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• Up to EUR 20 million for catalysis research

  Süd-Chemie AG and Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) have formed a strategic alliance for catalysis research. In addition to basic research in the field of catalysis, a major aspect of this co-operation will be the development of innovative catalysts as a key technology to safeguard the rising g more

• International agreement on the FAIR international accelerator facility

  In Wiesbaden, Germany, nine countries signed the international agreement on the construction of the accelerator facility FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research), which will be located at the GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt, Germany. Signing the agreement for Germany more

• New CO2 Capture Technology from Natural Gas JGC, INPEX and BASF to Perform Demonstration Test

  JGC, INPEX and BASF announced that they have entered into an agreement to jointly carry out demonstration tests on a new technology for effectively capturing and recovering CO2 contained in natural gas. The tests are carried out at INPEX’s Koshijihara natural gas plant (Nagaoka city, Niigata pref more

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• Wyeth 'learns and confirms' in India
  

  Aparna Singh (AS), Program Manager with Frost & Sullivan's Chemical Materials and Foods team caught up with Dr. Michael Kolb (Dr. MK) at Frost & Sullivan's Opportunities in Lifescience Molecules: Global Partnership Summit 2006. This annual summit was held at Goa (India) from 21st -23rd May, 2006. more

• Outsourcing R&D Innovation takes on New Meaning
  

  Innovative drugs are the lifeblood of pharmaceutical companies, but the cost of developing them is rising to unsustainable levels. Pharma executives are already saying that as the economy falters, they foresee bleak prospects and mergers unless their companies get more innovative drugs into their pipelines. The clock is ticking on the race to increase productivity, as key patents worth a projected $30 billion in revenue will expire between 2010 and 2013, opening the floodgates to competition from generics, according to Barbara Ryan, an analyst at Deutsche Bank. This imperative is propelling increased outsourcing of R&D operations as companies trim overcapacity. more

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• Biocatalytic Processes Using Marine Biocatalysts: Ten Cases in Point

  Abstract: The adaptation of marine organisms to a wide range of environmental conditions in the specific environment (temperature, salinity, tides, pressure, radiation, light, etc.) has made them an enormous reservoir of interesting biological material for both basic research and biotechnolog more

• Special Issue: Proteoglycans: signaling, targeting and therapeutics

  Once thought of as simply components of connective tissue, proteoglycans are now known to have roles in all aspects of cell biology and human disease. As well as being a key part of the extracellular matrix, proteoglycans contribute to cell–cell and cell–matrix interactions, and act as receptors a more

• Highly efficient photoluminescence of SiO2 and Ce–SiO2 microfibres and microspheres

  Semiconductor nanocrystals and nanostructures have been extensively studied in the last few years due to their interesting optical and optoelectronic properties. Nevertheless, combining precise photoluminescence properties with controlled morphologies of SiO2 is a major hurdle for a broad range of b more

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