Chemistry

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Reactive Reports December 2003 David Bradley	The Virtual Rotarians Rotary evaporators are ubiquitous in organic synthesis laboratories. They provide a means to remove solvent from a product mixture in the least time and without damaging the product. But, what exactly goes on inside such a device? The answer comes from a Cambridge team in the form of a Java applet.
Reactive Reports December 2003 David Bradley	Mo' Better Blues Vesicles form from molybdenum wheels, giving rise to deep blue water.
Reactive Reports December 2003	Star Picks Linux4Chemistry provides chemists with access to the growing number of resources available to them under the Linux OS... The British Council's guide to the organization of science, engineering, and technology in the UK... A whole raft of chemical calculators are available online
Technology Research News December 3, 2003	Nanotubes detect nerve gas Naval Research Laboratory researchers have found that carbon nanotubes are sensitive to extremely small concentrations -- less than one part per billion -- of chemical nerve agents.
Industrial Physicist Dec 2003/Jan 2004 Chichester & Simpson	Compact accelerator neutron generators These small devices are useful for detecting and quantifying different elements in a variety of materials and find applications in identifying explosives, chemical weapons, and nuclear materials.
Geotimes December 2003 Sara Pratt	Super-hard graphite Compressed graphite does not become diamond, but instead becomes a "super-hard" form of graphite. The new material has many potential industrial applications, for example as a structural component or perhaps for use in high-pressure scientific instruments.
Geotimes December 2003	Mineral Resource of the Month: Fluorspar Fluorspar has been widely used in steelmaking since the introduction of basic open-hearth furnace technology in the late 19th century. Its uses have grown and changed over the last 100 years, and now fluorspar's most important markets are fluorochemicals, aluminum refining and steel.
Technology Research News November 5, 2003	Paired molecules store data Researchers from the University of California at Irvine have bonded a pair of molecules to form a molecule that has two states. The components are photochromic fulgimide and a dye molecule capable of florescence.
Reactive Reports Issue 34 David Bradley	Puzzling over pollution solution The surprising combination of sunlight, the oxidizing power of heme, the heart of our blood's hemoglobin, and the white pigment titanium dioxide as a catalyst can break down some of the most persistent and environmentally damaging pollutants -- the organohalides. Researchers want to know why.
Wired November 2003 Evan Ratliff	Hitting the Sweet Spot It's got full flavor at one-third the calories. It's safe for teeth and diabetics. And it's all-natural. The long, strange search for the ultimate sugar substitute.
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