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Copyright: (C) The Royal Society of Chemistry chemistryworld@rsc.org Chemistry World http://www.rsc.org/images/element%20banner-292x144-_tcm18-16091.jpg http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld The Commercial Chemisthttp://www.rsc.org/Publishing/ChemScience/Volume/2007/12/The_Commercial_Chemist.asp Chemistry World gets down to business with our weekly round-up of money and molecules Nuclear waste research resurfaceshttp://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/November/20110901.asp New enthusiasm for nuclear power by UK government has focused attention on the stockpiles of 50 years’ worth of accumulated radioactive waste Pretty peptide patterns http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/ChemScience/Volume/2010/01/pretty_peptide.asp The smallest building blocks to date have been used to make fractal patterns Breathe easy for cancer diagnosishttp://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/cb/Volume/2010/01/breathe_easy.asp A painless breath test can identify trace gases emitted by malignant cells How HIV gives antibodies the sliphttp://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/November/19110902.asp New structural studies may help vaccine designers hit HIV where it hurts Bayer to reduce cost of chlorine productionhttp://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/November/19110901.asp New chlorine production process uses 30 per cent less energy than current methods, says Bayer Portable power supply takes a step forwardhttp://www.rsc.org/Publishing/ChemTech/Volume/2010/01/portable_power.asp Chinese scientists have developed membranes that could improve direct methanol fuel cells Ironing graphene sheets flathttp://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/November/18110903.asp Researchers use mica to form ultra-flat graphene sheets and show the material does not naturally ripple A pharmaceutical named desirehttp://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/November/18110902.asp A failed antidepressant has been shown to increase women’s sex drive Nasa data point to icy moonhttp://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/November/18110901.asp Mission scientists say spectroscopic data show tell-tale signs of water in shadowy impact crater Making microfluidic membraneshttp://www.rsc.org/Publishing/ChemTech/Volume/2010/01/making_microfluidic.asp US scientists have made biocompatible membranes in microfluidic chips Nobel laureates appeal for open accesshttp://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/November/17110901.asp More than 40 Nobel laureates urge US Congress to require federally funded research to be freely available, amid American Chemical Society objections Modelling viruses to kill cancerhttp://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/cb/Volume/2010/01/modelling_viruses.asp Computational studies of virus behaviour in tumours could lead to more effective cancer treatments Instant insight: Sensing the biological worldhttp://www.rsc.org/Publishing/ChemScience/Volume/2009/12/sensing_biological.asp Jonathan Cooper and Manilo Tassieri explain how mechanical phenomena in biological systems can be studied at very small scales Chinese NASDAQ brings little to chemicals industryhttp://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/November/16110901.asp Chinese chemical industry misses out on bonanza brought by long-awaited Growth Enterprise Market, the Chinese version of the NASDAQ Interview: Beyond the inorganic boundaries http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/ChemScience/Volume/2009/12/Ian_Manners_Interview.asp Ian Manners talks about polymerisations, interfaces, and living in Wales Bacteria turn carbon dioxide into fuelhttp://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/November/15110901.asp US researchers engineer bacteria to photosynthetically convert carbon dioxide to useful biofuel New methanol fuel standards for Chinahttp://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/November/13110901.asp New methanol fuel standards introduced in China expected to boost methanol use in vehicles, but unlikely to replace gasoline use to any large degree Seeing inside droplets http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/ChemTech/Volume/2009/12/seeing_inside.asp Single molecules trapped in tiny droplets can be detected and counted Green tea prevents kidney stones http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/ChemScience/Volume/2009/12/green_tea.asp Drinking green tea can help prevent the formation of large kidney stones claim Chinese scientists Carbonic acid capturedhttp://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/November/12110902.asp Researchers have caught a rare glimpse of carbonic acid – and it turns out to be much more acidic than the textbooks say New drug design looks top Notch against cancerhttp://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/November/12110901.asp Cancer targets thought to be unblockable are blocked by 'stapled peptide' drugs Palmtop PCR http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/ChemTech/Volume/2009/12/palmtop_pcr.asp Scientists in Korea are using convection to power a palmtop device for genetic point of care diagnostics Magnetic yeast cellshttp://www.rsc.org/Publishing/ChemScience/Volume/2009/12/controlling_yeast.asp A single step method makes magnetic yeast cells that are easy to position inside chips Structural snapshots of complex moleculeshttp://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/November/11110903.asp New spectroscopy technique uncovers the sequence of atomic movements occurring during complex chemical transformations Three more scientists quit drugs councilhttp://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/November/11110902.asp Chemist Simon Campbell one of latest to resign from UK drugs council as science minister stresses need to move forward Nanotubes to soak up oil spillshttp://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/November/11110901.asp Low density ‘nanotube aerogel’ sponge can selectively absorb 180 times its own weight in oil from water surface Interview: Human on a chip http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/ChemTech/Volume/2009/12/pamme_interview.asp Nicole Pamme talks about magnetism, microfluidics and the research rollercoaster Biodegradable electronics dissolve after usehttp://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/November/10110901.asp Researchers make biodegradable and biocompatible transistor that could be used in medical implants that dissolve over time Polymers produce bright white light http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/ChemTech/Volume/2009/12/polymers_produce.asp White light for colour displays can be produced from organic polymers Microscopic springs made from nanotube compositehttp://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/November/09110901.asp Researchers make millimetre-sized springs from carbon nanotube-enriched polymers, using UV light to set the shapes in place Instant insight: Reactions in dropletshttp://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/cb/Volume/2009/12/reactions_droplets.asp Microfluidic droplets could become the reaction vessels of choice for much of biological research say Yolanda Schaerli and Florian Hollfelder Loss of senior chemist throws further doubt on future of UK drugs councilhttp://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/November/06110904.asp Former ACMD senior chemist Les King would join new independent drugs committee set up by dismissed scientist David Nutt Monitoring asthma with mobile phoneshttp://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/November/06110903.asp A mobile phone-based sensor can be used in measure nitric oxide in breath, a indicator for airway inflammation