Researchers led by Jacobo Santamaria of the applied physics department at the Complutense University of Madrid (Madrid) say they have developed an electrolyte for solid-oxide fuel cell... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/13480.html
Demand for smaller, faster, and multi-functional electronics is causing R&D costs to skyrocket. That in turn is driving collaboration between and among suppliers and their... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/13437.html
Voltaix (Branchburg, NJ), a producer of specialty chemicals for the electronics sector, says it has received $12.5 million in financing from Intel’s venture capital arm Intel... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/13364.html
Arkema says it should learn by year-end whether automotive manufacturers will adopt its recently developed coolant R1234yF for use in auto air conditioning applications across the... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/13194.html
Ineos says within two years it plans to begin the commercial production of ethanol, which could be used to fuel vehicles, derived from biodegradable household waste. Generating ethanol... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/13162.html
Global revenues for materials used to produce semiconductors will grow 8%, to $46 billion this year, says Stan Myers, president and CEO at electronics manufacturing industry... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/13097.html
Shell says it has increased its ownership of biofuels technology firm Iogen Energy (Ottawa) to 50%, up from 26.5%, as part of a strategy to accelerate its program to manufacture... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/13051.html
Contract fine chemicals firm Lonza (Basel, Switzerland) says it has secured a deal with biotech firm Osiris Therapeutics (Columbia, MD) to manufacture what could be the world’s... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/12796.html
Technology company Inventure Chemicals (Seattle, WA) says it has formed a joint venture with Seambiotic (Tel Aviv) for the construction of a 108,000-gal/year biofuel facility at... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/12534.html
Start up firm G24 Innovations (G24i; Cardiff, U.K.), a developer and producer of dye-sensitized thin film solar cells-an alternative to traditional silicon solar cells, says Morgan... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/12376.html
The European Commission says the European Union (EU) is in “pole position” to develop fuel cells powered by hydrogen after this week creating a public-private joint... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/12342.html
Monsanto and Syngenta say they have agreed to settle all outstanding litigation related to the companies' genetically modified (GM) corn and soybean businesses. The disputes include an... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/12066.html
Industrial biotech start-up Metabolic Explorer (Clermont-Ferrand, France) this week disclosed that it has successfully produced initial samples of 1,3-propanediol (PDO) generated from... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/11900.html
The European Union (EU) is considering fast-tracking applications for patents relating to technologies that could curb climate change, according to comments made earlier this week by... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/11816.html
Syngenta has announced plans to build a biotechnology R&D center at Beijing. The facility's focus will be on early-stage evaluation of genetically modified and native traits for... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/11410.html
Biotech firm Verenium (Cambridge, MA) says it has opened a next-generation cellulosic ethanol demonstration plant at Jennings, LA. Unlike standard biofuel technology the new facility... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/11302.html
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