Bayer intends to expand its R&D activities further, despite the financial and economic crisis, chairman and CEO Werner Wenning says. Bayer’s €2.8-billion ($3.7 billion)... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/16016.html
BASF says it has established a joint research program with Vorbek Materials (Jessup, MD) for the development of graphene dispersions for electrically conductive coating and compounds... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/16034.html
Researchers led by Lin Zhuang, professor of chemistry at Wuhan University (Wuhan, China), say they have developed a nickel-based catalyst for creating anodes in fuel cells. The anode... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/15971.html
Research chemists from the University of Bristol (Bristol, U.K.) and other research institutes, led by Jake L. Stymiest, say they have developed a two-step process for converting... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/15889.html
Bayer is responding to the "considerably weaker sales and earnings" at its Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) subgroup by cutting back production in some areas with more measures to... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/15840.html
Solvay disclosed today that it has taken a 13%-stake in the ownership of fuel cell developer ACAL Energy (Runcorn, U.K.) for EUR1.49 million ($1.9 million). ACAL says it will use the... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/15676.html
Cefic is today celebrating the 10th anniversary of the long range research initiative (LRI)-a program designed to provide answers to gaps in fundamental scientific data relating to... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/15467.html
Rhodia says it has today opened its International Research & Development Center at Shanghai, which will be focused on the Asian market. The new center will be part of... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/15450.html
DSM says it has reached an agreement with the management of DSM Deretil, a business unit of DSM Anti-Infectives, on a management buyout. Financial details were not disclosed. The... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/15451.html
Rhodia today opened its previously announced international R&D center at Shanghai. The center will be focused on the Asian market. It will be one of Rhodia’s five major... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/15454.html
Honeywell subsidiary UOP says it has been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to support the development of economically viable technology to... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/15378.html
Architectural paint analysts are using paint cross-sections on historical landmarks to learn about the past—from the status, wealth, and taste of the site’s owner to clues... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/15245.html
Honeywell subsidiary UOP says it was awarded a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to support the development of economically viable technology to stabilize... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/15053.html
Novozymes aims to make it possible by 2010 to use its enzymes to produce ethanol from agricultural waste, such as straws and corn stover, says Thomas Videbæk, executive... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/14994.html
Accelergy says it has launched an integrated coal-to-liquids fuels (ICTL) program aimed at producing cleaner fuels and chemical products from coal resources. The process directly... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/14747.html
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Novozymes $12.3 million to fund an R&D project to increase the efficiency of enzymes for converting waste biomass to... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/14726.html
The 2008 Nobel prize for chemistry, which was announced today, has been won jointly by three U.S.-based scientists for their roles in the development and expansion of the use of... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/14679.html
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