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Chemistry World August 2009
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August 2009

01.56:      Making hydrogen fuel from urine

05.05:      Cleaning up the dye industry

07.20:      Brian Merry on the search for the mechanisms of ageing

13.40:      White phosphorus tamed

16.10:      Hybrid peptides trigger dramatic weight loss

18.16:      Graham Reed discusses the art of glassblowing

23.39:      The tiniest droplet of acid

26.30:      Could sulfate particles accelerate global warming?

29.03:      The chemical conundrum - the Moon was most likely formed when the early Earth collided with another planet - but what data did NASA's Apollo astronauts collect to answer that question?


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Yellow beaker

Urine turned into hydrogen fuel

02 July 2009

Whizz electrocatalyst frees the hydrogen from 'liquid gold'


Wastewater dyed pink in China

New solution for dye wastewater pollution

08 July 2009

Novel recyclable metal oxide filter removes harmful dyes from wastewater


Ageing

A radical old age

As we expand our knowledge of the molecular mechanisms of ageing, could we soon see a jump in 'healthspan'? Emma Davies talks to the scientists tackling age-related disease


Caged white phosphorus

White phosphorus tamed

26 June 2009

Highly reactive element becomes oxygen-insensitive when caged


Fat mouse

Synthetic peptide 'cures' obesity

14 July 2009

'Two-in-one' peptide hormone mimic causes dramatic weight loss in obese mice


glassblowing

A vital blow for chemistry

Chemistry may have become an increasingly high tech discipline, but it still relies on glassware - and the age-old skill of glassblowing - says Simon Hadlington


water dissociation

Smallest acid droplet formed

23 June 2009

Single molecules of HCl will fully dissociate in just four molecules of water


Soot

Sulfate-coated soot boosts global warming

06 July 2009

Sulfate and nitrate particles could enhance global warming when combined with soot particles in the atmosphere


moon

One giant leap

NASA's Apollo missions answered many questions about the Moon - and as NASA unveils plans to return, lunar chemistry will again play a prominent role, says Richard Corfield


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