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Chemistry World June 23, 2009 James Urquhart	Smallest acid droplet formed Scientists in Germany have observed a single molecule of HCl dissociating into its component ions in water - and have discovered that just four water molecules are needed for complete dissociation of the acid.
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Chemistry World January 22, 2015 Andy Extance	Comet 67P's carbon blanket promises solar system birth insights A layer of organic material unlike anything seen on any other comet humans have studied enfolds comet 67P/Churyumov -- Gerasimenko, Rosetta probe scientists have revealed.
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Chemistry World March 28, 2013 Tamsin Cowley	Surface freezing in nanodroplets Experiments carried out by scientists in the US have provided new evidence in the controversial issue of surface freezing in alkane nanodroplets.
Chemistry World March 13, 2008 Kira Welter	Planets' Birthplace Harbours Chemical Seeds of Life Astrochemists have for the first time directly observed both organic molecules and water vapour in the region around a young star where planets form.
Chemistry World April 28, 2010 Phillip Broadwith	Frosty asteroid surprises astronomers Water and organic molecules on Earth could have been brought here by impacting asteroids and comets, say two groups of US astronomers.
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Chemistry World May 11, 2007 Michael Gross	The Atmosphere on Titan's Moon Using spectroscopic measurements made during flybys of the Cassini craft, researchers in the U.S. can now present first insights into the reactions that lead from methane and nitrogen to the formation of tholins, which are believed to make up the orange fog that veils Titan's surface.
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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 October 24, 2006 Richard Van Noorden	A Chequerboard of Water Water droplets cling in flat squares and dance in round globes on a smart surface created by South Korean researchers. Exposure to light wipes away the pattern, and an alternative can be written in with no etching required.
Chemistry World July 4, 2013 Daniel Johnson	Sublime Leidenfrost In the Leidenfrost effect, a liquid collides with a surface much hotter than its boiling point, forming a protective cushion of gas that also becomes an insulating layer, slowing further evaporation.
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Chemistry World July 11, 2013 Daniel Johnson	A sound idea to redefine temperature UK scientists want to redefine temperature using the Boltzmann constant, changing the way in which it has been calculated for over 50 years.
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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.
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Chemistry World May 9, 2013 Simon Hadlington	Mineral dust plays key role in cloud formation, chemistry Mineral dust that swirls up into the atmosphere from Earth's surface plays a far more important role in both cloud formation and cloud chemistry than was previously realized.
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Chemistry World November 4, 2015 Andy Extance	Trampolining droplets raise hopes for ice-shedding surfaces With fellow team members at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Tom Schutzius has worked out what was causing this previously-unknown 'trampolining'.
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