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Chemistry World October 12, 2012 Jon Cartwright	An ultralight graphene structure for all seasons Chemists in China claim to have created the lightest graphene framework to date. The material, which is light enough to rest on a dandelion seed head, is also fire resistant and has record-breaking adsorption and capacitance.
Chemistry World October 11, 2012 Andy Extance	Perovskite posits answer to xenon riddle If meteorites and the Earth were formed from similar materials at the same time, where did the xenon go? Some scientists think that the answer could be found in xenon trapped in the Earth's iron core, or in ice, water or rocks near the surface.
Chemistry World October 11, 2012 Ian Le Guillou	Turbo-charged Diels-Alder reaction The Diels - Alder reaction is one that sticks in the mind of even the most reluctant chemistry student -- there is a certain elegance in the ring formation from an alkene and diene.
Chemistry World October 11, 2012 Elinor Hughes	Cotton thread to monitor athletes' dehydration Scientists in Italy have integrated a device to monitor the salt concentration of sweat into a cotton fiber. The fiber can then be embedded into cloth and could be used to monitor hydration levels in athletes by measuring how much they are sweating.
Chemistry World October 11, 2012 James Urquhart	Drawing gas sensors with a nanotube pencil US researchers have created a gas sensor that can detect ammonia as well as existing sensors. The 'pencil' comes in the form of a carbon nanotube disk which was used to draw on paper patterned with metal electrodes to create the sensor.
Chemistry World October 11, 2012 Duncan Burns	Food contamination Case Studies in Food Safety and Authenticity edited by Jeffrey Hoorfar provides insights into problems for a variety of food products and details some interesting examples of recent applications of analytical chemistry in the protection of the public.
Chemistry World October 10, 2012 Phillip Broadwith	Chemistry Nobel awarded for protein receptors The 2012 Nobel prize in chemistry has been awarded to Robert Lefkowitz of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Duke University in Durham, US, and Brian Kobilka of Stanford University, US, for 'studies of G-protein coupled receptors'.
Chemistry World October 10, 2012 Phillip Broadwith	Taming erythropoietin through synthesis US researchers have produced a fully synthetic version of erythropoietin, the glycoprotein responsible for regulating blood cell production.
Chemistry World October 10, 2012 Elinor Hughes	Batteries not included Enzyme-based biofuel cells have been plugged into lobsters and they generated enough power to run a digital watch.
Chemistry World October 9, 2012 Elinor Hughes	A cancer treatment that goes further A cancer treatment that uses titanium dioxide nanoparticles to kill tumor cells has been given a sound revamping by researchers in Japan.
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