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Chemistry World April 20, 2012 Jennifer Newton	Nanocrystal probes mimic viruses to gain entry into cells Colloidal polymer vectors loaded with nanocrystal probes enter cells in the same way as a virus and can be used to track cells for therapies such as those based on stem cells
Chemistry World March 8, 2011 Jennifer Newton	Measuring cells' oxygen levels with PEBBLEs Scientists in Germany have developed a strategy to visualise oxygen concentrations in cells to better understand its role in biological reactions such as metabolism.
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Smithsonian March 2004	Signal Discovery? A Los Angeles scientist says living cells may make distinct sounds, which might someday help doctors "hear" diseases
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Chemistry World November 12, 2009 Simon Hadlington	Carbonic acid captured Scientists from Germany and Israel have caught a fleeting glimpse of carbonic acid, the simple yet elusive molecule that plays a key role in nature.
Chemistry World May 12, 2014 David Bradley	Elemental discoveries at the cellular level A combination of two high-power analytical techniques -- synchrotron radiation microscopy and atomic force microscopy -- has allowed Italy scientists to map vital elements in a single cancer cell.
Chemistry World August 2006 Mark Peplow	Editorial: Action Please, Not Reviews of Reviews Whether developing new materials for fuel cells, or contributing to the Council for Science and Technology's nano-review, chemists' voices in the UK must be heard by policy-makers. Given the current pause for further thought, now is the perfect time to chip in.
Chemistry World August 19, 2009 Phillip Broadwith	Antioxidants could promote cancer Some tumor cells can actually use antioxidants to protect themselves from natural cellular defense mechanisms, enabling them to survive and proliferate.
Bio-IT World July 2005 David M. Evans	Cellular Imaging Takes Drug Discovery to New Heights The potential applications and ultimate value of high-content screening (HCS) and cellular image analysis are limited only by the imagination and expertise of the drug discovery groups using them to probe gene function and cell behavior.
Scientific American June 2008 Melinda Wenner	How Cells Make Use of Random Biochemical Reactions New studies reveal how cells exploit biochemical randomness.
Chemistry World August 27, 2010 Leigh Krietsch Boerner	Bio battery based on cellular power plant Mitochondria, often called the powerhouse of the cell, have been harnessed in a new battery-like device that could one day power small portable devices like mobile phones or laptops.
Technology Research News January 29, 2003 Kimberly Patch	Tiny hole guides atoms against tide Researchers in Poland have made a synthetic device that uses an electrical field and an extremely small, conical pore in a thin film of material to coax potassium ions through the artificial membrane against their electrochemical potential.
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Geotimes December 2004 Sara Pratt	Acidic Waters Threaten Sea Life High acidity in the world's oceans may be threatening coral populations, such as those in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
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HHMI Bulletin Winter 2013 Amber Dance	A Trick of Light When miniSOG protein takes in blue light, it converts ordinary oxygen into a short-lived, excited state called singlet oxygen, which reacts with and changes the molecules around it. The singlet oxygen destroys the mitochondria's delicate machinery.
Chemistry World November 13, 2013 Matthew Smith	Illuminating probes identify amino acids The method proposed by researchers at Bowling Green State University in Ohio analyses fluorescence signals when guest europium ions are displaced from an array of two cucurbituril host probes.
Geotimes October 2005 Megan Sever	Carbon's Complicated River Ride Researchers recently found that carbon moves from the atmosphere, through trees, soil and water, and back into the atmosphere in fewer than five years, indicating that the landscape is not providing as much long-term storage of carbon dioxide as hoped.
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IEEE Spectrum July 2007 Suhas Sreedhar	Plastic Solar Cells Get a Boost by Doubling Up Scientists in Korea and California have invented a new way of boosting the efficiency of cheap plastic solar cells, making them more competitive with traditional silicon solar cells. The key is to make the solar cells in pairs.
BusinessWeek September 23, 2010 Rob Waters	Stem Cells That Save Big Pharma a Bundle Drugmakers hope to save big by using stem cells to test drugs for dangerous side effects long before costly human trials are needed.
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IEEE Spectrum March 2008 Prachi Patel-Predd	Carbon Capture Starts From Coal-Plant Advances in Lab Two research groups come up with super carbon-capturing materials.
Geotimes March 2003	Demonstrating Carbon Sequestration Estimates are that human activity emits 7 billion tons of carbon dioxide a year. One proposed method for reducing how much of the greenhouse gas ends up in the atmosphere is to store the carbon dioxide underground. Natural reservoirs of the gas exist, suggesting that it is feasible.
The Motley Fool November 28, 2007 Brian Orelli	Stem Your Expectations of Stem-Cell Discoveries Making "stem" cells out of skin cells isn't all it's cracked up to be. The recent discovery has a long way to go before it can catch up to the research currently being done with stem cells.