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Chemistry World November 14, 2010 Laura Howes	Using Host-Guest Chemistry as Molecular Velcro Molecular recognition, a microscopic process, has been used by Japanese researchers to assemble gels into macroscopic structures. The result is like molecular velcro, the molecules catch each other and hold the gel cubes together.
Prepared Foods May 1, 2006	Gumming for the Alternative The proper selection of a food gum is critical to its ultimate efficacy in a food matrix.
Chemistry World February 21, 2007 Tom Westgate	Complex Organic Molecules Teamed with Iodine Chemists have developed a method for constructing complex halogen-containing organic molecules from simple compounds in a single step. The discovery could pave the way for the synthesis of many potentially useful naturally occurring molecules.
Chemistry World January 20, 2010 Hayley Birch	Hydrogel self-heals in seconds Japanese researchers have created a rapidly self-healing hydrogel material, composed largely of water, which they say could have applications in regenerative medicine and green chemistry.
Chemistry World April 19, 2009 Hayley Birch	Chiral metals shape up for catalysis Dutch and Israeli scientists have found a way to induce the chirality usually only found in organic materials in palladium.
Chemistry World June 13, 2008 Richard Van Noorden	Asymmetric ketone catalysis gets pharma-scale makeover An asymmetric catalysis reaction limited to laboratory syntheses has received a makeover that could see it used on a large scale by drug-makers.
Chemistry World April 3, 2009 Nina Notman	Wibbly wobbly diagnostics for lung disease A device that uses a jelly-like substance to detect nitric oxide in exhaled breath - an indicator of lung diseases such as tuberculosis and lung cancer - is being developed by scientists in the US.
Chemistry World October 22, 2007 Simon Hadlington	A Swell Idea? US researchers have developed a new polymer-based gel that can rapidly change color in response to a range of triggers, including temperature, humidity and salt concentration.
Chemistry World March 8, 2011 Jon Cartwright	Carbon nanotubes - a boon for chiral catalysts Researchers in China have created a new catalyst that could help in the production of chiral molecules for medical drugs. The catalyst, which consists of platinum nanoparticles encapsulated in carbon nanotubes, is the most active of its type ever reported.
Chemistry World July 24, 2009 Nina Notman	Chiral isotropic liquids from achiral molecules Boomerang-shaped liquid crystal phase molecules that don't exhibit 'handedness' (chirality) have been found to form unusual chiral structures that spontaneously separate into left- and right-handed domains.
Chemistry World May 24, 2013 David Bradley	Microwaves show their hand The chirality of a gas phase molecule held in an electric field can be revealed using microwave spectroscopy. Hooking the technique to a separation step might even be exploited to isolate a specific enantiomer from a racemic mixture of both forms.
Chemistry World September 19, 2007 Lewis Brindley	Cell Destruction by Gel Implosion Scientists in Hong Kong have shown that creating a gel inside bacterial cells can stunt their growth. This research is a step towards developing novel treatments that would target rapidly-reproducing cells such antibiotic-resistant superbugs.
Reactive Reports Issue 33 David Bradley	Two-faced Liquid Crystals A new class of programmable liquid crystals could be used to make variable optical filters for laboratory instrumentation and digital cameras; they might even be used to treat dyslexia.
Chemistry World June 5, 2012 Simon Perks	Chiral separation with micro-flows How do you separate enantiomers without any kind of chiral recognition between molecules? The answer it seems is to use asymmetric flow in a micro-fluidic channel.
Chemistry World November 22, 2011 Steve Down	Growing super long fibres in seaweed jackets Scientists in Japan have made extremely long supramolecular fibres of a lipid-type compound by self-assembling it in microfluidic channels.
Chemistry World January 22, 2010 Lewis Brindley	Gel turns clear for cocaine detection Chinese researchers have developed an aptamer cross-linked hydrogel that changes from bright red or blue to colourless when exposed to tiny amounts of cocaine.
Chemistry World February 21, 2008 Lewis Brindley	Esters Made Easy with Indium Indium is the basis of a novel catalyst designed to make useful cyclic esters. This catalyst could greatly simplify the production of chiral dihydropyranones, important structural elements in many natural products and pharmaceuticals.
Chemistry World May 15, 2012 Harriet Brewerton	Chiral Confusion Scientists in Israel have shown that non-biological chiral crystals are much more abundant than previously thought and their findings could clear up a possible confusion over the term 'chiral'.
