Chemistry

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Chemistry World February 22, 2011 Amaya Camara-Campos	Repairing faulty genes Israeli scientists have developed compounds that could be better treatments for genetic diseases than current drugs.
Chemistry World February 20, 2011 Jon Cartwright	Insect antennae inspire responsive nanopores Researchers in the US have created nanopores that can capture, concentrate and shift molecules in predictable ways.
Chemistry World February 18, 2011 Vibhuti Patel	Designer foods The way that we digest fat could be controlled by food design, providing potential health benefits, according to scientists from Australia.
Chemistry World February 18, 2011 Elinor Richards	Identifying the cause of pregnancy loss A protein has been identified as a possible indicator of recurring pregnancy loss by scientists from Korea.
Chemistry World February 18, 2011 Carol Stanier	Speed dating for pharmaceuticals A simple analysis of hydrogen bond strengths finds the best crystallisation partners for drugs, say UK scientists.
Chemistry World February 17, 2011 James Urquhart	To thicken up runny liquids, add fluid Adding a small amount of an immiscible fluid to a suspension - solid particles dispersed in a fluid - tunes the consistency of the suspension.
Chemistry World February 17, 2011 Ned Stafford	Standardizing nanomaterials The European Commission's Joint Research Centre has launched the world's first reference repository for nanomaterials, which will be used for safety assessment testing by national and international standardization bodies.
Chemistry World February 16, 2011 Laura Howes	International Year of Chemistry launches across the world Over 1000 people from more than 60 countries helped to launch the International Year of Chemistry at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization headquarters in Paris, France.
Chemistry World February 16, 2011 Harriet Brewerton	Remote powered lab on a chip Wen Qiao at the University of California, San Diego, made a microfluidic chip that can be powered with a commercially available radio frequency transmitter for electrophoresis experiments.
Chemistry World February 15, 2011 Mary Badcock	Building up a natural product toolkit US scientists have come up with a method that makes it easier to extract compounds that are difficult to isolate from crude natural product mixtures.
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