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Chemistry World May 19, 2011 Jon Cartwright	Liquid crystals spot bacteria to order Liquid crystals could one day be used as bio-sensors, detecting the presence of minute amounts of pathogens. That is the claim of a US group of researchers, who have demonstrated how a liquid crystal changes orientation in the presence of bacteria.
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Chemistry World May 15, 2012 Harriet Brewerton	Chiral Confusion Scientists in Israel have shown that non-biological chiral crystals are much more abundant than previously thought and their findings could clear up a possible confusion over the term 'chiral'.
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Chemistry World September 13, 2006 Simon Hadlington	Red Oxygen Structure Revealed An international team of researchers has cracked a conundrum that has baffled scientists for years: they have elucidated the crystalline structure of an enigmatic phase of solid oxygen that arises when the molecule is subjected to high pressure.
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Chemistry World February 3, 2011 Ben Merison	The mystery of the disappearing crystals UK chemists have analysed a fifty year old sample to find out why and say that it's down to impurities. This takes researchers a step closer to understanding why certain pharmaceutical drugs lose their therapeutic effect.
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