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Chemistry World November 11, 2008 Lewis Brindley	Design rules for wet-proof materials A new series of equations should allow scientists to design the ultimate unwettable surfaces, according to Robert Cohen and Gareth McKinley at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US.
Chemistry World November 10, 2008 Hayley Birch	Nanotube scales challenge mass spectrometers By precisely measuring tiny fluctuations in mass, carbon nanotubes will allow chemists to follow reactions of individual proteins atom by atom, predict Spanish researchers
Chemistry World November 7, 2008 Matt Wilkinson	Rocks to soak up carbon dioxide Oman's peridotite alone could lock away over a billion tons of CO 2 a year - a significant slice of the 30 billion tons of CO 2 emitted annually worldwide by human activity.
Chemistry World November 7, 2008 James Mitchell Crow	Biodiesel from forest fungus US researchers have discovered a species of fungus that can convert cellulose directly into diesel - potentially opening a new route to biofuels.
Chemistry World November 6, 2008 James Mitchell Crow	Double reactor makes hydrogen and syngas Two chemical reactions key to producing future fuels can be linked together in a single membrane-based reactor to increase their efficiency, say Chinese chemists.
Chemistry World October 30, 2008 Lewis Brindley	Plastic labware contaminant risk Chemicals leaching from plastic lab equipment could be compromising the accuracy of biological studies, warn Canadian researchers.
Chemistry World November 5, 2008 James Urquhart	A cleaner route to methanol UK scientists say they have developed a way to efficiently produce methanol, the fuel and feedstock chemical, directly from glycerol, the waste by-product of industrial biodiesel production.
Chemistry World November 4, 2008 Rebecca Trager	FDA criticised by its own experts over bisphenol A The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s recent conclusion that controversial chemical bisphenol A (BPA) is safe at current levels is flawed, the agency's own Science Board has warned.
Chemistry World November 2008 Philip Ball	Column: The crucible Nanotech has some iconic images based on actual experiments, but popular accounts are more often accompanied by stock images like the microsyringe, showing 'a world that might be there in the future but probably never will'. They come from the tradition of utopian science fiction.
Chemistry World November 3, 2008 Simon Hadlington	Organic synthesis set for auto-pilot Peptides are routinely made by machines that couple together amino acid components. Could organic synthesis ever get this simple?
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