News: 4–19

 Industry ‘disturbed’ at

Europe BPA ban  Fees hike could focus the mind  Capping levels of scientific migrants  Vodka taste test controversy  New European lithium source?

 US urged to triple energy

R&D investment  Glasgow IP giveaway  A European regulation comes of age  Fines, flu and an uncertain future  Business roundup: New pharma bosses take the reins

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Research: 22–36

 Cancers monitored using firefly glow  Enriching the origin of life theory  Arsenic sustains microorganism life  DNA readers ratchet closer  Eco-friendly chromatography  Helping nanodevices to selfheal  Retaining bounce at extreme temperatures

 Water takes forbidden form  Breaking news for the CO

bond  Mystery of diamond polishing solved?  Lithiation through the lens  No stone left unturned in oil hunt  Micro organ-on-a-chip system  Cutting edge chemistry in

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Cover story Elements of inspiration: 42 Marie Curie set a shining example for a generation of scientists. Bill Griffiths explores the life of a chemical heroine

Picture perfect pentacene: 46 Advances in microscopy now let us see not just atoms but the chemical bonds in between them. James Mitchell Crow takes a closer look

Critical thinking: 50 As our supply of some essential elements dries up, it’s time to start urban mining. Emma Davies reports

Faking it: 56 Counterfeit medicines can kill – so shouldn’t we lock up the people producing them? Bea Perks finds out it’s not quite that simple

Opinions

In the pipeline: 21 Derek Lowe looks at the chemist’s relationship with fluorine

Totally Synthetic: 36 Paul Docherty presents an unfinished synthesis The crucible: 37 Philip Ball considers the case against a Nobel laureate – an alleged Nazi collaborator Comment: 39 Alice Bell wonders how science museums will stand funding cuts Last retort: 80 Sparks of illumination

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