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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…

Polymers replace chromates

Added: 3 Aug 2004

University of Rhode Island scientist Sze Yang has created a new group of non-toxic, corrosion-resis…

Building separations

Added: 3 Aug 2004

W. R. Graces' subsidiary, The Separations Group, has acquired Alltech International Holdings, a …

Gold finish on aluminium

Added: 3 Aug 2004

BASF has patented a new process that makes it possible to obtain a realistic gold finish on…

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…

Finish for finishing

Added: 30 Jul 2004

The Sumitomo Chemical Company is to transfer its domestic textile finishing resins business…

Fined millions, makes billions

Added: 29 Jul 2004

Shell has agreed to pay fines worth over $150 million after brokering a deal with the UK's FSA and …

Database to help develop AIDS drugs

Added: 22 Jul 2004

Researchers who are developing drug treatments for AIDS have a new resource - an online database o…

Integrated asset modelling

Added: 20 Jul 2004

Schlumberger and Aspen Technology are to jointly develop a real-time software package that will pro…

Australian acid

Added: 19 Jul 2004

The Chemetics divison of Aker Kvaerner Canada has been awarded a 59 million Euro contract by the Au…

CFD designs on ATEX

Added: 16 Jul 2004

Mark Keating describes how CFD can help in the design of industrial gas turbines to ensure their co…

Digital pH sensors suit the application

Added: 16 Jul 2004

According to Endress + Hauser, its new MemoSens digital pH sensor is the first to allow pro…

Sealed and delivered

Added: 16 Jul 2004

Walkersele radial lip seals from James Walker are now available with the lip-energising spr…

From Mars to the North Sea

Added: 16 Jul 2004

A technology first used on a NASA mission to Mars is being applied to the measurement of water vapo…

Innovating policy

Added: 16 Jul 2004

Any country can take pride in its innovators, but how can that appreciation of innovation be expand…

Transmission trouble?

Added: 16 Jul 2004

Getting the best levels of performance from pressure transmitter equipment is a more involved proce…

Plastic transformations

Added: 16 Jul 2004

With the K-Show plastics exhibition set to take place in October, the major polymer producers are k…

Improving performance

Added: 16 Jul 2004

This year's Manufacturing Excellence conference provided an ideal forum for chemical plant operator…

Pressure play

Added: 16 Jul 2004

Pressure measurement is fundamental to the process industries, underpinning many control systems. T…