Chemistry

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Chemistry World April 19, 2009 Hayley Birch	Chiral metals shape up for catalysis Dutch and Israeli scientists have found a way to induce the chirality usually only found in organic materials in palladium.
Wired John Bohannon	Gamers Unravel the Secret Life of Protein A look at the protein chemistry world's biennial World Series, a competition to see who can predict the shape a protein will fold into, knowing nothing more than the sequence of its constituent parts.
Chemistry World April 16, 2009 Simon Hadlington	Mass spec pinpoints flu virus types Researchers in Australia have shown that exquisitely accurate mass spectrometry can be used to distinguish between different sub-types of the influenza virus
Chemistry World April 15, 2009 Phillip Broadwith	Heteroaromatic rings of the future UK scientists have created a computer program to work out all the aromatic heterocycles that could be synthesised, hoping to expand the range of molecules used in the pharmaceutical and other industries.
Chemistry World April 14, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Osmium and pyridine ring together Organic chemists in China have found a way to put osmium into a pyridine ring - leading to the synthesis of the first metallapyridinium complex.
Chemistry World April 14, 2009 Hayley Birch	DNA electronics a step closer Japanese researchers have improved the electrical conductivity of DNA through simple chemical modifications.
Chemistry World April 9, 2009 Nina Notman	UK launches materials chemistry brokering service A multi-million pound center acting as a one-stop-shop for firms looking to contract out their materials chemistry research has officially opened in the north of England.
Chemistry World April 9, 2009 Phillip Broadwith	Dual-action malaria drug reverses resistance US chemists have designed a new class of antimalarial drug that can reverse the malaria parasite's resistance to existing drugs.
Chemistry World April 9, 2009 Lewis Brindley	'Nickel famine' caused ancient oxygen rise A crucial increase in atmospheric oxygen that occurred around 2.4 billion years ago could have been triggered by a shortage of nickel in the oceans, according to Canadian researchers.
Chemistry World April 8, 2009 Jon Cartwright	Natural biomarker can signal cancer The researchers discovered that cancerous cells contain on average twice as much nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide than normal cells, and that they contain a higher proportion of NADH that is still in the mitochondria and unbound to enzymes.
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