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Chemistry World January 25, 2013 Laura Howes	Switchable catenane ready for data storage A quick experiment at the start of a PhD has resulted in a stable organic compound with four unpaired electrons. The researchers are now investigating this unusual structure for applications in batteries and data storage.
Chemistry World January 25, 2013 Derek Lowe	Name reactions: how does the label stick? Some of these names go back to the 19th century, and many more of them come from the first decades of the 20th. Once in a while, I wonder if the tradition is dying out. Are we still naming chemical reactions after their discoverers?
Chemistry World January 24, 2013 Tamsin Cowley	Environmentally friendly alternative to toxic heavy metals in paint Austrian scientists have shown that an environmentally friendly enzyme, laccase, can be used to replace toxic drying agents in paint.
Chemistry World January 24, 2013 Paul Docherty	Hyperforin Studies of St John's wort have found several biologically active ingredients, but the primary agent is hyperforin, a potent inhibitor of several neurotransmitters.
Information Today January 24, 2013 Robert E. Buntrock	STN Version One: New Searching Platform Under Development Chemical Abstracts Service and FIZ Karlsruhe announced Version One of the new STN platform for searching STN. The new web-based search platform has been released in beta to STN's fixed fee customers with rollout anticipated eventually to all STN customers.
Chemistry World January 23, 2013 Patrick Walter	Campaign to save Royal Institution's London home A campaign has kicked off to save the Royal Institution from having to sell its iconic home at 21 Albemarle Street in London. The venerable science charity, which housed the labs of chemistry pioneers such as Humphrey Davy and Michael Faraday, has found itself in dire financial trouble.
Chemistry World January 23, 2013	Chemical climate proxies With the climate change debate as heated as ever, how do scientists reconstruct what the weather was like in the past? Jon Evans looks at the detective chemistry behind such environmental forensic work
Chemistry World January 22, 2013 James Urquhart	Mopping up oil spills with marshmallows Japanese researchers have developed a marshmallow-like material that can mop up hydrocarbons like a sponge and can then be wrung out. The work could one day lead to a cheap and simple solution for cleaning up large oil spills.
Chemistry World January 21, 2013 Michael Parkin	Flow synthesis for anticancer drug UK chemists have used a combination of flow chemistry methods with solid-supported scavengers and reagents to synthesize the active pharmaceutical ingredient, imatinib, of the anticancer drug Gleevec.
Chemistry World January 21, 2013 Maria Burke	Global convention to limit mercury agreed Governments from around the world agreed to a global, legally-binding treaty on Saturday to limit mercury use. This is the first new major environmental treaty in over a decade.
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