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Technology Research News March 24, 2004 Eric Smalley	Molecular logic proposed Researchers from the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and University College London in England have devised a scheme for designing logic circuits within individual molecules.
Reactive Reports Issue 74 David Bradley	Communicating with Logical Chemistry Researchers have developed a simple glowing molecule that can carry out logical operations.
Technology Research News November 5, 2003	Paired molecules store data Researchers from the University of California at Irvine have bonded a pair of molecules to form a molecule that has two states. The components are photochromic fulgimide and a dye molecule capable of florescence.
Chemistry World November 15, 2007 Tom Westgate	Computing Goes Into Solution South Korean scientists have developed the first soluble molecular logic gates - one step along the way to designing molecular computers and biological lab-on-a-chip devices.
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.
Technology Research News November 19, 2003	Molecular memory is electric Researchers from Osaka Kyoiku University in Japan have found a way to use a single molecule to store computer information.
Reactive Reports October 2006 David Bradley	Amilra Prasanna "AP" de Silva An interview with the Queen's University of Belfast chemistry professor on his fascinating research into logical molecules.
Chemistry World August 13, 2013 Uwe Pischel	Molecular logic-based computation This book, by A. Prasanna de Silva, will serve the expert, as well as interested scientists from other specialties related to any aspect of molecular logic.
Chemistry World October 20, 2008 Hayley Birch	RNA computers built in yeast US scientists have assembled ribonucleic acids into an adaptable logic system that can be programmed to sense and respond to molecules inside living yeast cells.
Technology Research News August 27, 2003 Kimberly Patch	DNA plays tic-tac-toe In addition to its natural role as the blueprint of life, DNA has been tapped to compute and to form nanoscale machines. A new type of DNA logic is aimed at marrying these artificial functions to make control circuits for nano machines. The first result is an unbeatable tic-tac-toe player.
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 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 March 23, 2015 Philip Ball	Simple chemistry mimics animals' predator spotting method Some animals, from fish to cats to humans, use edge detection to decode their visual environment: they identify some objects just by their outline.
Technology Research News October 6, 2004 Kimberly Patch	Fluid chip does binary logic Researchers are working to combine many gates to make a microfluidic computing system. The technology could lead to inexpensive, easily-manufacturerd handheld labs-on-a-chip that do not require control electronics.
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 January 5, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Password Protection Goes Molecular Israeli scientists have invented the ultimate in small-scale security: a molecule that acts like an electronic keypad lock.
Chemistry World March 24, 2006 Jon Evans	Organic Chemists Develop Molecular Calculator Electronic calculators may have decreased in size dramatically over the past 30 years, but a team of organic chemists has now shrunk the calculator to the size of a single molecule.
Reactive Reports Issue 46 David Bradley	Bubble Logic Molecular-based computation may allow unprecedented miniaturization.
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.
Technology Research News October 8, 2003 Eric Smalley	Magnetic memory makes logic Magnetic memory will soon put an end to the daily annoyance of waiting while your computer boots up from its hard disk. These chips that hold data when the power is off might also be capable of a lot more. Adding a few extra wires to each memory cell could turn the chips into efficient computer processors.
Chemistry World July 18, 2014 Melissae Fellet	Molecular computer calculates Ebola diagnosis A molecular computer could one day simplify analysis of biomedical assays like those used to diagnose Ebola, researchers say.
Technology Research News August 27, 2003	Light makes molecule shine Researchers from Kyushu University in Japan have constructed a fluorescent molecule that can be repeatedly switched on and off. If a way can be found to switch individual, closely-packed molecules on and off, fantastic amounts of information could be stored in very small spaces.
Technology Research News September 22, 2004	Photo Molecules Flip Current Researchers have constructed a photodiode that consists of a mix of slightly different peptide molecules anchored to a gold surface.
Chemistry World August 23, 2012 Yuandi Li	Reversible photoswitch a boost for molecular electronics A team of international scientists has made a photocontrollable device, which, they say, shows potential for application in nanocircuits and helps the understanding of electrical conduction in molecular electronics.
