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Technology Research News December 3, 2003	Molecule does two-step Duke University researchers have found a way to make a molecule react only when it has been hit by two photons of ultraviolet light, making the molecule a controllable switch. The molecule could eventually be used in optical storage devices and in biochips.
Chemistry World June 16, 2010 Simon Hadlington	Rotaxane molecule seen in action Researchers from the US and Japan have directly observed the ring of a rotaxane molecule shuttling along its spindle. The behaviour of the rotaxane is influenced by its molecular environment, something that is significant if the molecules are to be used as molecular machines.
Chemistry World October 9, 2014 Katrina Kramer	Largest Mobius molecule synthesized Researchers from Korea and Japan have put a new twist on aromaticity, synthesizing the largest Mobius aromatic molecule to date.
Chemistry World December 13, 2011 Jon Cartwright	Scientists unveil tiniest switch Researchers in Germany claim to have created the world's smallest molecular switch, relying on the movement of just a single proton.
Chemistry World August 30, 2007 Simon Hadlington	Rigid Framework for Molecular Switches Researchers in Europe have found that a molecule can be flipped between two conductance states without changing its shape.
Chemistry World August 8, 2006	Single Molecule Makes Electronic Switch A single molecule, trapped between two electrodes, acts as a switch and has a `memory' of the type used in data storage, researchers have found.
Chemistry World May 12, 2011 Jon Cartwright	'Chemical soldering' heralds single molecule electronics Scientists in Japan and Switzerland have demonstrated how to wire up single molecules with conductive nanowires.
Chemistry World February 8, 2006 Jon Evans	To Boldly go Where no Chemist Has Gone Before Studying the interactions between different molecular fragments is taking researchers to the uncharted regions of chemical space.
Chemistry World April 15, 2010 Simon Hadlington	Lead joins the aromatic ring club Scientists in Japan have successfully incorporated an atom of lead into an aromatic molecule - the heaviest metal so far to be 'aromatised'.
Technology Research News March 26, 2003 Eric Smalley	Molecule toggle makes nano logic A popular trend in technology research is copying nature, and another source of inspiration is the world of everyday objects. Researchers at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories have proposed a series of molecules that work like ordinary light switches.
Chemistry World February 28, 2012 Nina Notman	Observing Charge Distribution in Molecules The distribution of charge across a single molecule has been imaged for the first time by Swiss scientists. It is hoped that this work may eventually lead to electronic devices consisting of organic molecules.
Chemistry World March 31, 2009 Jon Cartwright	Blood clotting light work for new molecule The molecule, which works with the help of an enzyme, could one day be used in medicine to shut off blood supply to localized areas of the human body such as tumors.
Chemistry World July 23, 2012 Melissae Fellet	RNA wrapper protects small molecules Step aside benzene rings, there's a new protecting group in town. Dutch researchers have used a strand of RNA to cover portions of a complex small molecule. They then chemically modified a portion of the molecule not covered by the RNA.
Chemistry World May 18, 2011 James Urquhart	Throwing light on molecular logic gates The multifunctional molecule, which can be reconfigured by light, could be used in data storage devices and biomedicine, including nanoparticle tracking and drug delivery.
Chemistry World October 25, 2010	Dual Purpose Dyes Offer New Imaging Options US researchers have developed a new series of combined fluorescent and chemiluminescent dye compounds that can be stored at low temperatures and then activated to release near infrared light when warmed to body temperature.
Chemistry World May 24, 2009 Nina Notman	Toxic mushroom molecule discovered A simple compound containing a highly strained three-carbon ring has been found to be the toxic culprit in a highly poisonous Asian mushroom.
Chemistry World September 12, 2010 Simon Hadlington	Isotope effect seen on single molecule The isotope effect - where the rate of a reaction is altered depending on the presence of a given isotopic atom in the reactant - is a key tool for elucidating reaction mechanisms
Chemistry World February 3, 2010 Simon Hadlington	New 'hook' for reversibly binding molecules to proteins UK chemists have found a simple new 'hook' that allows molecules to be attached to proteins and later removed, something that is currently difficult to achieve.
Technology Research News August 13, 2003	Interference boosts biochip Researchers from the Spanish Superior Counsel of Scientific Research and the Polytechnic University of Valencia in Spain have built a chip that senses interactions among molecules via lightwave interference.
Chemistry World March 23, 2012 Helen Potter	Picking out cysteine for health study A highly selective indicator for the amino acid cysteine has been designed by scientists from the US and China to monitor levels in human plasma.
