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Chemistry World October 26, 2011 Jon Cartwright	Complex organic matter may have been found beyond the Solar System Scientists in Hong Kong believe they have found traces of organic compounds deep in interstellar space that have similar structures to coal and oil.
Chemistry World October 26, 2011 Kate McAlpine	Dismissing gatekeepers for enhanced nerve control US researchers have invented a better way to stimulate or block nerve impulses by coating an electrode with a membrane that can control the local concentration of ions.
Chemistry World October 25, 2011 Jon Evans	Carbon nanotubes detect DNA 'flipping out' US chemists have developed a way to detect the chemical modification of a single strand of DNA, by hooking it up to a pair of carbon nanotubes.
Chemistry World October 24, 2011 Andy Extance	Dirty Pots Reveal Ancient Fish Suppers 6000-year old cooking pot recovered from a Danish bog still holds traces of the last supper it held.
Chemistry World October 24, 2011 Rebecca Trager	US Universities' Lab Safety Under New Scrutiny US universities are under pressure to significantly step up safety at chemistry labs, following new findings and recommendations from the Chemical Safety Board.
Chemistry World October 23, 2011 David Bradley	Clicking Together Cultural Niches Researchers in the US have made three-dimensional hydrogels that are not only compatible with living cells but can be tuned to create specialist growing environments - culture niches - for studying cell function.
Chemistry World October 21, 2011 Sean Milmo	EU Proposes Nanomaterial Definition In EU legislation, nanomaterials should be identified solely on the basis of the size of the particles of a material, and not on the basis of hazard or risk.
Chemistry World October 20, 2011 James Mitchell Crow	Nanotubes with a Split Personality Show Solar Promise A team in Japan is the first to form nanotubes which incorporate two electronically distinct semiconducting domains, an advance which could also see applications in devices ranging from solid-state lasers to transistors.
Chemistry World October 20, 2011 Rebecca Brodie	New Power for Smart Garments Scientists in the US have taken the first steps towards designing a flexible and lightweight fabric that can act as a power supply for smart garments.
Chemistry World October 20, 2011 Jennifer Newton	Mimicking Mother Nature's Solar Panels Scientists in China have studied the anti-reflective behavior of black butterfly scales to understand the way these natural solar collectors work.
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