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Breaking Down Biodegradable Plastic Packaging Material

Interest in biodegradable disposable plastic items has steadily grown over the last decade. With packaging materials, the reduction in usage of raw materials, re-use and recycling are the best route to a sustainable lifestyle.

Notes From The Real World

Notes From The Real World

By Mike Rainone, Co-Founder, PCDworks To offer an alternative to my usual rant, this month I thought I'd share some hard-earned insights with those of you who have an insane itch to develop, manufacture, and sell your own products.

Hershey, Ferrero Consider Cadbury Bid

Robert Barr Associated Press Writer - November 18, 2009 LONDON (AP) - Chocolate makers The Hershey Co. and Ferrero International SA said Wednesday they are considering a possible offer for Cadbury PLC, already the target of a hostile bid by Kraft Foods Inc.

Bringing Together Your Automation Network

By Roy Kok, Vice President of Marketing and Sales, Kepware Technologies What is the most

Steel Plant Using "Shot Clocks" To Time Workers

DAN GEARINO Associated Press - November 16, 2009 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Decades ago, the NBA instituted the shot clock to pick up the pace of the game. Today, Worthington Industries wants to see whether what works in basketball can also work in manufacturing.

Review: Pfizer Drug Study Reports Misleading

LINDA A. JOHNSON Associated Press Writer - November 13, 2009 Analysis of a dozen published studies testing possible new uses for a Pfizer Inc.

Operating In A Carbon-Constrained Marketplace

Operating In A Carbon-Constrained Marketplace

By Casey Whelan, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, U.S. Energy Services As Congress moves toward implementing a mandatory carbon dioxide (CO2) compliance system, and a cap and trade market, manufacturers need to evolve to keep up with the changing risks and opportunities.

Earth Is Running Out Of Helium

The United States' helium supply could be depleted in a decade, and Earth could be helium-free by the end of the century. Enjoy the baloons and zeppelin rides while you can.

Ford Using Straw-Reinforced Plastic In 2010 Flex

Novemebr 11, 2009 Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F ), working with academic researchers and one of its suppliers, is the first automaker to develop and use environmentally friendly wheat straw-reinforced plastic in a vehicle.

Consultant: Old Plant Sites Threaten Hudson PCB Cleanup

MICHAEL HILL Associated Press Writer - November 10, 2009 ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Widespread subterranean contamination along the upper Hudson River could threaten the massive effort to dredge the river clean of PCBs, according to an environmental consultant.

Death & Destruction of a Fluke Multimeter

9 hours ago | Video

Short of blowing it up with explosives, will he succeed, or will it live to measure another day?

IBM, Stanford Unveil Green Chemistry Breakthrough

11 hours ago | Video

Scientists from IBM and Stanford University have unveiled discoveries that could lead to the development of new types of biodegradable, biocompatible plastics.

Israel, Syria Have Nuclear Energy Ambitions

Israel, Syria Have Nuclear Energy Ambitions

12 hours ago | News

Mideast rivals Israel and Syria announced ambitions to develop nuclear energy, with Israel facing the prospect that it could bring new attention to its secretive activities.

Shell Stops Selling Gas to Iran

Shell Stops Selling Gas to Iran

12 hours ago | News

Royal Dutch Shell has stopped selling gasoline to Iran, the latest company to cease business with a country that is increasingly targeted by U.S.-encouraged sanctions.

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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.