Chemistry

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Chemistry World March 22, 2012 Charlie Quigg	Roll up, roll up! Scientists in India - inspired by research on making water run uphill - have developed a technique that enables a polymer cylinder to not only autonomously climb an incline but carry a weight with it.
Chemistry World March 22, 2012 Ross McLaren	Back to the future: old reactions to help the new Researchers from the US have delved into the history of organic chemistry to help chemists better predict the effect that functional groups will have on one another within a molecule.
Chemistry World March 21, 2012 Elinor Richards	Sensor that smells like a dog Scientists in Korea have developed a biosensor for assessing food quality that mimics the way receptors in a canine nose respond to smells.
Chemistry World March 21, 2012 James Urquhart	Rediscovered Native American remedy kills poxvirus An extract of the pitcher plant Sarracenia purpurea halted viral replication.
Chemistry World March 20, 2012 Tamsin Phillips	Smuggling Medicines in Food US scientists have encapsulated a nutraceutical - a dietary supplement with medicinal benefits - inside hydrocolloids to deliver it intact into the human body in food.
Chemistry World March 19, 2012 James Mitchell Crow	Nickel plays host to quickie xylene separation An efficient new way to separate isomers of xylene, a chemical feedstock derived from crude oil, could slash the time and energy required to purify this key intermediate.
Chemistry World March 15, 2012 Jon Cartwright	DVD player burns graphene to disc Chemists in the US have used a standard DVD player to reduce films of graphite oxide to graphene.
Chemistry World March 15, 2012 Andrew Shore	Designer solvent hits hospital superbug Scientists from Ireland, the Czech Republic and Spain have found an antimicrobial ionic liquid that targets MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus).
Chemistry World March 14, 2012 James Urquhart	Catalysis at the flick of a switch German researchers have created a molecular nanoswitch that can be reversibly and repeatedly turned on and off to control a chemical reaction.
Chemistry World March 14, 2012 Helen Bache	Diabetes reduces antioxidant benefits Scientists in China have discovered that the blood plasma proteins of type II diabetes patients reduce the beneficial effects of dietary polyphenols.
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