Chemistry

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Chemistry World March 26, 2009 Phillip Broadwith	'Molecular ball-bearings' for artificial joints Scientists have used water to create almost frictionless lubricated surfaces, which stay slippery even under heavy loads.
Chemistry World March 26, 2009 Jon Cartwright	Quakes eat up the heat More than half of the heat generated by friction in earthquakes could go to towards endothermic reactions, a study by geoscientists in Japan and Taiwan has shown.
Chemistry World March 25, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Water goes with a bang US researchers have found that water appears to play a key role as a catalyst in complex explosions.
Chemistry World March 25, 2009 Jia & Di	Xu Guangxian: A chemical life On 9 January 2009, Xu and 83-year-old brain surgeon Wang Zhongcheng of Beijing Tiantan Hospital were awarded the 5 million yuan (US$730,000) prize by Chinese president Hu Jintao
Chemistry World March 25, 2009 Hayley Birch	TB's defence mechanism revealed The research could eventually lead to new drugs for TB, which remains one of the biggest killers among infectious diseases worldwide.
Chemistry World March 24, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Producing powerful palladium particles US scientists have found a way to clean up the production of palladium nanoparticles - doubling their performance as catalysts for fuel cells.
Chemistry World March 24, 2009 Karen Harries-Rees	Alkali metals reveal a taste for clam Researchers have discovered a chemical curiosity, alkali metals that prefer aromatic surfaces to water and form clam-like structures.
Chemistry World March 23, 2009 Hayley Birch	Speeding up screening for chiral catalysts U.S. researchers say their method represents a 'standard workhorse' for discovery and optimisation of chiral catalysts, such as those widely used by the pharmaceutical and pesticide industries.
Chemistry World March 23, 2009 Nina Notman	First auto carbohydrate synthesiser German researchers have unveiled the first fully automated carbohydrate synthesizer, which they hope will advance development of carbohydrate-based vaccines for the developing world.
Chemistry World March 20, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Sensitive Polymers Show Drug Delivery Promise Chemists in the US have developed a three-component polymer that can respond to temperature, pH and the presence of a reducing agent.
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