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Chemistry World July 5, 2012 |
Bayer buys crop protection firm for $425m German chemical and healthcare giant Bayer has struck a deal to buy US firm AgraQuest, which makes pest control products based on 'natural' or specially bred microorganisms. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2012 Craig L. Israelsen |
Material World The natural resources mutual fund sector has a number of attractions, but one characteristic that is probably not immediately evident to many investors is that these funds do not correlate closely with broad stock indexes. This, it turns out, is a valuable feature. |
Chemistry World June 27, 2012 Laura Howes |
Clariant to sell businesses Swiss speciality chemicals company Clariant has released its strategic targets up until 2015. |
Chemistry World June 21, 2012 Andrew Turley |
Industrial nitroglycerin made fast and safe Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology in Pfintzal, Germany, have come up with what might be the safest approach yet -- using microreactors to produce nitroglycerin continuously rather than in batches. |
Chemistry World June 20, 2012 Rebecca Brodie |
Faster removal of cigarette filters from the environment Filters can take years to degrade. Celanese Corporation has been working to develop a filter that contains a controlled-release organic acid to catalyse the hydrolysis of the filter material. |
Chemistry World June 19, 2012 |
New US R&D site for silicones Bluestar Silicones has just opened a new R&D center in South Carolina. The company, part of chemical group China National Bluestar, says it is aiming to become 'a significant player in the silicones industry' by doubling sales over the next five years. |
Chemistry World May 29, 2012 |
Solvay opens 200 employee Indian R&D centre The center -- in Savli, Gujarat State -- will focus on high-performance polymers, organic chemistry, nano-composites and green chemistry. |
Chemistry World May 28, 2012 Sarah Houlton |
HDL drug class struggling after latest flop The failure of dalcetrapib, a drug from Roche designed to raise HDL, or 'good', cholesterol, has turned the spotlight again on such drugs. |
Chemistry World May 24, 2012 Rebecca Trager |
EPA's chemical assessment program The US National Academy of Sciences will conduct a 'comprehensive examination' of the assessment process that underlies the EPA's Integrated Risk Information System, through which the agency provides health data on over 550 chemical substances. |
Chemistry World April 11, 2012 Mico Tatalovic |
Croatian scientists call for chemical reagent regulation Prominent Croatian scientists are calling for better regulation of the domestic market for laboratory chemicals and reagents as prices can be as much as 70% higher than in other European countries. |
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