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Chemistry World December 18, 2008 Alex Hellemans	Fuel cells without platinum Looking for ways to avoid using costly and scarce platinum in fuel cells, Chinese researchers have reported details of a fuel cell that uses cheap nickel as a catalyst.
Chemistry World December 17, 2008 James Mitchell Crow	Cutting edge chemistry in 2008 What were the biggest chemical breakthroughs published by scientists during 2008?
Scientific American January 2009 Mark Wolverton	Breaking Down Nanostructures by the Atom In nanotechnology, the position of a single atom can make all the difference -- whether a material functions as a semiconductor or an insulator, whether it triggers a vital chemical process or stops it cold.
Chemistry World December 10, 2008 Simon Hadlington	Alcohol enantiomer conundrum cracked UK chemists have discovered a straightforward new way to make chiral tertiary alcohols that gives selective access to either enantiomer.
Chemistry World December 10, 2008 Hayley Birch	New routes to gram-scale graphene Australian researchers have reported making grams of graphene using nothing more complicated than sodium and ethanol
IEEE Spectrum December 2008 Monica Heger	Cheap Microfluidic Device Made From Paper and Tape Harvard scientists hope to reduce the cost of medical tests
IEEE Spectrum December 2008 Saswato R. Das	Paper-Thin Speakers Made From Carbon Nanotubes Simple-to-make speakers are transparent and flexible
Chemistry World December 9, 2008 Rebecca Trager	EPA tweaks hazardous waste rules for academic labs US chemistry laboratories have been freed from regulations on handling hazardous waste that lumped them under the same rules as industrial facilities.
Chemistry World December 8, 2008 Manisha Lalloo	Trace molybdenum limits forest growth Scientists have discovered that a trace metal is the limiting factor restricting nitrogen uptake in tropical rainforests.
Chemistry World December 8, 2008 Hayley Birch	Meteorites hitting oceans may have kick-started life Japanese scientists have done laboratory experiments to test the idea.
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