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Chemistry World April 7, 2015 Matt Gunther	Energy: all that matters The author explains complex issues, such as the nature of power transmission and distribution, with consummate ease.
Chemistry World March 31, 2015 Charlie Quigg	Bounce denotes battery health Inspired by a YouTube video, scientists in the US have confirmed that a simple bounce test can be used as a technique to indicate charge in a battery.
Chemistry World March 26, 2015 Matthew Gunther	Neutron -- proton mass imbalance put on the quantum scales Scientists in Germany have calculated this value to a high level of precision and may also be able to explain why it even exists in the first place.
Chemistry World March 23, 2015 Philip Ball	Simple chemistry mimics animals' predator spotting method Some animals, from fish to cats to humans, use edge detection to decode their visual environment: they identify some objects just by their outline.
Chemistry World March 23, 2015 Sonja Hampel	Flexible polymer threads set to light up clothing Fashions on the catwalk could soon become a whole lot funkier with the development of new light-emitting threads that can be knitted or woven into textiles.
Chemistry World March 19, 2015 James Urquhart	Mystery of colored water droplets that chase and repel each other solved Researchers have solved the puzzle of a remarkable phenomenon that allows droplets of water mixed with a food coloring to move spontaneously and freely in intricate patterns when placed on a clean glass slide.
Chemistry World March 19, 2015 Andrea Sella	Crookes' tube William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (1832 -- 1919), discovered thallium and pioneered vacuum discharge tubes.
Chemistry World March 18, 2015 Tim Wogan	Drawn out success for far faster 3D printing A new, continuous-flow process for stereolithography -- one of the key technologies in 3D printing -- that is 25 -- 100 times faster than current technologies has been developed by researchers in the US.
Chemistry World March 11, 2015 Polly Wilson	Urine-fuelled distress signal The UK laboratory behind the pee-powered mobile phone has turned recycled photocopier paper into microbial fuel cells that instigate radio transmissions when fed fresh urine.
Chemistry World March 6, 2015 Anisha Ratan	Phone camera checks water for arsenic UK scientists have developed a mobile phone-based system to help people avoid drinking water contaminated with arsenic.
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