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Johns Hopkins Researchers Suppress "Hunger Hormone"

Johns Hopkins Researchers Suppress

   New Minimally Invasive Method Tested in Pigs Yields Result as Good as Bariatric Surgery

Posted : Tue, Sep 16, 2008

Category : Science / Health News

Dow Sites in Texas Preparing for Hurricane Ike

Dow Sites in Texas Preparing for Hurricane Ike

   In anticipation of the approach of Hurricane Ike along the Texas Gulf Coast, The Dow Chemical Company announced that its sites in the Freeport and Houston-Galveston areas are implementing their hurricane preparedness plans to safely shut down operations.

Posted : Sun, Sep 14, 2008

Category : World-Business / Business-Finance News

Bugs put the heat in chili peppers

Bugs put the heat in chili peppers

   If you're a fan of habañero salsa or like to order Thai food spiced to five stars, you owe a lot to bugs, both the crawling kind and ones you can see only with a microscope.

Posted : Tue, Aug 12, 2008

Category : Science / General-Sciences News

Dow and PIC of Kuwait Continue Progress on Proposed $11B Joint Venture

Dow and PIC of Kuwait Continue Progress on Proposed $11B Joint Venture

   The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) and Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) of the State of Kuwait, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), continue to make progress on their $11 billion proposed 50:50 joint venture.

Posted : Sat, Jul 19, 2008

Category : World-Business / Business-Finance News

Dow Renews OSHA Alliance for Third Time

Dow Renews OSHA Alliance for Third Time

   The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have renewed their Alliance and will continue to focus on advancing a culture of prevention of safety and health hazards for the nation’s working men and women.

Posted : Sat, Jul 05, 2008

Category : World-Business / Business-Finance News

NASA Reveals New Discoveries From Mercury

NASA Reveals New Discoveries From Mercury

   Scientists have argued about the origins of Mercury's smooth plains and the source of its magnetic field for more than 30 years.

Posted : Fri, Jul 04, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

Xerox Provides Support for 2008 Democratic National Convention Host Committee

Xerox Provides Support for 2008 Democratic National Convention Host Committee

   The Denver 2008 Convention Host Committee announced Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) will provide printing services for the Democratic National Convention, taking place Aug. 25-28.

Posted : Fri, Jun 20, 2008

Category : Technology / Industry News

Dow Declares Force Majeure for Caustic Soda

Dow Declares Force Majeure for Caustic Soda

   The Dow Chemical Company has declared force majeure for 50% Liquid Caustic Soda. North American and some Latin American customers sourced from the U.S. Gulf Coast will be placed on approximately 90 percent allocation immediately.

Posted : Sat, Jun 07, 2008

Category : World-Business / Business-Finance News

Discovery joins list of Canada's chemical breakthroughs

Discovery joins list of Canada's chemical breakthroughs

   Research into a "green" chemical method for separating oil and water, by chemistry researcher Philip Jessop and his research team is highlighted by the Chemical Institute of Canada as one of the top Canadian Chemical Discoveries of the past 100 years.

Posted : Mon, Jun 02, 2008

Category : Science / General-Sciences News

How Much Water is Lost in the Great Lakes Basin?

How Much Water is Lost in the Great Lakes Basin?

   Do you ever wonder how much of the water that we remove from the Great Lakes for use in everyday products such as food, ethanol, household chemicals or paper products, is not returned?

Posted : Mon, May 26, 2008

Category : Technology / Industry News

Greenpeace catches Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo "Playing Dirty"

Greenpeace catches Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo "Playing Dirty"

   The Greenpeace scientific report "Playing Dirty" released today, reveals that the world's most popular game consoles, Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation 3 Elite (PS3) and Microsoft Xbox 360, tested positive for hazardous chemicals and materials such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC), phthalates, beryllium and bromine indicative of brominated flame retardants (BFRs).

Posted : Sat, May 24, 2008

Category : Science / General-Sciences News

Carbon Nanotubes That Look Like Asbestos, Behave Like Asbestos

Carbon Nanotubes That Look Like Asbestos, Behave Like Asbestos

   New study shows inhaling long, thin carbon nanotubes may result in asbestos-related disease

Posted : Tue, May 20, 2008

Category : Science / General-Sciences News

Shell Contributes $500,000 to Healthy Lands Initiative

Shell Contributes $500,000 to Healthy Lands Initiative

   Program conserves natural habitats, sustains wildlife, benefits local economies and communities.

Posted : Fri, May 16, 2008

Category : World-Business / Business-Finance News

Five profs win Queen's top research award

Five profs win Queen's top research award

   Five promising researchers, working in such diverse areas as the connection between pharmaceuticals and birth defects, the neural basis of eye movements and innovation in urban economies

Posted : Tue, Apr 15, 2008

Category : Science / General-Sciences News

Bacterial battle for survival leads to new antibiotic

Bacterial battle for survival leads to new antibiotic

   MIT biologists have provoked soil-dwelling bacteria into producing a new type of antibiotic by pitting them against another strain of bacteria in a battle for survival.

Posted : Sat, Mar 01, 2008

Category : Science / Environment News

EPA Announces Substantial Decrease of PFOA

EPA Announces Substantial Decrease of PFOA

   Eight major companies have reported significant drops in the release of PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid) and related chemicals, putting industry on target to meet a 95 percent reduction goal in PFOA emissions and product content by 2010.

Posted : Wed, Feb 06, 2008

Category : Science / Environment News

DuPont Acquires Chemtura Fluorine Chemicals Business

DuPont Acquires Chemtura Fluorine Chemicals Business

   The acquisition includes all of Chemtura's fluorine business, along with the fluorine chemicals production unit that is part of Chemtura's manufacturing site in El Dorado, Ark., which will be fully integrated into DuPont's operations.

Posted : Wed, Feb 06, 2008

Category : World-Business / Business-Finance News

Hexion to Exercise Right to Extend Merger Agreement

Hexion to Exercise Right to Extend Merger Agreement

   This extension was clearly contemplated by the terms of the merger agreement that we entered into with Hexion last July.

Posted : Sat, Jan 26, 2008

Category : World-Business / Business-Finance News

Brenntag Acquires US distributor Schoofs Incorporated

Brenntag Acquires US distributor Schoofs Incorporated

   Brenntag, the global leader in the growth market for the distribution of chemicals, announced the acquisition of Schoofs Incorporated, headquartered in Moraga, California.

Posted : Fri, Jan 25, 2008

Category : World-Business / Business-Finance News

Stem cell grant will spur research on rejuvenating muscle

Stem cell grant will spur research on rejuvenating muscle

   New unpublished research already is leading her to the chemicals that stem cells produce to enhance tissue regeneration.

Posted : Tue, Dec 18, 2007

Category : Science / Health News
 
 
 
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