Chemistry World June 27, 2013 Ian Randall	Molecular transistor for cheaper, greener electronics Chinese and Danish scientists have placed a transistor made from a single molecular monolayer onto an electronic chip. The new chip harnesses graphene oxide as a transparent electrode so that light can be used to switch the transistor.
Technology Research News May 5, 2004 Eric Smalley	Y Switches Set up Low-Power Logic Researchers are looking into Y-branch switches, which have the potential to use less energy because they turn circuits on and off by directing electrons in one of two directions rather than opening and closing the circuit.
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 11, 2008 Michael Gross	Chemical Wheel Could Boost Computers A wheel-like arrangement of quinone molecules could process up to 16 instructions at the same time, potentially giving a powerful boost to the computers of the future, according to researchers in Japan.
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.
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.
Bank Technology News May 2007 Gregg Goth	Nanotech: Futuristic Keypad Piques Interest It won't be used for ATMs anytime soon, but recent research in nanotechnology shows that bank security may someday be extended to the molecular level.
Chemistry World January 15, 2010 Andy Extance	Quantum computer hits hydrogen bullseye A basic quantum computer has successfully tackled one of the most challenging tasks facing chemists today - calculating molecular energy from basic scientific principles.
Technology Research News August 22, 2005	DNA Technologies The versatile DNA molecule has proven to be a powerful technological building block. Researchers have developed ways of combining DNA molecules that allow them to carry out computations in test tubes and create two-dimensional patterns and three-dimensional structures at the nanoscale.
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 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.
Technology Research News September 10, 2003	Gold speck highlights molecules How do you sense what is happening at the scale of molecules? Researchers have found a way to detect the very small spectral shifts that occur when the light scattering off a single gold nanoparticle interacts with molecules.
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 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.
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
Technology Research News November 17, 2004	Lasers Drive Nano Locomotive A researcher has designed a laser-powered molecular locomotive that runs along a molecular track and can generate a pulling force ten times greater than that of kinesin, a biological molecular motor.
Chemistry World December 23, 2009 Phillip Broadwith	Opening the gate for molecular electronics Chemists in Korea and the US have shown that the current running through a transistor made of a single molecule can be regulated by tweaking its molecular orbital energies.
Chemistry World December 11, 2007 Lewis Brindley	Chemists Fake Virus Capsids Scientists have made molecular 'tiles' that stick together, mimicking the football-like outer shell of a virus. Such self-assembling molecular capsules would be big enough to hold drug molecules and could provide new ways to make nanoparticles.
Chemistry World February 10, 2011 James Urquhart	Molecular motor controls chirality A single molecule catalytic system that uses a light driven molecular motor to dynamically control the molecule's chiral states has been developed by scientists in the Netherlands.
Chemistry World October 27, 2010 Laura Howes	Single molecule magnets line up Italian researchers claim that they've bound a single molecule magnet to a gold surface, whilst retaining the magnet's properties.
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.
The Motley Fool September 21, 2006 Jack Uldrich	Harris & Harris Looks to Separate New technology could lead to safer, more effective drugs. Because of proprietary reasons, it's unlikely that ENS will be able to publicly announce when Big Pharma companies have licensed its technology, but Harris & Harris investors have reason to be optimistic.
Chemistry World August 24, 2009 James Urquhart	Separating isomers with electric fields A new technique uses electrostatic fields at ultracold temperatures to isolate individual conformational isomers from a complex molecule.
Chemistry World December 16, 2013 Tim Wogan	Calculations predict stable eight nitrogen molecule Nitrogen could form an N 8 molecular crystal at low temperatures, according to density functional theory calculations done by Israeli and US researchers.
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 June 13, 2012 Simon Hadlington	Exploding molecule provides 3D bond images Researchers from the US and Germany have demonstrated a new way to obtain accurate three-dimensional images of molecules, with precise measurements of the geometry of the molecule's chemical bonds.