Chemistry World Blog

21 March 2011: Have something to say about an article you’ve read on Chemistry World this week? Leave your comments below…

This week’s stories:

Nanotubes make ‘exceptional’ strain sensor
New strain sensor from Japan uses carbon nanotube network that separates and folds back together in the same way each time

New synthesis for chiral anticancer compound
The promising anticancer compound nutlin-3 will be more widely available thanks to a straightforward new synthesis

Mild S&T budget growth in China
The momentum for growth of China’s science and technology budget has slowed this year, according to the New Year’s fiscal plans

Antibacterial clays kill with iron
Clays that can heal flesh-eating diseases generate deadly radicals inside bacterial cells

Battery turns entropy to energy
New battery extracts difference in entropy between fresh and sea water

Microfluidics to diagnose sleeping sickness
An understanding of the physics of particle sorting can help separate parasites from blood for clearer analysis

Origin of life experiments revisited
Forgotten samples of Stanley Miller’s add clues to the origin of life

Seeing clearly with silicon
Cheap, adjustable glasses, with lenses that contain silicon fluid, could help millions of children see more clearly