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Nano-Probes Allow an Inside Look at Cell Nuclei

22-Mar-2005 - Nanotechnology may be in its infancy, but biologists may soon use it to watch the inner workings of a living cell like never before. Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have developed a way ...

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NJIT Chemists Modify Carbon Nanotubes Using Microwaves

21-Mar-2005 - Researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology have discovered a novel method of changing the chemical characteristics of carbon nanotubes by heating them in a closed vessel microwave oven. Somenath Mitra, PhD, professor of chemistry and environmental sciences, and Zafar Iqbal, PhD, also a ...

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'Few-Walled' Carbon Nanotubes Said Cheap and Efficient Option for Certain Applications

21-Mar-2005 - North Carolina scientists have found that "thinnest" is not necessarily "best" in rating structure and function of carbon nanotubes, the molecule-sized cylinders that show promise for futuristic technology scaled at a billionths of a meter. Researchers at Duke University and Xintek, Inc. ...

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Genevac wins major European Chemistry award for novel evaporator

21-Mar-2005 - Genevac was awarded the prestigious Diploma for Analytical Chemistry by the Department of Chemistry at the University of Warsaw in recognition of the part played by the company's EZ-2 Personal Evaporator in chemistry research. The award came during the Eurolab 2005 exhibition held in the ...

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Rhodia PPMC renamed Rhodia Performance Coatings & Services

18-Mar-2005 - Rhodia PPMC announced its new enterprise name, Rhodia Performance Coatings & Services. The new name reflects its three core businesses: performance paints and coatings, specialty additives for the building industry and Service Chemistry. It also illustrates the enterprise's profile by pointing at ...

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Rohm and Haas Announces Senior Management Changes

17-Mar-2005 - Rohm and Haas Company announced several management changes for its leadership team, prompted by the retirement of Stephen Robinson, Vice President and Business Unit Director for Architectural and Functional Coatings, at the end of April. Luis Fernandez, currently Vice President and Business ...

Air Liquide chemical engineering chemistry +4

Process Optimization Key to Innovation in Smart Material Technology

15-Mar-2005 - Manufacturing smart materials is a complex process that requires significant control over the physical environment, sample size, interfacial diffusion, and mass transfer properties. Optimisation of these processes in absolute terms is essential for long-term success in the industry. "To enable ...

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Collaboration on New Microfine Titanium dioxide

14-Mar-2005 - BASF Aktiengesellschaft agreed to collaborate with Sakai Chemical Industry Company, Japan on new microfine titanium dioxide grades. According to the agreement BASF is expanding its UV filter product portfolio to include a range of new inorganic titanium dioxide grades manufactured by Sakai. These ...

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Scientists Grow Thermoelectric Cobaltate Thin Films on Silicon

10-Mar-2005 - Thin films made of so-called thermoelectric materials could be used to convert heat directly into electric energy, or vise versa, for a variety of applications, including micro-chip-based chemical and biological sensors and more-efficient ways to cool computer chips. Thermoelectrics also hold ...

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Plutonium Decontamination Agent Characterized at Berkeley Advanced Light Source

08-Mar-2005 - In an on-going effort to design and synthesize chemical substances that can safely and effectively remove plutonium and other radioactive materials from the human body or from the environment, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have ...

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