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An alternative to zeolite?

Added: 10 Feb 2003

Scientists at the University of California, Riverside have synthesised a large family of semiconduc…

Smallpox screensaver

Added: 6 Feb 2003

Using the idle time of computers like yours and mine, researchers at the University of Oxford aim t…

Breaking the circuit

Added: 4 Feb 2003

The new ETA 8345 is a magnetic circuit breaker for equipment with ratings from 0.1A up to 125A. It …

Switch on generators

Added: 4 Feb 2003

In the deregulated energy market, electricity generators are turning to plant management systems to…

Cognis takes chemicals from Degussa

Added: 4 Feb 2003

Cognis has signed a contract to acquire Laporte Performance Chemicals, a subsidiary of the former L…

Sensors on show

Added: 4 Feb 2003

Mtec, the largest UK exhibition dedicated wholly to sensors, measurement and instrumentation, opens…

Looking forward into the past

Added: 4 Feb 2003

Processors looking to increase profitability by optimising their plant performance would do well to…

Changing direction

Added: 3 Feb 2003

The chemical industry may be forced to rethink its attitudes on regulation, recruitment and investm…

Safe or sorry

Added: 3 Feb 2003

Most products are certified as safe by the companies that actually make them. But is this 'self-cer…

Sticky stuff

Added: 3 Feb 2003

Insights into particle behaviour could help laboratory equipment maker Varian and Canada's Alberta …

Bacteria can eat pesticide

Added: 3 Feb 2003

Researchers have found that two microorganisms are capable of breaking down Endosulfan, a chlorine-…

Slow growth for Europe

Added: 3 Feb 2003

The European chemicals industry is set to grow by 2.7 per cent in 2003, according to BASF's…

Trendsetting maintenance

Added: 3 Feb 2003

A computerised maintenance management system has helped increase productivity at a US cement manufa…

A challenging future for the chemicals industry

Added: 3 Feb 2003

The UK chemicals industry is an industry in transition, facing key challenges on four fronts - its …

Serck takes control of Rotork safety

Added: 3 Feb 2003

Rotork has sold its control and safety business to Serck Controls, a specialist in Scada so…

Reflections on level

Added: 3 Feb 2003

Over the past decade, radar has become one of the most widespread methods of measuring level of liq…

Mutant bacteria become microscopic motors

Added: 3 Feb 2003

Steve Tung, a researcher at the University of Arkansas is incorporating living bacteria into microe…

Cheese, please

Added: 3 Feb 2003

Genetic modification of milk has some advantages for cheesemakers: the heat stability of the milk c…

BASF invests in fuel cells

Added: 3 Feb 2003

BASF's venture capital arm has invested heavily in a new company which is developing rechargeable …

Dow to shut PET plant in Italy

Added: 31 Jan 2003

The Dow Chemical Company is to shut down its Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) plant in Pisticci, Ma…