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Chemistry World January 5, 2011 Jon Cartright	Silk woven into transistors Researchers in Sweden and Spain have created transistors woven from modified silk fibres. The breakthrough bodes well for a new generation of electronic circuits that can be incorporated into fabrics or inserted into biological environments.
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Chemistry World July 11, 2010 Mike Brown	Make some noise for smart fibres Fibres made of multiple materials could function as communication transceivers, emitting an electrical response or sound when the fibres are put under stress or subject to acoustic waves of a range of frequencies, say researchers in the US.
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Chemistry World February 21, 2014 Phillip Broadwith	Refined gels for cultured cells UK start-up Biogelx is developing self-assembled peptide hydrogels that can provide support to growing cells, but also present well-defined surface chemistry to help cell biologists address biological problems.
Chemistry World March 8, 2009 Nina Notman	Polymer Crossroads Act as Tiny Reactors Scientists in the US have taken inspiration from a Dutch painter to create ultrasmall chemical reactors at the junctions of overlapping polymer nanofibres
Chemistry World April 2007 Jon Evans	Better, Stronger, Faster In the 1970s, the idea of building a bionic man was merely fantastical. Now we have bionic eyes and limbs, and chemists are creating artificial bodily tissues to rival nature's own.
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Chemistry World February 13, 2015 Tim Wogan	GM bacteria convert solar energy to liquid fuels A new scheme for storing the energy from photovoltaic cells, in which genetically modified bacteria reduce carbon dioxide to liquid fuels with hydrogen from water-splitting, has been proposed and partially demonstrated.
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Chemistry World February 24, 2010 Hayley Birch	Marine microbes wired up A new study provides evidence for the existence of naturally occurring electric circuits orchestrated by marine bacteria.
Chemistry World August 29, 2006 Simon Hadlington	Bacteria Put New Spin on Micromotors Researchers have used motile bacteria to rotate a microscopic motor made from silicon. The team believes that their system -- fuelled by glucose -- is the first micromechanical device to integrate inorganic materials with living bacteria.
Chemistry World November 4, 2011 Holly Sheahan	Polymer based sensors feeling the strain Researchers in China have made a new strain sensor to monitor the safety of buildings and other structures.
Chemistry World January 11, 2013 Laura Howes	Nanotube fiber production in a spin No, that light bulb isn't floating in thin air, it's suspended by two 24 m thick fibers spun from carbon nanotubes. An international collaboration led by Matteo Pasquali, at Rice University in the US, has developed a method of manufacturing high-performance CNT fibers using wet spinning.
Geotimes July 2007 Megan Sever	La Brea Yields Oil-Eating Bacteria Fossils are not the only surprises hidden in the Rancho La Brea tar pits in Los Angeles, Calif. Researchers have recently discovered entire new families of bacteria happily living in the toxic asphalt.
Chemistry World November 4, 2010 Carol Stanier	Colourful 'green' polymers A new environmentally friendly concept in functionalising polymers allows coloured dye to be integrated directly into polymers that can be used in clothes and packaging, say UK scientists.
Chemistry World October 8, 2013 David Bradley	3D printing bacteria Jason Shear and colleagues at the University of Texas, US, have developed a 3D printing technique that lets them 'construct' defined bacterial communities so that short-range chemical communications and physical interactions between bacteria can be investigated more systematically than ever before.
Chemistry World September 1, 2011 Yuandi Li	Self-cleaning fabrics now even cleaner US scientists have made a self-cleaning fabric that lasts longer, shows better antibacterial action and is more comfortable to wear than current materials.
Chemistry World July 27, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Sticky nanotubes detect bacteria in seconds Sticky nanotubes that trap bacteria like flypaper can be used to identify bacterial infections in seconds rather than days, report Spanish chemists.
Chemistry World January 16, 2015 Emma Stephen	Caddisfly silk gets shocked into self-recovery The tough, extendable, energy-dissipating properties of the casemaker caddisfly's adhesive silk are down to a self-recovering network of calcium cross links, new research shows.