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AboutSafety August 10, 2001 Kay Mangieri |
Sense Or Smell Choosing the right workplace gas detection monitor is critical, but can be difficult. Some basic selection criteria are needed to help focus the search for the most appropriate piece of equipment...  |
National Defense October 2007 Grace Jean |
Building Miniature `Noses' to Sniff Explosives To sense malicious chemicals and substances, such as explosives, scientists are searching for the holy grail in chemical sensing -- a mechanical device that is as good as or better than a dog's nose and can run nonstop to provide continuous monitoring of an environment.  |
Reactive Reports Issue 72 David Bradley |
Seagull as Environmental Canary Seagulls may be the unwitting canary in the proverbial coalmine allowing us to monitor oil pollution levels in marine environments more precisely than before, according to scientists in Spain.  |
Reactive Reports Issue 73 David Bradley |
Super Insulator An international team of scientists has created a material that at close to absolute zero has an electrical resistance 100,000 times higher than its room temperature value.  |
Chemistry World July 25, 2011 Harriet Brewerton |
DNA Toxic Gas Detector Scientists in the US have developed a sensitive and simple sensor that could be used to detect toxic gases occurring in urban areas.  |
Food Engineering August 1, 2008 Kevin T. Higgins |
Food's chemical signature Food and beverage manufacturers will be among the first commercial beneficiaries of nanotechnology that delivers amazingly small and inexpensive electronic noses.  |
Reactive Reports November 2007 David Bradley |
Double Vision With Coordination Polymers Calcite crystals have been discovered to have birefringence.  |
National Defense June 2013 Stew Magnuson |
Handheld Chemical Cloud Identifier Hits First Responder Market BLOCK Engineering has shrunk a fixed-sight chemical cloud detector down to where it can be carried into the field.  |
Scientific American September 19, 2005 Steven Ashley |
Silicon Sniffer Engineers have developed a button-size chemical sensor prototype that is designed, among other things, to detect trace amounts of explosives before they detonate.  |
Chemistry World September 8, 2011 Harriet Brewerton |
Colourful toxin detection Scientists in Canada have developed a simple chemical detector that could be used to detect airborne neurotoxic organophosphorus chemical warfare agents.  |
Reactive Reports Issue 71 David Bradley |
Sunshine Superpower Sandia National Laboratory's sunshine to petrol project is hoping to pluck new fuel from thin air.  |
Industrial Physicist Edward J. Staples |
Technology Safeguarding ports with a new chemical-profiling system that samples the vapours inside cargo containers.  |
Chemistry World September 24, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Nerve gas detection in a fraction of a second A new molecule that detects and destroys lethal nerve gases has been developed by researchers in the US.  |
National Defense March 2006 Harold Kennedy |
Defense Contractors Exhibit Anti-WMD Gear More than 80 companies flocked to a recent U.S. Special Operations Command conference in Tampa, Fla., to show off their newest technology designed to help counter weapons-of-mass-destruction attacks.  |
National Defense January 2006 Grace Jean |
Pentagon Chem-Bio Program Expands to Homeland Missions The Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security are seeking to homogenize the equipment that military units and local first responders employ to detect and neutralize toxic agents.  |
National Defense September 2007 Stew Magnuson |
Chemical Detecting Robot Program Rolls Forward Explosive ordnance disposal robots have proven their worth in Iraq and Afghanistan by reducing their operators' exposure to improvised bombs. An Army program hopes to do the same for specialists who must enter buildings and caves to root out chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear materials.  |
National Defense January 2006 Grace Jean |
Laser-Based Sensor Will Sniff Out Chemicals on the Move U.S. Army scientists are working on a next-generation, laser-based chemical detector capable of operating in reconnaissance vehicles while traveling at high speeds.  |
Chemistry World October 1, 2008 Rebecca Trager |
US to Overhaul Industrial Chemicals Inventory A plan by the US Environmental Protection Agency to overhaul its inventory of industrial chemicals could lead to a lot more paperwork for chemical firms, industry officials have warned.  |
Chemistry World April 15, 2010 Hepeng Jia |
Shanghai braces for chemical restrictions Restrictions on chemical transportation and use during an enormous cultural exposition - that is hoping to attract 70 million visitors to Shanghai, China - are due to hit the region's chemical sector in coming weeks.  |
