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Jean Fréchet Heads To Saudi Arabia - Appointments: UC Berkeley chemistry professor will shape development of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.
Switchable Solvents - Green Chemistry: Using CO2 as a reversible trigger, novel solvent systems aim to facilitate greener reactions and product separations.
Climate-Change Panel Under Scrutiny - Inquiry: Science academies will assess UN’s prestigious body.
Stirring Liquid Metals Without A Stir Bar - Heat and a magnetic field lead liquid lithium to swirl on its own, like a whirlpool.
Abbott Takes On Facet - Big pharma firm wins bid for a promising pipeline of multiple sclerosis, oncology drugs.
BioScreening News
Alzheimer’s Study Leads To Better Drug For Infections - Research into Alzheimer’s disease seems an unlikely approach to yield a better way to fight urinary tract infections (UTIs), but that’s what scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and elsewhere recently reported.
One element links the disparate areas of research: amyloids, which are fibrous, sticky protein aggregates. […]
University of California, San Francisco, Researcher Receives ASBMB-Merck Award - Bethesda, MD, December 12, 2009 –(PR.com)– James A. Wells, professor and chairman of the department pharmaceutical chemistry at the University of California, San Francisco, and director of UCSF’s small molecule discovery center, has been named the winner of the 2010 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology-Merck Award for his […]
Techne accelerates sample concentration - The Techne Sample Concentrator provides fast solvent or diluent evaporation without sample loss when used with one of the company’s Dri-Block heaters.
The height-adjustable head of the concentrator delivers a flow of inert gas that removes evaporated solvent from the surface of solutions in tubes or 96-well plates.
Traditional methods of reducing […]
Potent Novel Tool For Combating Autoimmune Diseases And Leukemia - A study carried out by the scientists at the Scripps Research Institute illustrated a novel, highly practical strategy for identifying molecules that avert a particular form of immune cells from launching assaults on their host. These findings have added a potent new-fangled tool to the ongoing investigation for probable treatments […]
Karwar scientist’s theory to ‘weed’ out CO2 - KARWAR: While representatives of 192 countries are engaged in climate change debates at Copenhagen, Dr Ullas Naik, a marine scientist at the department of marine biology, at Karnatak University’s PG Centre, here has suggested the unassuming sea weed as a possible cure to the planet’s ills.Calling for the scientific culture […]
Chemie News
New BASF report makes business sustainability transparent - BASF creates measurable value for employees, shareholders, customers and society with its products and solutions, as shown in the Report 2009 published by BASF. The report combines economic, …
LANXESS cuts its global climate gas emissions by more than 50 percent - In the last two years, LANXESS has reduced its direct climate gas emissions by more than 50 percent. From 2007 to 2009, annual emissions from the group’s plants were cut from 3.5 million to 1.5 …
Arkema Emulsion Systems Announces Price Increase for Latex Products - Effective April 1, 2010 or as contracts allow, Arkema Emulsion Systems will increase the price of all latex products. UCAR® acrylic, styrene-acrylic, styrene-butadiene and NEOCAR® Acrylic latexes …
New Innovations Manager at JULABO - As of 1 February 2010 Jens Amberg reinforces JULABO Labortechnik GmbH, Seelbach - Black Forest. As a member of the corporate management team Mister Amberg assumes management of the department …
Sika Acquires Automotive Glass Replacement Adhesive Systems Business - Sika AG announces that its U.S. subsidiary, Sika Corporation, has acquired the automotive glass replacement business of ADCO Products, Inc.The transaction closed on March 8, 2010. The business …
Bionity News
Duquesne University, Agilent Technologies Establish Mass Spectrometry Centre of Excellence to Study Diseases - Duquesne University and Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that they have established a Centre of Excellence (COE) for mass spectrometry at the university. The facility enables a wide range of …
Wageningen UR develops cost-saving technology for seed research - Scientists from the Plant Sciences Group of Wageningen UR have developed a system for the automated evaluation of the germination capacity of large quantities of seed samples., Details of the system, …
Immune cells use bungee of death to kill dangerous cells, shows new research - Immune cells ensnare dangerous cells that are on the run with a bungee-like nanotube, according to research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study, by researchers …
Svein Lien appointed new CEO of Biotec Pharmacon ASA - Svein Lien has been appointed new CEO of Biotec Pharmacon, following Lars Viksmoen’s decision to resign after 3 years as CEO. Svein Lien will assume the position with effect from 15 March, 2010.Svein …
Vilcek prizes in biomedical science awarded - The Vilcek Foundation announced the granting of the 2010 Vilcek Prize for Biomedical Science to Dr. Alexander Varshavsky, the Howard & Gwen Laurie Smits Professor of Cell Biology at California …