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Technology Research News May 4, 2005	Nano Pyramids Boost Fuel Cells Researchers have devised a way to make iridium surfaces that are extremely finely textured. The surface is textured with pyramids which increases the available surface area of the metal. The increased surface area speeds the catalytic reaction that breaks down ammonia to extract hydrogen.
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Chemistry World November 5, 2007 Ned Stafford	Joining up Nanocircuits A team of scientists have covalently bonded strings of porphyrin molecules on a gold surface -- a step forward in the quest to develop nano-electronics.
Chemistry World July 31, 2008	Nanostructures Made Easy Scotland-based chemists have invented a new way to build nanoscale arrays of molecules over a large surface area: a technique that may be key to making nanostructures in sophisticated sensors, catalysts, and tiny computer parts.
Chemistry World March 10, 2009 Alexander Hellemans	Making pentagonal ice An international group of researchers have discovered that pentagonal structures of ice can be formed on copper surfaces consisting of Cu (110) substrates.
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Chemistry World September 1, 2014 Jennifer Newton	Wendy Brown: Space dust chemistry Professor Wendy Brown's research reproduces the cold and low pressures of space to model chemical reactions that occur when particles are brought together on interstellar dust grains.
Chemistry World October 26, 2006 Victoria Gill	Volcanoes Reveal the Secret of the Origin of Life Life began with a chemical reaction under the sea over four billion years ago. That is the claim of a German scientist whose team has recreated a crucial part of the reaction, synthesizing all the necessary ingredients for a living organism.
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Reactive Reports Issue 63 David Bradley	Natural Copy Cat While plants convert carbon dioxide into sugar and oxygen, chemists are having a more difficult time finding an efficient method for converting carbon dioxide into useful fuels.
Chemistry World October 13, 2011 Phillip Broadwith	Following Electrons' Chemical Reaction Quickstep The oscillating electronic states of molecules nearby and passing through a conical intersection can now be probed directly.
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Chemistry World October 2007 Bernard Bulkin	Can Chemistry Save the Planet? If we are to scale back our greenhouse gas emissions without society juddering to a halt, 21st century transport will need 21st century fuels. And of all the sciences, it is chemistry that is best placed to deliver them.
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Chemistry World March 12, 2013 Andy Extance	'Plasmonic smart dust' conjures kinetics clues Researchers exploited gold's ability to trap and concentrate light, creating oscillations in the electron cloud at its surface called surface plasmons.
Chemistry World December 10, 2012 Phillip Broadwith	Platinum plating at the flick of a switch Atom thick catalytic layers of platinum can be deposited on surfaces from solution rapidly and cheaply thanks to a new technique developed by US scientists.
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Chemistry World July 5, 2011 Mike Brown	Metallic Pick and Mix with Complexes Scientists in Germany have plucked a metal ion from the middle of a phthalocyanine molecule on a silver surface. The simple method of removal, which employs a scanning tunnelling microscope, could be used to make cheaper molecular storage devices.
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