that could help guard against tissue damage in heart attacks and heart surgery.  |
Chemistry World September 11, 2008 Hepeng Jia |
China forging ahead with carbon capture China's first carbon capture trial is making money by selling its carbon dioxide to beverage companies to add fizz to their drinks, according to China Huaneng, the state owned energy firm that is running the trial.  |
Chemistry World September 10, 2008 Simon Hadlington |
Failed anxiety drug could treat cancer Scientists believe they have solved the mystery of how a drug originally developed for treating anxiety can kill cancer cells.  |
Chemistry World September 9, 2008 Lewis Brindley |
Old but still flexible Semiconductors made from synthetic organic materials are an attractive alternative to silicon as they offer flexibility and simple manufacturing processes.  |
Chemistry World September 4, 2008 Fred Campbell |
Two catalysts better than one US researchers have cracked a long standing problem in chemical synthesis - the catalytic alpha-alkylation of aldehydes - by combining two catalysts in one pot.  |
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