Chemistry

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Chemistry World November 11, 2009 Anna Lewcock	Three more scientists quit drugs council Three more members of the UK government's drugs advisory council have resigned, including renowned chemist Simon Campbell.
Chemistry World November 11, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Nanotubes to soak up oil spills Chinese chemists have made sturdy nanotube sponges that can selectively absorb oil and volatile chemicals in preference to water.
Chemistry World November 10, 2009 Simon Hadlington	Biodegradable electronics dissolve after use Christopher Bettinger and Zhenan Bao from Stanford University in California, US, set out to fabricate a biodegradable and biocompatible transistor.
Chemistry World November 9, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Microscopic springs made from nanotube composite Researchers in the US have developed a way to rapidly make tiny 3D objects out of a carbon nanotube-enriched polymer, using UV light to quickly set the structure in place.
Chemistry World November 6, 2009 Anna Lewcock	Loss of senior chemist throws further doubt on future of UK drugs council David Nutt has insisted he has 'right on his side' following his unceremonious dismissal as chair of the UK Home Office Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.
Chemistry World November 6, 2009 Nina Notman	Monitoring asthma with mobile phones In the future, asthmatic children may be able to monitor their condition using breath analysing sensors built into their mobile phones.
Chemistry World November 6, 2009 Simon Hadlington	Boron-based compounds inhibit key HIV enzyme Researchers in the Czech Republic have shown that an unusual class of boron-containing compound can inhibit HIV protease, a key enzyme involved in replicating the virus that causes Aids.
Chemistry World November 6, 2009 Phillip Broadwith	Enzyme binds both sides of the mirror European chemists have discovered that both mirror-image forms of a particular compound can bind at the same time in the same site of an enzyme, a phenomenon that has never been seen before.
Chemistry World November 5, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Playing with 'Russian-doll' fullerenes Chinese chemists have made 'Russian-doll'-style fullerenes, containing three distinct molecules trapped within one another.
Chemistry World November 2, 2009 Simon Hadlington	New way to find drugs' unintended targets Researchers in the US have devised a new way to predict 'off-target' effects for pharmaceutical drugs.
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