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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…