Chemistry World June 10, 2010 Phillip Broadwith	A green and salty chiral catalyst An efficient, chiral, salt-based hypervalent iodine catalyst has been discovered by Japanese chemists that could replace toxic metal catalysts without generating the waste or explosion risks associated with hypervalent organo-iodine complexes.
Chemistry World November 3, 2011 Erica Wise	A Model for the Single Chirality of Life The boiling solutions in prebiotic hot springs could shed light on the emergence of a single chiral form of biomolecules in nature, say Spanish scientists.
Chemistry World October 22, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Nanoscience brings artworks back to life Italian chemists have developed a new polymer-based cleaning system to remove old residues from the surface of valuable works of art.
Chemistry World March 23, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	The Hole Story UK chemists are trying to create the first liquids made from holes. The strange fluids could change the way chemical plants operate, they claim.
Chemistry World August 14, 2008 Jane Qiu	Gel Releases Drugs on Cue A novel gel that delivers drugs in response to a chemical cue may help to make insulin jabs a thing of the past.
Chemistry World November 1, 2009 Hayley Birch	How light gave life a helping hand A new theory for how 'handedness' in organic molecules evolved has been proposed by Dutch scientists.
Chemistry World July 31, 2013 Charlie Quigg	Light responsive soft matter A gel that can move backwards and forwards in a tube in response to changes in light intensity has been developed by an international team of chemists.
Chemistry World April 29, 2009 James Urquhart	Huge pores in zeolite molecular sieve Researchers in Spain and Sweden have synthesized and structurally determined a new kind of crystalline molecular sieve with extra large holes and chiral properties.
Chemistry World July 24, 2006 Victoria Gill	Eye Glue Debut A gel that could glue transplanted corneas onto the eye has been developed by chemists. Using the gel could reduce the number of stitches needed to fix the cornea in place, potentially cutting the risk of infections.
Chemistry World July 26, 2007 Lewis Brindley	Novel Aerogels to Absorb Toxic Heavy Metals Scientists in the US have developed a new family of aerogels that preferentially soak up heavy metals from contaminated solutions.
Chemistry World May 15, 2012 James Mitchell Crow	Polymer gel squeezes and strains like an intestine Researchers have found that the oscillating chemical waves of the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction are strong enough to carry a cargo, driving it along a length of smart polymer tubing using contractions - just like an intestine.
Chemistry World July 26, 2007 Tom Westgate	Counterion Does the Twist US chemists have achieved a breakthrough in the design of catalysts that selectively produce chiral compounds.
Chemistry World February 23, 2012 Laura Howes	Simple sensitive TNT detection Indian scientists have created a gel that gives a fluorescence response when exposed to particles of explosive trinitrotoluene
Prepared Foods July 1, 2005 Marcia A. Wade	The Importance of Being Protein Milk, egg, wheat and soy proteins can pass for other ingredients and create fluffy, flowing and fabulous textures.
Chemistry World May 18, 2009 James Urquhart	Tailored colors for photonic crystals Korean and US scientists have permanently fixed the color of block copolymer photonic crystals by swelling photonic gels and 'freezing' them as they display the desired color.
Chemistry World October 11, 2011 Andrew Turley	A Polymer Plug for Blood Vessels A polymer product that can temporarily block blood vessels during surgery has been approved in the US. The product, called LeGoo, is liquid at room temperature, but rapidly forms a gel when warmed by the body, creating a firm plug and halting blood flow.
Chemistry World January 6, 2012 Tegan Thomas	Blood barrier gel aids medical analysis US scientists have developed a separator gel that can form a permanent barrier between blood components when exposed to ultraviolet light.
Chemistry World November 9, 2011 Laura Howes	Radical Approach to Self-Healing Materials Japanese chemists have made a covalently cross-linked gel that can repair itself simply by bringing the broken surface together. The new material can heal itself even after damaged surfaces have been kept apart for as long as five days.
Chemistry World March 23, 2009 Hayley Birch	Speeding up screening for chiral catalysts U.S. researchers say their method represents a 'standard workhorse' for discovery and optimisation of chiral catalysts, such as those widely used by the pharmaceutical and pesticide industries.
Chemistry World March 10, 2008 Victoria Gill	New Hope for Anti-HIV Gels Early data from a clinical trial has rekindled hope of an effective topical gel to prevent HIV infection.
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Chemistry World March 5, 2014 Andy Extance	Rotaxanes make symmetry history A UK team has stumbled upon an efficient way to separately produce each member of an unusual mirror image pair of chemical systems that has eluded scientists for over four decades.