http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2010 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:02:08 EDT Bayer CropScience says it is expanding its research collaboration with Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO; Clayton South, Australia), Australia’s national... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/25469.html Thu, 18 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT DSM says it expects to be in a position to announce plans for the commercialization of specific products derived from CO2 feedstocks in the next 12-24 months. “We have sufficient... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/25457.html Wed, 17 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT A consortium of 28 companies and research institutes has begun a four-year project to develop an efficient biorefinery system for converting biomass into final chemical products. Named... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/25395.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT  Kemira and The Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT) will establish a Center of Water Efficiency Excellence in Finland, which will focus on developing new technology to enhance water... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/25235.html Tue, 9 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Lonza says it has signed an agreement with drug discovery technology company Odyssey Thera (San Ramon, CA) to make Odyssey Thera’s proprietary protein-fragment complementation assay (PCA)... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/25238.html Tue, 9 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Automotive batteries, biofuels, and solar energy, are three renewable energy segments that can provide significant opportunities for the chemicals sector through 2060, according to a new report... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/25240.html Tue, 9 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST The Lorraine Regional Council in France has joined forces with Arkema and two local university laboratories to back a research program into bio-based acrylics manufacture. Christian Collette... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/25218.html Mon, 8 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Dow AgroSciences, a Dow Chemical subsidiary, says it will invest about $340 million in a multi-year expansion of its global headquarters at Indianapolis, IN, and will add more than... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/25195.html Fri, 5 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST The University of North Texas (UNT; DentonTX) has been awarded grants totaling $120,000 to develop toxicology tests relating to the aquatic environment, for Cefic, the European Chemical Industry... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/25171.html Thu, 4 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST DuPont and Bio Architecture Lab will jointly focus on improving domestic macroalgae aquaculture; converting macroalgae to bio-available sugars; converting those sugars to isobutanol; and economic and environmental optimization of the production process.... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/25154.html Wed, 3 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST