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Oxo Degradable Additives are Incompatible with Mechanical Recycling

Europe is leading the market in terms of sustainable development thanks to the abundance of European legislation aiming to protect the environment. The European Treaty of Lisbon goes even further than previous Treaty reg...

14 Jun 2009

Colloid and Surface Science Scientists to Meet in New York City

Columbia University in New York City will host a rare convergence of two international groups of colloid and surface scientists from June 14 to June 19, 2009 at its Morningside campus. The triennial 13th International Co...

14 Jun 2009

Huntsman to Collaborate on Specialty Chemicals

Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN) and Laffans Petrochemicals Ltd. (Mumbai, India) today announced they have signed a Letter of Intent pursuant to which the companies intend to finalize a collaboration agreement to share k...

From Huntsman International LLC 14 Jun 2009

Large LCD Sales Outpace Plasma Displays

While "flat is the new up" for many technologies as the global recession continues, current results show that the flat-panel digital signage market continues to grow with larger-size commercial LCD products outpacing shipments of commercial plasma products 2-to-1 in Q1'09.

14 Jun 2009

AFM Used to Measure the Charge of a Single Atom

IBM (NYSE: IBM) scientists in collaboration with the University of Regensburg, Germany, and Utrecht University, Netherlands, for the first time demonstrated the ability to measure the charge state of individual atoms usi...

14 Jun 2009

BASF to Close Spanish Plant

BASF will shut down the Styropor plant (EPS, expandable polystyrene) at its site in Tarragona, Spain. The closure is scheduled for August 2009. As a direct consequence of the plant closure and due to the current downturn...

From BASF Corporation 14 Jun 2009

New Distribution Agreement Signed for Composite Pavers

VAST Enterprises, LLC and Reading Rock, Inc. announced their distribution agreement. Reading Rock distributes VAST Composite Landscape Pavers, Permeable Composite Pavers and Composite Deck Pavers in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee.

12 Jun 2009

Paint Remover Works on Fabrics and Plastics as Well as Vehicles

GoClean Products announced today that its Get Off Clean paint remover that was originally designed to remove highway paint from vehicles is safe to use on color safe fabrics including micro fiber seats, automotive and ho...

12 Jun 2009

Joint Effort Seeks to Develop New Chemical Process Technologies

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz has extended its cooperation in the field of chemistry with scientific institutions in the People's Republic of China. According to the cooperation agreement between Mainz Universi...

12 Jun 2009

Sony to Produce Mercury Free Button Batteries

Sony Corporation (Tokyo, Japan) today announced the realization of a mercury-free alkaline button battery (LR), and plans to commercialize six models of those environmentally conscious batteries.

12 Jun 2009

Lanxess Make Acquisitions in China and India

LANXESS to acquire chemical businesses of Indian company Gwalior Chemical Industries Ltd for EUR 82.4 million / Assets of mid-sized Chinese company Jiangsu Polyols Chemical Co Ltd also to be acquired for an undisclosed s...

11 Jun 2009

EPA Asks Consumers to Recycle Unwanted TVs

For consumers who choose to buy a new TV, EPA recommends purchasing Energy Star-qualified sets. EPA also encourages consumers to recycle their unwanted TVs, which recovers valuable materials from the circuit boards, metal wiring, leaded glass, and plastics.

11 Jun 2009

Factory of the Futrure for Sustainable Chemistry

The F3 Factory, one of the visionary projects of the EU Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry (SusChem) has now been officially launched. The launch of this Factory of the Future comes following 5 years' hard...

11 Jun 2009

Supercapacitors Improve Efficiency of Hybrid Cars

One of the controllable causes of global warming is carbon dioxide (CO2) emission from burning fossil fuels. This process is precisely what enables most cars to function by means of combustion engines. In recent years, some companies in the automobile sector have brought out models that combine a standard combustion engine with an electric one. These are known as hybrids, and they produce less pollution. In his final thesis, Toni Font, who recently graduated from the ETSEIB, proposed a way to make these vehicles more efficient.

11 Jun 2009

Obscure Beetle Inspires New Way to Make Brilliantly White Paper

An obscure species of beetle has shown how brilliant white paper could be produced in a completely new way. A team from Imerys Minerals Ltd. and the University of Exeter has taken inspiration from the shell of the Cyphochilus beetle to understand how to produce a new kind of white coating for paper.

11 Jun 2009