Event diary.(Calendar)
Event highlight
REVES COLLOIDAUX--RIDEAL LECTURE AND SUPPORTING SYMPOSIUM
TUE 06 MAY 2008 13.00
SCI Colloid and Surface Chemistry Group SCI International
Headquarters, London
Contact: SCI . . .
The hydrogen economy.(Event review: the potential for hydrogen as
an energy source)
ON 27 MARCH, THE SCI'S Bristol and South West Regional Group
hosted an event entitled 'The Hydrogen Economy'. The talk was
given by Dr Joseph McCarney from Johnson Matthey, and was designed to
give . . .
Drug discovery: high throughput matters.(Event preview: choosing
your career path)
INTRODUCTION TO DRUG Discovery Chemistry is a one-day course aimed
at those facing a career choice in their undergraduate or graduate
chemistry courses, or new chemists within the pharmaceutical . . .
Nominations deadline.(Reminder)
Please note that the electoral nomination deadline has been
extended to 25 April 2008. Just to recap, SCI is looking for proactive
individuals who will bring specialist skills to their role . . .
One for the diary--upcoming AGM.
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You would not think it, what with the weather playing havoc with
snow and sleet in April, but we are fast approaching the summer season
which means that the AGM is just . . .
SCI attends business lunch at Asia House.(Event review: Indian
minister plays host to SCI)(Brief article)
ASIA HOUSE PLAYED host to SCI and 30 business leaders at a luncheon
meeting on 31 March 2008.
Ram Vilas Paswan, Indian Minister of Chemicals, Fertilizers and
Steel, talked about the importance of . . .
Industry leaders converge on New York.(Event review: New York
chemical industry leadership skills summit)(Brief article)
LEADERS OF THE chemical industry business world were out in full
force last month, when they came together for the 2008 Executive Summit
at the Waldorf Astoria in New York.
Organised by the . . .
IEX2008: ion exchange conference: this distinguished quadrennial
conference is essential for all SCI members working or research
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THIS YEAR'S INTERNATIONAL conference on ion exchange, IEX2008,
will be held at Fitzwilliam College Cambridge on 6-11 July. The
conference is breaking new ground by . . .
Real-world voltammetrics.
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Understanding Voltammetry Richard G Compton and Craig E Banks
Publisher: World Scientific
Year: 2007
Pages: 384
Price: 42 [pounds sterling]
ISBN: . . .
Organometallics.(Highlights)
Stable ate complexes
Alkyl- and arylboronic acids are unstable with respect to
cyclotrimerisation; sometimes they must be converted to ate complexes to
become reactive enough for transmetalation . . .
Organic chemistry.(Highlights)
Do fish show 'biosynthetic infidelity'?
It is widely known that cod liver oil can contain significant
amounts of arsenic, but fortunately, after we eat this, it is mainly
excreted as . . .
Quality--by design: pharmaceutical regulators are moving to
encourage new methodologies that should make it easier to improve
ma
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If out-of-specification drugs reach the market, the consequences
for patients are potentially disastrous. This is true whether there is
too much or too little active . . .
One for the road: a new binder for paints promises to reduce
maintenance costs, lower emissions and potentially improve
safety.(
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In a small corner of France, in the foothills of the southern Alps,
French car drivers are unwittingly helping to improve road safety. White
stripes painted across the road . . .
The flavour saviours: more flavoursome fruit and vegetables could
be on the way thanks to a better understanding of their genes.
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Flavourless tomatoes are all too common. They have likely been bred
for colour, size and shelf life, at the expense of flavour. But major
advances in molecular breeding in . . .
In the clear.(Business Digest)(Brief article)
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Caption: In the clear: Eastman Chemical's cellulose acetate
butyrate coatings additives were used in a clear-coat varnish specially
formulated for the restoration of El . . .
The US Chemical Safety Board has released a safety video that
describes the causes and key safety lessons concerning BP's Texas
The US Chemical Safety Board has released a safety video that
describes the causes and key safety lessons concerning BP's Texas
City refinery accident in March 2008. The 56-minute video, Anatomy of . . .
Occupational Safety & Health Administration.(Safety &
Environment)(Brief article)
In the course of a national audit of US refineries, inspectors from
the US Occupational Safety & Health Administration have uncovered
146 violations, many described as life threatening, after . . .
Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural
Service.(Safety & Environment)(Brief article)
The US Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural
Service has launched an expanded online Maximum Residue Limit database,
including 426 pesticide and veterinary drug residue tolerances in . . .
French petrochemical major Total is forming a joint venture with
Korea's Samsung.(Projects & Technology)(Brief article)
French petrochemical major Total is forming a joint venture with
Korea's Samsung. Samsung Total Petrochemicals, to build a 6m
[euro], 28 000 t/year polypropylene compounding facility in . . .
SunAllomer, the Japanese polypropylene joint venture between
Showa Denko, Nippon Petrochemical and LyondellBasell.(Projects &
Te
SunAllomer, the Japanese polypropylene joint venture between Showa
Denko, Nippon Petrochemical and LyondellBasell, has selected the
latter's Spheripol technology for the revamp of one of its . . .
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