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The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, opened the IYC Ceremony in Germany. Here are the highlights

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The chemical industries of Brazil, China, Russia and Saudi Arabia in terms of total revenue and revenue by sector

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The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for December 2010

Simple, energy-efficient process for producing high-quality fuels from biomass

A new comic series by Sophie Lin: It's a bad day for glassware in Sophie's lab as they play Survivor ...

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