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Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) microgels stabilize oil-in-water emulsions well if the gel particles are small (≈200–300 nm diam) and nondeformable.

Langmuir

Photosynthetic silver and gold nanoparticles made by a “green” method can be used to detect Hg2+, Mn2+, and Pb2+ in concentrations as low as 16 nM.

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

A combinatorial method produced 74 “scaffold-sized”, bioactive compounds in baker’s yeast. This may lead to a new strategy for drug discovery.

ACS Synthetic Biology

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U.S. currency on a clothesline

Laundering money — literally — could save billions of dollars
Scientists have developed a new way to clean paper money to prolong its life.

February's Chemistry Quiz

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plant

Plant-based ‘microswimmers’ for drug delivery
Scientists have incorporated corkscrew structures from plants into a new kind of helical “microswimmer" for targeted drug delivery and other applications.

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