All Chemistry World articles in August 2016
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NewsPriority pollutants identified in the Great Lakes
The US and Canada are targeting eight chemicals in the Great Lakes deemed dangerous to health or the environment
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ResearchMachine-learning accelerates catalytic trend spotting
Example of what you can gain when ‘people from different disciplines start looking at the same problems’
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ResearchPerovskites spun out into stable solar cells
Device beats previous efficiency record of 15.6%, reaching nearly 20%
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ResearchMirror-image trick yields real hits from a virtual chemical library
Scientists use mirror-image protein to identify potential new drugs from a previously unexplored library of natural product enantiomers
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![Frontier orbitals of [IrO4]+ (left), which scientists recently synthesised, and predicted [PtO4 ]2+ (right)](https://d2cbg94ubxgsnp.cloudfront.net/Pictures/100x67/5/1/1/101511_oxidation-state-10-exists_angewandte_chemie_630m.jpg)
ResearchOxidation state +10 may exist in a platinum compound
Prediction suggests platinum oxide compound is stable in +10 state for nearly a year
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ResearchSerial crystallography enhanced by graphene
Graphene-containing microfluidic device used to study the structures of complex protein crystals
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NewsInitiatives link refugee researchers with jobs in Europe
Aid for scientists displaced by Syrian civil war and other conflicts still piecemeal across the continent
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ResearchMetal ion swap improves artificial enzymes
Substituting iron with iridium expands the catalytic capacity of metalloenzymes
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ResearchQuasicrystals on a collision course with Earth
Natural quasicrystals may form from object collisions in the solar system
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ResearchFirst detection of chiral molecule in space
Radio telescope detects propylene oxide in a star-forming region of outer space
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ResearchNew type of meteorite found in Swedish quarry
Chemically distinct 470-million-year-old rock could be part of a long-gone asteroid
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NewsCanada to review support for science
The Canadian government has launched a review of how it funds basic research
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ResearchNanoprobes to guide cancer radiotherapy dosing
Real-time Sers monitoring of radiation treatment in a 3D prostate cancer model
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ResearchSingle-molecule switch flipped on and off by light
A light-controlled electrical switch has been made from a single photosensitive molecule
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NewsBetter windows with aerogels
Researchers have developed ways of making improved, cheaper transparent silica aerogel composites that could revolutionise windows
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BusinessJudge voids Merck & Co’s $200m patent claim
‘Serious misconduct’ kills case over Gilead’s hepatitis C drugs
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BusinessMetals boss admits illegal export plot
Global Metallurgy chief conspired to export restricted metals to Iran
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ResearchComputer program pins down carbon capturing ionic liquids
Simulations take guesswork out of finding optimal conditions for CO2 capture
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NewsNew German excellence strategy gets political go-ahead
Scheme will provide €500 million to bolster country’s best universities and fund best research
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BusinessUS biotech director accused of insider trading
Biostatistics chief at Akebia charged with securities fraud