Stamped out.(Business digest)(Brief article)
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Stamped out: The fully enclosed stamped metal cab of Dumur
Industries' Wolverine All-Terrain vehicle (ATV) has been replaced
by a pre-coloured thermoformed plastic unit . . .
Sunstone (Tangshan) Pharmaceuticals, the Chinese subsidiary of US
speciality pharma concern BMP Sunstone, is acquiring a 75% hol
Sunstone (Tangshan) Pharmaceuticals, the Chinese subsidiary of US
speciality pharma concern BMP Sunstone, is acquiring a 75% holding in
Zhangjiakou Shengda Pharmaceutical, a Chinese manufacturer of . . .
US speciality chemical and advanced materials concern Rockwood
Holdings is acquiring Holliday Pigments from UK speciality chemic
US speciality chemical and advanced materials concern Rockwood
Holdings is acquiring Holliday Pigments from UK speciality chemicals
producer Yule Catto for 46m [euro]. Holliday manufactures . . .
US speciality chemicals concern Albemarle has completed its
acquisition of 100% ownership of two Chinese polymer additive joint
US speciality chemicals concern Albemarle has completed its
acquisition of 100% ownership of two Chinese polymer additive joint
ventures: Ningbo Jinhai Albemarle Chemical & Industry and . . .
Diversified US conglomerate Toyota Tsusho America and Japanese
fine chemicals producer Nippon Kayaku have formalised an existing
Diversified US conglomerate Toyota Tsusho America and Japanese fine
chemicals producer Nippon Kayaku have formalised an existing research
partnership by forming a joint venture Glycomark, located . . .
Dutch headquartered pharma concern Zentiva, which operates in
Central and Eastern Europe, has rejected an unsolicited takeover b
Dutch headquartered pharma concern Zentiva, which operates in
Central and Eastern Europe, has rejected an unsolicited takeover bid by
French pharma major sanofi-aventis. The offer of CZK10S0/share, . . .
Israeli pharma concern Teva Pharmaceutical Industries is
acquiring US speciality pharma company Barr Pharmaceuticals, the
world'
Israeli pharma concern Teva Pharmaceutical Industries is acquiring
US speciality pharma company Barr Pharmaceuticals, the world's
fourth largest generic drug firm, for $7.46bn plus the assumption . . .
... One way or another.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Perhaps discarded scraps of sheetrock/ drywall could be thrown in
the ocean to absorb the C[O.sub.2]? I know from working on construction
jobs that there is a huge amount of waste of these . . .
Adding lime to oceans ...(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
You might be considering other options for oceans other than those
of the newly announced effort of Shell and its sequestration initiative
(C&I 2008, 14, 24). If so the key is to consider being a . . .
More on signs of (in)sanity.(Letters)(Letter to the
editor)
'Sign of insanity' seems to be an appropriate title for
the recent Leader (C&I 2008, 12, 4). As a long-time SCI member and
C&I reader I have been impressed by the improvement in the content
of C&I . . .
Liquid gold: there are a possible million simple ionic liquids
and over a trillion complex ionic liquids. Researchers are lookin
The rash of research into ionic liquids in the 1990s has opened the
door to many new applications. Previously these chemicals, which are
essentially liquid salts, were touted as 'green' solvents . . .
Silicon reduces arsenic accumulation in rice.(Soil
chemistry)
Scientists in the UK and Japan have worked out why rice accumulates
so much arsenic from soil and suggest ways to mitigate the problem.
Rice generally contains much more arsenic than other crops . . .
European research joined up.(Brief article)
The European Commission has proposed a legal framework that will
make it easier and quicker for member states to jointly set up European
research infrastructures, such as observatories, databanks . . .
US chemical library set to remain closed indefinitely.(Chemical
information)
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s chemical
library will not reopen. One six-shelf bookcase will soon be all that is
left of the agency's once impressive database of . . .
Love dairy products? Then feast your eyes on
this.(Nutraceuticals)
Yoghurts, cereals, drinks or other dairy products that help to
protect eyesight could be on supermarket shelves as early as next year.
The foodstuffs will contain a mixture of patented bilberry and . . .
Polymer could cut fuel cell costs.(Hydrogen power)(Brief
article)
A conducting polymer grown on the same material used to make
waterproof raincoats could provide a cheap and plentiful alternative to
platinum in fuel cells.
Most hydrogen fuel cells currently . . .
GM China.(Brief article)
The EU needs to adopt a more positive attitude on genetically
modified (GM) food because its views affect policies in countries like
China where GM crops are needed to feed the people. At least . . .
Scientoons in town.(Brief article)
ESOF 2008 devoted a whole session to scientoons. The brainchild of
Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, senior scientist at the Central Drug Research
Institute (CDRI), Lucknow, India, scientoons are designed . . .
European supergrid is way forward for cleaner energy.(Renewable
energy)
A renewable energy supergrid that connects huge solar and wind
farms across Europe and North Africa could be the answer to providing
Europe with clean electricity.
Arnulf Jaeger-Walden of the . . .
Smart energy homes for rent.(Conference report)(Brief
article)
More than 200 smart energy homes, which are virtually
self-sufficient in energy terms, will be available to rent in Barcelona
and Paris by the end of 2009. More homes are planned for Warsaw . . .
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