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Is Algae the Next Big Feedstock?

Petroalgae produces algae to replace crude oil. Fred Tennant, vice president of Petroalgae, says that it is cheaper than oil, a lot cheaper ...

Algae Investment Trends & Advanced Biofuels Insight

Algae Investment Trends & Advanced Biofuels Insight

Why are some algae companies attracting capital, and scaling up their enterprises while others continue to peer into the “valley of death” from the laboratory to the pilot phase?

DuPont Danisco Opens Cellulosic Ethanol Demonstration Plant

DuPont Danisco Opens Cellulosic Ethanol Demonstration Plant

DuPont Danisco's demonstration plant is producing over 85 gallons of ethanol per ton of feedstock, using both agricultural waste and bioenergy crops.

Eastman Chemical Buys Plant in China

Eastman Chemical Co. has acquired a cellulose-based specialty polymers manufacturing plant in China.

Qteros Ousts CEO, Focuses on Partnerships

Qteros Ousts CEO, Focuses on Partnerships

In Massachusetts, Qteros unexpectedly dumped CEO Bill Frey and installed former Verenium EVP John McCarthy.

Garbage Trucks Running on Garbage

Garbage Trucks Running on Garbage

A bay area facility is purifying methane from landfills and converting it to liquefied petroleum gas, which is then used to run nearly 500 local garbage and recycling trucks.  

DOE's $564M Biorefinery Investment

Reaction continues to pour in regarding the 19 advanced biorefinery projects that received $564 million in federal support in a DOE/USDA announcement on Friday.

Self-Destructing Bacteria Improve Renewable Biofuel Production

An Arizona State University research team has developed a process that removes a key obstacle to producing lower-cost, renewable biofuels.

Meadow Muffin Power Making A Comeback

Meadow muffins, better known as cow manure, have a future in producing electricity.

Who, What & When Of Cellulosic Ethanol Commercialization

Biomass represents that “shovel-ready,” “fire when ready” technology for short-term reductions in fossil fuel intensity.

Emergency Toxic Gas Shutoff

Emergency Toxic Gas Shutoff

17 hours ago | Products

Halogen Valve recently launched a line of Eclipse actuators, which quickly close toxic gas valves on 150-pound and 1-ton cylinders in less than a second.

We Regret to Inform You

We Regret to Inform You

18 hours ago | CHEM Blog

Just when I thought it was safe to get in front of my computer, I find out that it’ll kill me — and management knew all along.

From Field to Fork

From Field to Fork

19 hours ago | Articles

Many organizations throughout the supply chain have already launched traceability initiatives and have started to see the return on their investments.

Senate Passes Biodiesel Tax Credit Extension

Senate Passes Biodiesel Tax Credit Extension

19 hours ago | News

The Senate passed the American Workers, State and Business Relief Act, including H.R. 4213, which contains a retroactive extension of the $1/gallon biodiesel tax credit.

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Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act (and CFATS) by Luke Simpson

Dec 17 2009

Chemical and water facilities are high on the current administration's list of security priorities, with the Chemical Facility Antiterrorism Act of 2009 under review by lawmakers. The bill would broaden federal juristiction over facility secutiry, and would also make inherently safer

SuperSite: dictionary of metabolite and drug binding sites in proteins.

Feb 10

The increasing structural information about target-bound compounds provide a rich basis to study the binding mechanisms of metabolites and drugs. SuperSite is a database, which combines the structural information with various tools for the analysis of molecular recognition. The...

MMsINC: a large-scale chemoinformatics database.

Feb 10

MMsINC (http://mms.dsfarm.unipd.it/MMsINC/search) is a database of non-redundant, richly annotated and biomedically relevant chemical structures. A primary goal of MMsINC is to guarantee the highest quality and the uniqueness of each entry. MMsINC then adds value to these...

Targeted small-molecule inhibitors of protein kinase B as anticancer agents.

Feb 10

Protein kinase B (PKB or Akt) is a central component of the PI3K - PKB - mTOR signalling cascade and is firmly established as an attractive target for pharmacological intervention in cancer. A number of small molecule inhibitors with well-defined, direct molecular interactions...

Measure Twice, Criticize Less

Measure Twice, Criticize Less

Mar 9

The reality of the situation is that experts are predicting a world population of 9.5 billion by 2050 — meaning that our global food production will have to double.

On the Edge of my Driver’s Seat

On the Edge of my Driver’s Seat

Mar 8

Do the Renewable Fuel Standard bill and other green legislation leave you stranded on the edge of your driver’s seat?

Stalking the Weather Report

Stalking the Weather Report

Mar 8

Why do I check the weather three to five times a day? I think it's that weird habit that I go to when I am distracted, or bored, or shifting from one task to the next.

Egg Crisis 2010

Egg Crisis 2010

Mar 3

The situation is nothing to rival the coffee crisis of 2009 or the interoffice email crisis. We lost many good Cubites in the conflicts that ended with the dismantling of the Great Foam Wall.

Riddle Me This, Small Business

Riddle Me This, Small Business

Mar 2

Unlike banks, small businesses will hire people to produce goods and services.

Here's $8 Billion — What Now?

Here's $8 Billion — What Now?

Feb 17 | Video

David Ratcliffe, Chairman, President, and CEO of Southern Company, reacts to President Obama's announcement regarding the first federal loan guarantees for new nuclear construction.

Chlorine Tankers Shifted Away from Olympics

Chlorine Tankers Shifted Away from Olympics

Feb 11 | Video

A Canadian chemical manufacturer will store fifty chlorine-filled rail cars in Washington as a security measure during the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympic games.

Chemical Processing of the Future?

Chemical Processing of the Future?

Jan 27 | Video

A theoretical bench-top factory that uses nano-sized production lines to sort atoms and fabricate atomically-precise devices.

Boeing's Biofuel-Powered Hydroplane

Boeing's Biofuel-Powered Hydroplane

Jan 20 | Video

Boeing is racing a hydroplane that uses a 50/50 blend of sustainable biofuel and jet fuel.