Technology Research News January 14, 2004	Hardy molecule makes memory In what may mark an advance in the quest for ever-higher data-storage density, researchers from the University of California have shown that a type of porphyrin molecule holds up under temperatures as high as 400 degrees Celsius and after being written to and read from trillions of times.
Technology Research News August 13, 2003	Molecule makes ring rotor Researchers from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland have interlocked large, ring-shaped molecules to make a molecular rotor that moves in only one direction. The molecule could eventually be used as a nanoscale motor or winch.
Chemistry World August 27, 2009 Nina Notman	Molecules in close-up A tuning-fork-like device than measures atomic forces is able to image every single atom in a molecule, according to its Swiss inventors.
D-Lib February 2001	Molecule of the Month The Molecule of the Month website is based at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. As well as being a site containing many interesting chemical facts, the site provides a good example of the way the web can be used to create a truly worldwide database of information...
Chemistry World August 21, 2008 Fred Campbell	Double bonding with silicon In a landmark for silicon chemistry, US researchers have reported the first stable silicon (0) compound to contain a silicon-silicon double bond.
Technology Research News January 28, 2004	Nanorings promise big memory Researchers have found a way to cause magnetic cobalt nanoparticles to spontaneously assemble into rings that are less than 100 nanometers across. Because the molecule is small, memory made from it could hold a great deal of information.
Chemistry World January 19, 2010 Simon Hadlington	New 'click' reaction to modify proteins Chemists in the US have discovered a new way to attach small molecules to proteins and peptides under mild, aqueous reaction conditions.
Chemistry World May 16, 2010 Simon Hadlington	Anions enjoy a taste of pi European researchers have captured the moment when an anion interacts with the pi electron cloud of an aromatic molecule, something that has been known to occur but never seen at work.
Chemistry World September 24, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Nerve gas detection in a fraction of a second A new molecule that detects and destroys lethal nerve gases has been developed by researchers in the US.
Chemistry World October 11, 2009 Simon Hadlington	Diode breakthrough in molecular electronics Researchers from the US and Russia have shown how it is possible to measure the diode properties of a single molecule and how the orientation of the molecule between two electrodes can be controlled.
Chemistry World December 14, 2011 Kate McAlpine	Artificial intelligence for quantum chemistry Quantum chemical approximations don't always need to start from scratch, says an international team of researchers. Algorithms can now be used to predict the atomisation energy of huge numbers of molecules
Chemistry World May 4, 2010 Lewis Brindley	Nanomachinery gets a spring in its step Molecular springs that always twist the same way are the latest addition to the nanomachinery toolbox.
Chemistry World June 9, 2010 Jon Cartwright	Laser tracks electrons in molecules The breakthrough suggests that attosecond lasers will soon enable scientists to address problems in chemistry and biology, which until now were too complex for attosecond science.
Reactive Reports December 2006 David Bradley	Blood, Light, and Water Two molecules that occur naturally in blood have been engineered by scientists to use sunlight to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.
Chemistry World May 22, 2008 Richard Van Noorden	Xenon doubled up with water Creating a water molecule with two noble gas atoms interpolated into its structure sounds an improbable feat, but a international team of researchers now claim to have trapped just such an exotic compound in xenon.
Chemistry World October 14, 2008 Simon Hadlington	Enzymes hit with double punch US chemists have made a small molecule that simultaneously blocks two key enzymes involved in the growth of cancer cells.
Chemistry World September 24, 2014 Hayley Simon	Water provides new angle on single molecule imaging Small variations in a molecule's conformation can have a large effect on chemical reactivity. Being able to identify these differences is one of the aims of high resolution spectroscopy.
Chemistry World May 21, 2010 Simon Hadlington	H-bond partner-swapping seen in the flesh The dance moves that a water molecule makes as it flips hydrogen bonds from one partner to another have been captured by US researchers.
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Chemistry World February 27, 2006 Michael Gross	A DNA Switch for RNA Folding Researchers have equipped a large RNA domain with a DNA switch, which they say can fold or unfold the RNA molecule at will.
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Chemistry World March 8, 2010 Lewis Brindley	Molecular midwives helped birth of DNA 'Molecular midwives' - are compounds that played a crucial role in combining small nucleotide fragments into the first genetic polymeric material.
Chemistry World October 15, 2008 Simon Hadlington	Long-life light illuminates cells The new dye, based on platinum, will carry on emitting light long after any interfering 'autofluorescence' from naturally occurring molecules in the cell has fizzled out.
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Chemistry World September 24, 2007 Simon Hadlington	Viral Nanoreactor Captures Single Molecules Researchers in the Netherlands have created a biochemical nanoreactor by cracking open a virus, removing its contents then reassembling the virus's protein coat around a single molecule of enzyme.
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