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HHMI Bulletin February 2012 Sarah C. P. Williams	Force Factor In the context of cells, forces are required to move molecules. Quantifying these forces gives scientists a way to compare and contrast different molecular motors.
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Chemistry World April 26, 2009 Simon Hadlington	Glowing protein in 'animal photosynthesis' Scientists have discovered that a glowing protein found in some exotic marine animals and used widely as a 'marker' in molecular biology has another remarkable property
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Chemistry World August 26, 2008 Fred Campbell	High-throughput protein microarrays on the way A new method to rapidly generate protein microarrays has been developed by UK researchers at the University of Manchester.
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Chemistry World September 1, 2006 Tom Westgate	Whitesides wins Priestley Medal George Whitesides, professor of chemistry at Harvard University, is to be awarded the 2007 Priestley Medal for a lifetime of achievement in chemistry.
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