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Chemistry World November 29, 2012 David Bradley	Lego-like DNA bricks are child's play DNA building blocks have been pieced together to form a multitude of Lego-like bricks by researchers at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US.
Chemistry World November 29, 2012 Simon Hadlington	Olive oil coating could save York Minster Could olive oil be the answer to protecting ancient buildings from atmospheric pollutants? Researchers have developed a breathable, water-repellent coating based on oleic acid -- the main fatty acid component of olive oil.
Chemistry World November 29, 2012 Richard Kidd	Child's play Atoms and Molecules -- a Child's Guide to Chemistry, by Adam Smith, needed live testing from some children.
Chemistry World November 28, 2012 Andrew Turley	Lignin to lead bio-based chemicals? Lignin could come become the primary source of bio-based aromatic compounds for the chemical industry, according to a new report.
Chemistry World November 28, 2012 Laura Howes	Smartphones as environmental sensors A new project, dubbed Exposomics, intends to monitor personal exposure to pollutants by giving thousands of participants mobile phones equiped with environmental sensors and GPS to log locations.
Chemistry World November 28, 2012 Philip Ball	Make or break: the laws of motion The machine metaphors of nanochemistry and molecular biology now make it plain that dynamic function arises from the use of weak, temporary interactions. The question biology has to face is: what is the optimal bond strength for a given mechanical function?
Chemistry World November 28, 2012 Phillip Broadwith	Science -- art and craft Roald Hoffmann on the Philosophy, Art and Science of Chemistry, edited by Kovac and Weisberg, brings new arguments and should provoke thoughtful self-examination.
Chemistry World November 27, 2012 Patrick Walter	Arafat exhumed in poisoning probe Swiss, French and Russian scientists have been to the grave of the former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat as his body is exhumed. They are there to investigate claims that he was poisoned and will be taking tissue samples away for forensic analysis.
Chemistry World November 27, 2012 Phillip Broadwith	End of the road for h-index rankings US chemists who have ranked living chemists based on their h-indices have decided to stop. The decision comes after criticism that the list lends too much emphasis to a single metric for assessing academic performance.
Chemistry World November 27, 2012 Paul Docherty	Pentalenolactone A methyl ester One team that really gets the Pauson -- Khand reaction or the PKR and all its nuances is that led by Zhen Yang at Peking University in Beijing, China. They recently published a very neat synthesis of the intricate pentalenolactone
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