The spread of infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, schistosomiasis, and tuberculosis are a cause for global concern. Pharmaceutical companies have developed - and continue to develop - and market drugs that are effective for their cure. Patients in...
The European Commission has published plans to invest €80 billion ($108 billion) in research and innovation across the European Union between 2014 and 2020. Named Horizon 2020, the program is aimed at boosting sustainable growth and jobs in the region...
The China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC; Beijing), an organization representing major textiles manufacturers, has agreed to collaborate with Huntsman Textile Effects (HTE; Singapore) in a bid to promote manufacturing efficiency and enhance the...
DSM says its Arnitel Eco family of partly bio-based thermoplastic copolyester (TPC) has been awarded Cradle to Cradle certification by the international sustainable design firm McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC; Charlottesville, VA). Arnitel Eco...
Little over a month ago Steve Jobs passed away. The tributes that have been forthcoming are breathtaking. This is in spite of his early career shortcomings. Besides creating amazing products he was a “simplicity” genius. He took an industry...
Chemical companies still have a huge amount of energy efficiency improvements that they could introduce to save money, according to speakers featured in a webcast in the past few days by Chemical Week. Garrett Forsythe, global solutions architect/DuPont...
This Week on CW: At CW's China conference in Tianjin, attendees discussed new basic chemicals projects in China, which would add massive amounts of capacity to the ethylene, aromatics and phenol markets, among others. Clariant has...
DSM has been rated as the world's most sustainable chemical company by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) for the third year running. The annual rating was published today. The DJSI was launched in 1999 as the first equity benchmark to...
The European Commission will invest almost €7 billion ($10.1 billion) in innovation-focused research through 2013. The research package is known formally as the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7). The commission expects...
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