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Old bloodhound gets a sharper nose
Added: 15 Oct 2004
Purdue University chemists have developed a fast, efficient means of analysing chemical sam…
Wrapping up retardants
Added: 4 Oct 2004
UK-based Axion Recycling is to lead a consortium of companies and institutions in a 19-month projec…On-site options
Added: 24 Sep 2004
Hannah Scott argues the time is ripe for small companies to consider the potential cost savings of …Greenhouse gas absorption
Added: 24 Sep 2004
Researchers from Penn State University in Pennsylvania have now found a process which can speed the…Hydrogen storage
Added: 24 Sep 2004
One of the main stumbling blocks to the acceptance of fuel cells is how to store large quantities o…Nanotech cleans up
Added: 24 Sep 2004
The proteins which carry iron around the bloodstream are being used to make nanoparticles t…
Plastic waste fraud
Added: 16 Sep 2004
A UK Government investigation has revealed that some reprocessors and exporters of plastic packagin…Innovative biodiesel
Added: 13 Sep 2004
AMEC has been awarded a $1.9 million contract to design a $24 million commercial scale biod…
Fuel cells bloom with sunflower oil
Added: 25 Aug 2004
Researchers in England have discovered a method for producing hydrogen from sunflower oil, a develo…Formaldehyde is carcinogenic
Added: 25 Aug 2004
A working group, convened by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part o…
A good side to acid rain
Added: 3 Aug 2004
Open University biogeochemist researchers are now saying acid rain is not the complete bad boy of t…Sticky soy stuff
Added: 2 Aug 2004
Rohm and Haas is to receive a $2 million grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to de…
Sticky but friendly
Added: 30 Jul 2004
A wood adhesive that contains up to 75% soy has been developed at the Forest Products Labor…
Old plants, new challenges
Added: 16 Jul 2004
With new security threats adding to the difficulty of optimising plant operations, the process indu…Clean sweep
Added: 16 Jul 2004
The threat of escalating terrorist attacks is behind a new system for cleaning radioactive …
Spend a penny, save a litre
Added: 16 Jul 2004
A German firm, aquadry Deutschland, has developed a urinal whose nano-featured surface could dramat…Chemical reputation improves
Added: 16 Jul 2004
The European public's opinions on the chemical industry are showing signs of brightening fo…
Reducing emissions
Added: 22 Jun 2004
Kemira has developed a new product that it claims can reduce the emissions of nitrogen oxid…
Report debunks recycling claims
Added: 18 Jun 2004
A report by the GrassRoots Recycling Network claims to provide evidence that bottles made from poly…