11-03-2013

An air-breathing bio-battery has been constructed by researchers from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. The core element providing the new power source with relatively high voltage and long lifetime is a carefully designed cathode taking up ...

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21-11-2012

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced it has opened a new X-ray diffraction manufacturing facility in Wrocław, Poland. The state-of-the-art facility gives Agilent significantly greater manufacturing capacity and enhanced R&D capabilities compared with the company’s old facility. The new site ...

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17-10-2012

BASF and Ciech announced the acquisition of parts of Ciech’s global TDI (toluene diisocyanate) business by BASF. The acquisition is subject to approval by the appropriate antitrust authorities. Closing of the transaction is expected in the first quarter of 2013. Financial terms of the ...

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09-10-2012

H&S Anlagentechnik GmbH has received an order from a Polish slabstock foam manufacturer to supply the world's first industrial-scale system to recover polyol from flexible polyurethane foam waste materials. The main target of the project is increasing sustainability in the PU mattresses ...

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Crystallization-induced asymmetric synthesis of nonracemic platinum(IV) polysulfide tris(chelate) complexes

02-08-2012

Asymmetry of molecules can make the difference between a drug and a poison. It is therefore vital to control this parameter in synthesis. Polish researchers found how stirring a reaction mixture in the presence of suitable seeding crystals can strongly affect the products. They report their ...

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20-04-2012

Huntsman Corporation is opening a new service center in Warsaw, Poland, strengthening the capabilities of its Polyurethanes and Performance Products businesses across Central and Eastern Europe, and the Baltics – territories where MDI demand is growing steadily. Located in the commercial ...

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Byproducts from pulp and paper industry used to store a charge, researchers say

29-03-2012

Researchers have designed a battery cathode made of lignin byproducts from the pulp and paper industry, which may lead to cheaper and safer electrodes. This new, rechargeable battery cathode is comparable to other cathodes that require precious metals or rare, raw materials. Grzegorz ...

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20-09-2011

"In the field of electromobility mainly research on lithium-ion battery technology has been promoted in the past years. But the limits of this technology become more and more obvious," states Peter Strasser, a professor for chemical engineering at the TU Berlin and member of the Cluster of ...

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25-01-2011

Air Liquide announced the commissioning of two air separation units in Poland, both of the standardized YangO2 type, located in Zakłady Azotowe in Puławy. The new air separation units are the biggest liquid and gas source in Central and Eastern Poland, with an aggregate production capacity of ...

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03-11-2010

Analytik Jena AG is kicking off the financial year with a large-scale follow-up project for the Polish Inspectorate of Environmental Protection (GIOS). The order encompasses the delivery of 39 atomic absorption spectrometers that will be deployed in 38 of the Polish authority's laboratories ...

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