Information Today March 15, 2012 |
Occupational Health Content Integrated into EBSCO's ExPub Databases Haz-Map is designed to assist professionals seeking information about the health effects of exposure to chemicals and biological agents in the workplace.  |
Chemistry World July 26, 2012 Andrew Turley |
New US chemical rules edge nearer A political committee in the US has voted in favor of plans to change the way chemicals are regulated by shifting the burden of proving safety to manufacturers.  |
Chemistry World February 26, 2014 Hepeng Jia |
Dangerous delivery problems dog chemical transport in China A lethal accident caused by the leak of a laboratory reagent being delivered by untrained couriers in an inappropriate vehicle has once again highlighted the difficulty of transporting small quantities of chemicals in China.  |
Chemistry World June 5, 2014 Dominic Williams |
Chemical toxicity prediction The book is written in such a clear way that it is easily understandable by scientists from different fields, which will ultimately contribute to the success of this emerging discipline.  |
Reactive Reports Issue 67 David Bradley |
Multichannel Microchemical Factory The microchemical factory approach offers a safer and scaleable approach to producing materials from the very smallest quantities to the largest bulk.  |
Chemistry World September 4, 2014 Emma Stoye |
De-gassing gas masks with hydrogen peroxide Those involved in the clear-up of chemical weapons are kept safe by protective clothing such as gas masks. But how do you de-contaminate a gas mask and safely dispose of it when it is a chemical hazard?  |
National Defense January 2012 Eric Beidel |
Inkjet Printers Prepare for War Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a prototype wireless sensor that can be printed on paper or similar material using standard inkjet technology.  |
Chemistry World July 30, 2014 Phillip Broadwith |
Bruker winds down underperforming instrument lines The company said that its Chemical and Applied Markets division has generated significant losses for the last four years, with little prospect of near-term profitability.  |
Chemistry World October 17, 2012 Andrew Turley |
Carbon dioxide to chemical partnership State-owned Malaysian oil company Petronas will partner will New Zealand firm LanzaTech, which specializes in making fuels and chemicals from industrial waste gases, such as carbon monoxide, by fermentation.  |
Reactive Reports Issue 73 David Bradley |
Fake Bird Flu Chemists have developed a rapid technique for detecting fake Tamiflu, the mainstay medication for preventing and treating bird flu.  |
National Defense June 2012 Stew Magnuson |
Chemical, Biological Detectors to Improve First Responder Reaction Two companies are working to cut down the amount of time it takes hazardous material response teams and hospitals to understand what threat they are facing.  |
Chemistry World April 9, 2010 Rebecca Trager |
EPA seeks heightened scrutiny for 16 chemicals The US Environmental Protection Agency wants to tighten its oversight of certain chemical substances by adding 16 chemicals to its Toxics Release Inventory list.  |
Chemistry World September 18, 2012 James Urquhart |
UN report urges chemical industry to clean-up Governments and industry worldwide must address the management of chemicals in order to curtail the escalating heath and environmental risks associated with the widespread production, use and disposal of chemicals, warns the United Nations Environment Program.  |
Chemistry World February 28, 2013 Andrew Turley |
Does chemical regulation boost innovation? According to a report from the Center for International Environmental Law, a US environmental group, tougher chemical regulation has sparked the continuous invention of safer chemicals.  |
Chemistry World November 11, 2014 Rebecca Trager |
700 US troops report possible chemical agent exposure An internal Pentagon review has found that 734 US troops reported potential exposure to chemical warfare agents while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan between 2004 and 2010.  |
Chemistry World April 1, 2010 Hepeng Jia |
China Updates Chemical Legislation After a seven-year delay, China has introduced an updated version of its chemical registration and evaluation rules, bringing the country in line with chemical regulation efforts in other parts of the world.  |
Chemistry World December 9, 2008 Rebecca Trager |
EPA tweaks hazardous waste rules for academic labs US chemistry laboratories have been freed from regulations on handling hazardous waste that lumped them under the same rules as industrial facilities.  |