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A fresh solution for the lindane problem
24-Oct-2013
For many years two companies located in Bizkaia, Bilbao Chemicals (Barakaldo 1947-1987) and Nexana (Erandio 1952-1982), had been manufacturing lindane and dumping it into the environment with no control whatsoever. Today we have become aware of the need to solve the problems caused by this ...
Beyond peer review: manage errors in research data
19-Sep-2013
Traditional peer review is not enough to ensure data quality amid the recent boom in scientific research findings, according to results of a 10-year collaboration between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and five technical journals. While production of research data is ...
Studying bacterial metabolites with mass spectrometry
19-Feb-2013
Organic compounds produced by colonies of bacteria can now be characterised using a mass-spectrometry technique that is both location specific and non-destructive. The method enables the rapid identification of metabolites from specific areas of an agar gel without affecting the viability of the ...
Veolia’s MPPE water treatment unit for Shell Floating LNG plant
24-Jan-2013
VWS MPP Systems has been awarded a contract by Samsung to supply a Macro Porous Polymer Extraction (MPPE) water purification unit for a Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) facility. The MPPE unit will be used for Shell’s Prelude FLNG project in Australia, the largest offshore floating facility ...
High-value Opportunities for Lignin
Recent technological breakthroughs in lignin extraction and conversion could change the course of the oil-based chemical industry
28-Nov-2012
Addressing markets worth more than 130 billion dollars, lignin could become the main renewable aromatic resource for the chemical industry in the future. The first opportunity could emerge as early as 2015 from the direct substitution of phenol in most of its industrial applications: phenolic ...
BASF to build butadiene extraction plant in Antwerp
Startup planned for 2014
06-Jul-2012
BASF plans to build a butadiene extraction plant at its Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium. The plant will have an annual production capacity of 155,000 metric tons and is scheduled to start up during 2014. The investment amount will be in the high double-digit million euro range. The decision has ...
Porvair Filtration Report Strong Gain in 2011
30-Aug-2011
Porvair Filtration Group, specialists in media and equipment for filtration and separation applications, has announced a strong increase in sales for the first half of fiscal year 2011. This growth is reflected in the half yearly results reported by parent company - Porvair plc for its ...
Tagging-detagging for purification of radiotracers
10-Jun-2008
Veronique Gouverneur and colleagues from the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca, Cheshire, have developed a novel tagging-detagging strategy. This could be extremely useful for the purification of known and novel 18F-radiotracers for Positron Emission Tomography. It is the first detagging ...
Dyneon to Acquire Empore Solid Phase Extraction Family of Products
12-Jan-2007
Dyneon LLC, a 3M company, announced that it will acquire 3M's Bioanalytical Technologies business, including the Empore solid phase extraction family of products, effective Jan. 1, 2007. The Bioanalytical Technologies business and Empore products will be integrated into Dyneon and will augment ...
Grace opens Discovery Sciences Technical Center in Shanghai
15-Mar-2006
W. R. Grace & Co. announced that it will open a technical services laboratory in Shanghai, China for its Grace Davison Discovery Sciences product group, significantly improving the company's ability to support life sciences R&D across Asia. Technical personnel in the new facility will primarily ...
