Bayer MaterialScience says it is winding down its carbon nanotubes (CNT) program because “comprehensive commercialization” of the nanotechnology within Bayer’s core business lines is not expected in the foreseeable future....
BASF has launched a research initiative called North American Center for Research on Advanced Materials, an initiative through which BASF is collaborating with Harvard University (Cambridge, MA), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT; Cambridge, MA)...
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded Novozymes and MBI, a Lansing, MI-based bioprocessing technology non-profit, up to $2.5 million to develop new enzyme-based technologies to convert corn stover into sugars for subsequent conversion into biofuels. MBI's...
The Lenzing Group (Lenzing, Austria) has announced a partnership with nanotechnology R&D firm NanoCarbons (Fort Lauderdale, FL), aimed at developing and exploring the use of new activated carbons in electrode technology. The research will be based on...
Chemists at Queen's University Belfast (Belfast, UK) say they have devised a novel, environmentally friendly technique for the rapid production of metal-organic frameworks (MOF) porous materials. MOFs are "revolutionary" nanomaterials, the...
Cefic says it welcomes the conclusions of a recent European Commission report that the European Union's (EU) current regulatory framework covering nanomaterials, including the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals (Reach)...
Gevo (Englewood, CO) and Beta Renewables (Rivalta Scrivia, Italy) have signed a joint development agreement for an integrated process for the production of biobased isobutanol from cellulosic, non-food biomass. The project would integrate Beta...
A two-year nanocomposite collaboration between Pixelligent Technologies and Brewer Science has yielded a next-generation lithography solution that dramatically improves etch resistance, process window, and line edge roughness while offering broad resist...
Saudi Aramco has announced the launch of Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures (SAEV; Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), a wholly-owned subsidiary that will invest in technologies of strategic importance to borth Saudi Aramco and Saudi Arabia. SAEV’s global...
The U.K.'s innovation agency, Technology Strategy Board, awarded £480,000 ($746,540) to a collaborative project of Teer Coatings (Droitwich, U.K.), Johnson Matthey (London), and the University of Birmingham. The project has been...
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