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Chemistry World August 10, 2011 Simon Hadlington	Toyota create first magnesium-sulfur rechargeable battery US researchers have demonstrated the first rechargeable battery system using a magnesium anode and sulfur cathode.
Chemistry World August 9, 2011 Simon Hadlington	Ligand could trap actinides from spent nuclear fuel Is the problem of highly radioactive nuclear waste on the verge of being solved?
Chemistry World August 8, 2011 Rebecca Brodie	A Solar Torch to Fit in Your Back Pocket A solar powered torch the size of a credit card has been developed by a team of scientists from Denmark, the Netherlands and the US.
Chemistry World August 5, 2011 David Bradley	Filming the roundabout production of cells' chemical fuel Japanese researchers have used a high-speed atomic force microscopy to shoot a movie of the tiny rotating enzyme that produces the chemical fuel for cells.
Chemistry World August 5, 2011 Josh Howgego	Calcium ion is the key to plant's water splitting secret The first model of photosystem II - a key part of the biological machinery that drives photosynthesis - has been constructed.
Chemistry World August 4, 2011 James Mitchell Crow	MOFs Ready to Gulp Down Radioactive Iodine Gas A porous material that can hold up to one and a quarter times its own weight of molecular iodine could help to mop up gaseous radioactive isotopes of the element.
Chemistry World August 3, 2011 Simon Hadlington	Liquid Crystals Rearrange to Glow in Three Colours Chemists in Japan have created a luminescent liquid crystal that can switch between three different colours when stimulated with heat and mechanical force.
Chemistry World August 2, 2011 Kate McAlpine	Hacking into chemical cell phone calls US researchers have made a nanodevice that can eavesdrop on a cell's mutterings, and they say it could be adapted to listen in on conversations between cells.
Chemistry World August 2, 2011 Phillip Broadwith	Protein synthesis hijacked to turn out cyclic peptides Japanese researchers have developed a way of reprogramming the genetic code and using bacteria to make and screen huge libraries of cyclic peptides using unnatural amino acids.
Chemistry World August 2011	Clever comestibles Controlling the microscopic structure of foods could make diet products that help you feel fuller for longer. Emma Davies gets her teeth into some edible colloids
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