Single-molecule switch flipped on and off by light
A light-controlled electrical switch has been made from a single photosensitive molecule (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - June 17, 2016 Category: Chemistry Authors: Tim Wogan Source Type: research

Nanoprobes to guide cancer radiotherapy dosing
Real-time SERS monitoring of radiation treatment in a 3D prostate cancer model (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - June 17, 2016 Category: Chemistry Authors: Sarah Rogers Source Type: research

The element makers
The periodic table has now grown to 118 elements. We met some of the people who make them to find out how they do it, and what they will be doing next (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - June 16, 2016 Category: Chemistry Authors: none none Source Type: research

California’s Prop 65 controversy
The 30-year old law that made manufacturers list harmful chemicals is under attack (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - June 16, 2016 Category: Chemistry Authors: Rebecca Trager Source Type: research

Canada to review support for science
The Canadian government has launched a review of how it funds basic research (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - June 16, 2016 Category: Chemistry Authors: Rebecca Trager Source Type: research

The game (theory) of life
Philip Ball asks if the building blocks of life benefit from cooperation  (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - June 16, 2016 Category: Chemistry Authors: Philip Ball Source Type: research

First detection of chiral molecule in space
Radio telescope detects propylene oxide in a star-forming region of outer space (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - June 15, 2016 Category: Chemistry Authors: Matthew Gunther Source Type: research

Methyl isocyanate
The 1984 accident at Bhopal, India, was the worst in the history of industrial chemistry. It involved a leak of methyl isocyanate (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - June 15, 2016 Category: Chemistry Authors: Michael Freemantle Source Type: research

Working in Ontario
Canada’s chemical heartland offers an array of opportunities for scientists seeking a fresh start, but Chris Chapman finds competition is tough (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - June 15, 2016 Category: Chemistry Authors: Chris Chapman Source Type: research

Adventures of an accidental entrepreneur
India needs to break out of its colonial mindset and tap into its innovative potential, says Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - June 15, 2016 Category: Chemistry Authors: Deeksha Gupta Source Type: research

New type of meteorite found in Swedish quarry
Chemically distinct 470-million-year-old rock could be part of a long-gone asteroid (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - June 15, 2016 Category: Chemistry Authors: Emma Stoye Source Type: research

The chemistry of cosmic dust
Grain harvest (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - June 15, 2016 Category: Chemistry Authors: none none Source Type: research

Quasicrystals on a collision course with Earth
Natural quasicrystals may form from object collisions in the solar system (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - June 14, 2016 Category: Chemistry Authors: Matthew Gunther Source Type: research

MOF in a bottle
Waste plastic bottles become a source for porous metal-organic framework synthesis  (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - June 14, 2016 Category: Chemistry Authors: Emma Cooper Source Type: research

Metal ion swap improves artificial enzymes
Substituting iron with iridium expands the catalytic capacity of metalloenzymes (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - June 14, 2016 Category: Chemistry Authors: Tim Wogan Source Type: research