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Geotimes February 2007 Cassandra Willyard	Surprise! Stardust Lands Actual Stardust The dust is clearing around a cosmic puzzle that has long piqued the interest of astronomers. Tiny grains of dust, no larger than the width of a human hair, are revealing the conditions in which the solar system, and perhaps life, got its start.
Geotimes December 2006 Sally Adee	Meteorite Pre-Dates Solar System A team of NASA researchers recently reported finding organic material in Tagish Lake meteorite fragments that pre-dates the solar system.
Chemistry World January 22, 2015 Andy Extance	Comet 67P's carbon blanket promises solar system birth insights A layer of organic material unlike anything seen on any other comet humans have studied enfolds comet 67P/Churyumov -- Gerasimenko, Rosetta probe scientists have revealed.
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Chemistry World November 29, 2012 Jon Evans	Messenger spots Mercury performing organic chemistry Nasa's Messenger spacecraft has uncovered evidence that not only does water ice exist on the surface of the planet Mercury, but in many places this ice appears to be covered in a 10cm-thick layer of soot-like organic material.
Chemistry World February 12, 2014 David Bradley	Chemicals on rotation in a stellar nursery Protostars have been shown to act as nurseries for some interesting chemistry, as well as stars.
Chemistry World December 17, 2007 Simon Hadlington	Blow to Hopes for Life on Mars Organic molecules found on rocks from Mars may not be the remnants of ancient Martian microbes after all.
Chemistry World May 9, 2013 Simon Hadlington	Mineral dust plays key role in cloud formation, chemistry Mineral dust that swirls up into the atmosphere from Earth's surface plays a far more important role in both cloud formation and cloud chemistry than was previously realized.
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Chemistry World December 7, 2012 James Urquhart	Curiosity detect hints of complex organics Nasa's Curiosity rover has detected a range of chemical species including chlorinated hydrocarbons on the surface of Mars -- indicators that point to the presence of complex organic molecules.
Chemistry World May 11, 2007 Michael Gross	The Atmosphere on Titan's Moon Using spectroscopic measurements made during flybys of the Cassini craft, researchers in the U.S. can now present first insights into the reactions that lead from methane and nitrogen to the formation of tholins, which are believed to make up the orange fog that veils Titan's surface.
Geotimes November 2004 Jay Chapman	Impacting the Origin of Life Impact events and meteorite strikes are often associated with mass extinctions and widespread devastation. But, despite this destructive reputation, impact events may have played a role in the evolution of life, according to several new studies.
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Geotimes April 2007 Carolyn Gramling	Ice Twists Under Pressure Confined inside tiny, hollow cylinders called carbon nanotubes, and subjected to high pressures similar to those found at a planet's core, water freezes into tiny ice spirals that resemble the DNA double helix, a new study shows.
Chemistry World December 13, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Breaking the strongest bonds Chemists have uncovered a way to sever two of the strongest bonds in chemistry - in dinitrogen and carbon monoxide - and make useful organic compounds.
Chemistry World July 13, 2012 Simon Hadlington	Where did Earth's water come from? One big question that remains unanswered about the evolution of the early Earth is how volatiles such as hydrogen, nitrogen and carbon arrived -- their presence being crucial to the origins of water and life.
Chemistry World September 20, 2012 Jon Evans	World's smallest ice cube created Ice crystals must contain at least 275 water molecules, say German chemists. This size limit has implications for any process that involves ice particles, from cloud formation to making the perfect gin and tonic.
Chemistry World November 3, 2014 Tim Wogan	Earth ripe for life soon after formation There has been water on Earth since shortly after it formed, say researchers from the US, who compared the deuterium to hydrogen ratios in water on Earth and from the Vesta asteroid belt.
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Chemistry World April 1, 2011 Carol Stanier	Slip-slop-slap...scent? A new smart sunscreen suggested by researchers in Thailand could simultaneously protect skin and deliver topical drugs.
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Chemistry World April 4, 2013 Simon Hadlington	Titanium oxides in stellar clouds finally pinned down After decades of searching, astronomers at last appear to have found two key components of the dust that forms around stars -- the oxide and dioxide of titanium.
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Chemistry World November 24, 2006 Richard Van Noorden	Cooking up Nano-Fusilli Here's a new twist on nanotubes: chemists have found a set of organic molecules that spontaneously assemble themselves into a helical spiral with a hollow core.
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Chemistry World March 10, 2011 Kate McAlpine	Aerosol data from BP spill Analysis of atmospheric data suggests that emissions of intermediate volatile organic compounds and semi-volatile organic compounds were low compared with those of volatile organic compounds.
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Chemistry World June 22, 2010 Andy Extance	Powering up organic solar cells Organic molecules combining aromatic, lipophilic and hydrophilic segments can organise themselves into structures with five times the photoconductivity of structures like those typically adopted by aromatic groups alone.
Chemistry World December 9, 2013 Jessica Cocker	Hydrogen breaks strong bonds with brute force A method developed by Leo Lau of Western University in Canada and colleagues can break C -- H bonds without damaging the rest of the molecule.
Chemistry World October 26, 2006 Victoria Gill	Volcanoes Reveal the Secret of the Origin of Life Life began with a chemical reaction under the sea over four billion years ago. That is the claim of a German scientist whose team has recreated a crucial part of the reaction, synthesizing all the necessary ingredients for a living organism.
Chemistry World February 24, 2012 Yuandi Li	Computers look at life-giving reactions in space Theoretical chemistry could answer some questions about how life on earth originated, say Australian researchers.
Chemistry World April 25, 2014 Rachel Wood	Decoding interstellar carbon The detection of molecules such as fullerenes -- molecules composed entirely of carbon, including the spherical C 60 -- has revealed a more complicated picture of carbon in space.