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Chemistry World November 27, 2014 Katrina Kramer	Conductive clay rolled out to store energy A conductive clay made by US researchers might provide a novel way of storing energy that could, one day, surpass batteries.
Chemistry World November 24, 2014 Hepeng Jia	China looks to alternative hydrocarbons to fuel its future China is quickening its efforts to explore alternative energy sources ranging from 'flammable ice' to shale gas, although technological bottlenecks and environmental concerns are hampering efforts to commercialize them.
HBS Working Knowledge November 24, 2014 Michael Blanding	Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes Does corruption really pay? Paul Healy finds that corruption may not be as lucrative - -or as unavoidable -- as it may seem.
Chemistry World November 21, 2014 Abigail Hallowes	A year of water splitting from one device Researchers have optimized a photo electrochemical cell so that it can continuously split water into clean burning hydrogen and oxygen for over 2200 hours -- the equivalent to one year of outdoor operation.
InsideFlyer December 2014	Loyalty Program Fraud Skift recently reported that 72 percent of airline loyalty programs have fallen victim to fraud.
Fast Company Dec 2014/Jan 2015 Ariel Schwartz	How To Make People Care About The Environment Environmental organizations often pile on facts and figures to convince the public that they should care about pressing issues. Maybe that's why the message isn't getting out.
Chemistry World November 19, 2014 Rebecca Trager	UC Davis chemist sentenced to four years over explosion A postdoc chemist at the University of California, Davis, has been sentenced after pleading no contest to 17 criminal charges, including possessing materials with the intent to make a destructive device
Chemistry World November 19, 2014 William Bergius	A greener recipe for copper nanowires In an ingenious application of food chemistry more commonly associated with the searing of steak or baking of bread, scientists in Singapore have developed a green synthesis for well-defined copper nano wires.
Fast Company Dec 2014/Jan 2015 Jon Gertner	We're Running Out Of Water As California's drought worsened, just north of San Diego a massive seawater desalination plant-moved closer to completion.
National Defense December 2014 Stew Magnuson	Army Takes Stock of Its Domestic Chem-Bio-Nuclear Response Capabilities More than a decade after the Army reluctantly took on the responsibility for responding to domestic chemical, biological and nuclear attacks or accidents, it has built a force of more than 18,000 dedicated personnel.
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