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Chemistry World February 11, 2013 Philip Ball	A (chemical) potential theory of life's origin This theory says that life arose at hydrothermal vents, not merely because these provide heat and the ingredients for making complex organics but because they create sustained gradients of ion concentration.
Chemistry World July 13, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Getting a look at water wires Indian chemists have trapped tiny strands of water inside peptide nanotubes - allowing the researchers to take a direct look at how small amounts of water behave in a confined environment.
Chemistry World October 18, 2009 Hayley Birch	Conducting MOFs make membranes for fuel cells New crystalline compounds could yield better materials for fuel cell applications, according to Canadian scientists.
Chemistry World October 21, 2010	Studies Probe Key Flu Protein New details about the structure of an influenza protein that is a key drug target have been revealed in separate studies by groups in the US. The two studies provide insights into the workings of the protein machinery that the virus needs to infect cells.
Chemistry World March 6, 2011 Mike Brown	Molecules that walk, hop and jump 'Two legged' molecules walk, hop and fly across a receptor surface, according to researchers in the Netherlands and Ireland. The findings could help us understand how viruses and bacteria interact with cell membranes, they say.
Chemistry World June 14, 2013 Philip Ball	Protons wander freely in icy gas giant cores If you squeeze ice hard enough, its protons fall off. That's the conclusion of a new study by Malcolm Guthrie of the Carnegie Institution of Washington and colleagues.
Chemistry World July 6, 2006 Jon Evans	Quick-Release Store for Light A collection of chemicals that can harvest the energy of light, storing and then releasing it on demand, has been unveiled by Swiss and German chemists.
Chemistry World December 13, 2011 Jon Cartwright	Scientists unveil tiniest switch Researchers in Germany claim to have created the world's smallest molecular switch, relying on the movement of just a single proton.
Chemistry World August 22, 2008 Hayley Birch	Drug uptake rule challenged A study by UK scientists apparently contradicts a 100-year-old rule thought to govern the rate at which molecules cross biological membranes.
Technology Research News January 29, 2003 Kimberly Patch	Tiny hole guides atoms against tide Researchers in Poland have made a synthetic device that uses an electrical field and an extremely small, conical pore in a thin film of material to coax potassium ions through the artificial membrane against their electrochemical potential.
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Chemistry World January 10, 2008 Simon Hadlington	Proton Joins Elite Club of Cellular Messengers Researchers have discovered a new chemical that carries messages rapidly between cells - the first for more than 20 years. But unlike conventional signalling molecules, this is a far simpler chemical entity: it is the humble proton.
Chemistry World September 3, 2008 Lewis Brindley	Hydroxide argument settled Scientists in Germany say they have settled an argument over how hydroxide ions travel quite so quickly through water, after finding evidence that they can donate a weak hydrogen bond.
Chemistry World May 21, 2015 Simon Hadlington	Molecular pump points way to non-equilibrium chemistry Researchers in the US have developed an artificial molecular pump which can accumulate small, highly charged molecules against a concentration gradient.
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Chemistry World January 2010 Philip Ball	Welcome to the machine Molecular machines have promised so much but are they more whimsical than technical?
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Chemistry World June 7, 2012 Simon Hadlington	Rethinking redox chemistry Metal oxide redox chemistry may be due a big re-think following new research by US scientists. It seems that it is not solely electrons that are being shunted about. In many, possibly most, cases a proton also comes along for the ride.
Chemistry World April 26, 2007 Philip Ball	Water's Surface is Acidic Pure, neutral water has an acid skin. This striking notion has now been confirmed by calculations and tests by an international team of scientists. The finding could be significant for a number of disciplines.
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Chemistry World November 13, 2007 Lewis Brindley	Hydrogen From Sewage Hits Production Records Scientists have drastically improved the efficiency of bacteria-powered fuel cells that convert biodegradable organic matter into hydrogen gas. They hope their discovery will make it possible to generate hydrogen from sewage, sustainably and on a large scale.
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Chemistry World February 14, 2007 Lionel Milgrom	Slim-Line Silicon Speeds up Protein Separation Tough, ultra-slim silicon membranes could drastically improve the performance of lab-on-a-chip micro-analytical systems, kidney dialysis machines and, in the future, even produce an artificial kidney, claim researchers.
Chemistry World May 30, 2014 Andy Extance	Cluster structure promises acid advance Mark Johnson's Yale team has become the first to capture vibrations of the hydronium ion in a protonated 21-water cluster
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Chemistry World October 2011	Fuelling the Future Fuel cell vehicles have taken a back seat to battery and hybrid power in recent years. But hydrogen still holds promise in the long term.
Technology Research News October 20, 2004	Molecules positioned on silicon Dubbed multi-step feedback control lithography, this new fabrication process could eventually be used to construct prototype molecular electronic devices for future technologies in areas like consumer electronics and biomedical diagnostics.
Technology Research News October 22, 2003	Embedded rotors mix fluids Researchers have found that it is possible to change the way fluid flows through arrays of tiny rotary motors embedded in a membrane. Minuscule motor arrays could eventually be used to sort, mix and transport molecules for medicine, biology and bioengineering applications.
Chemistry World July 6, 2007 Michael Gross	Predicting How Proteins Fold Researchers in Italy and the UK have now developed a computational approach that can simulate the folding of membrane proteins in atomic detail.
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Reactive Reports May 2007 David Bradley	Meeting of Molecular Movie Stars New footage confirms Linus Pauling's theory of chemical bonding proposed half a century ago, and could help explain molecular recognition processes important throughout supramolecular chemistry and molecular biology.
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Chemistry World August 30, 2012 Simon Hadlington	Record proton conductivity claim withdrawn US chemists have withdrawn a claim that they created a crystalline nanowire that can conduct protons at world record speeds after other researchers, and subsequently they themselves, failed to reproduce the results.
Chemistry World January 28, 2009 Phillip Broadwith	Water spilt with aluminium Aluminium clusters' ability to split water molecules and release hydrogen is dictated by the geometric arrangement of active sites on their surface, US scientists have discovered.
Chemistry World May 12, 2011 Jon Cartwright	'Chemical soldering' heralds single molecule electronics Scientists in Japan and Switzerland have demonstrated how to wire up single molecules with conductive nanowires.
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Chemistry World April 26, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Hydrogen Busters go Synthetic Chemists have created a small molecule which mimics the way natural enzymes chew up hydrogen. The model should inspire designs for new catalysts that can break up hydrogen in fuel cells; or (running in reverse) help produce the fuel for a hydrogen economy.
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