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Chemistry World April 19, 2012 Simon Hadlington	Controlling an organocatalyst with pH UK chemists have designed an organocatalyst that can be mechanically switched on and off simply by changing the pH.
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Chemistry World April 28, 2009 Jon Cartwright	Metal ions give rise to threaded molecules Chemists in France have developed a simple method to synthesize tricky '[3]rotaxane' molecules for potential applications in intelligent materials and molecular machines.
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Chemistry World January 11, 2010 Hayley Birch	Locking molecular motors Dutch scientists have designed a molecular motor that can be locked using an acid and unlocked using a base.
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Chemistry World January 15, 2010 Andy Extance	Quantum computer hits hydrogen bullseye A basic quantum computer has successfully tackled one of the most challenging tasks facing chemists today - calculating molecular energy from basic scientific principles.
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Chemistry World February 8, 2006 Jon Evans	To Boldly go Where no Chemist Has Gone Before Studying the interactions between different molecular fragments is taking researchers to the uncharted regions of chemical space.
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Chemistry World March 21, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Forcing a Reaction US chemists have forced molecules to react by ripping their bonds apart with ultrasound. The scientists carefully stretched one targeted bond until it snapped, guiding the molecule's subsequent reaction into pathways forbidden by conventional chemistry.
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Chemistry World March 25, 2013 David Bradley	Hydrogen bond under the microscope Scientists in Japan have designed a scanning tunnelling microscope tip that allowed them to measure electron transfer across a single hydrogen bond.
Chemistry World August 13, 2009 Simon Hadlington	Forcing enzyme activity New research has shown that physically stretching an enzyme can trigger its activity - even when the active site is not hidden in a 'cryptic' position. Mechanical force may play a more important role in biological molecular systems than previously realized.
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.
Chemistry World September 15, 2011 James Mitchell Crow	Polymer Side Chains on the Slide Researchers may now be able to create rotaxane polymers whose properties alter in response to chemical stimuli.
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Chemistry World August 1, 2010 Mike Brown	Snapshots of mystery molecular structures Researchers have used atomic force microscopy to produce clear molecular images that can help determine the correct atomic structure of unknown organic molecules.
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Chemistry World September 15, 2011 David Bradley	Sound Approach to Unclicking Click Chemistry Ultrasound can be used to physically release a triazole from a polymer-companies.
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Chemistry World July 13, 2015 Philip Ball	First snapshot of elusive intermediate supplies surprise A team near Zurich in Switzerland, has been able to take a single-molecule snapshot of an intermediate in a common class of organic reactions.
Technology Research News January 29, 2003 Kimberly Patch	Bumpy surface stores data Cramming more data into a given storage device is all about making bits that are extremely small and consistently spaced. Using individual molecules to store bits would be a tremendous leap forward. One molecule gaining researchers' attention is rotaxane.
Chemistry World February 28, 2012 Nina Notman	Observing Charge Distribution in Molecules The distribution of charge across a single molecule has been imaged for the first time by Swiss scientists. It is hoped that this work may eventually lead to electronic devices consisting of organic molecules.
Technology Research News February 26, 2003	DNA forms nano piston DNA is a molecule of many talents. In addition to its biological role of carrying the blueprint to life, it has performed computations and self-assembled into various shapes in the laboratory. Some of those shapes are movable, which paves the way for molecular machines.
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Chemistry World July 30, 2007 Lewis Brindley	AFM Tip Feels Nano-Surfaces Scientists in the US have developed an artificial fingertip that boosts the resolution of atomic force microscopy, a technique that opens a window onto the nanoscale world.
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Chemistry World March 31, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Giving molecules a stretch A simple way to stretch small molecules and measure the forces at play has been developed by researchers in the US.
Chemistry World January 4, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Knighthood for Services to Chemistry Fraser Stoddart, director of the California NanoSystems Institute and professor of NanoSystems Sciences at the University of California, has been appointed a Knight Bachelor for his services to chemistry and molecular nanotechnology.
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