Our cells are controlled by billions of molecular "switches" and chemists at UC Santa Barbara have developed a theory that explains how these molecules work. Their findings may significantly help efforts to build biologically based sensors for the detection of chemicals ranging from drugs to explosives to disease markers.
Now, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University have devised a way to encapsulate bacteria in a synthetic polymer hydrogel. These new, stable, bio-hybrid materials maintain the microbes' ability to exchange nutrients and metabolic products with their environment, and could find widespread applications, for example, as biosensors, catalysts, drug-delivery systems, or in wastewater treatment.
Like the sensitive seismographs that can pick up tremors of impending earthquakes long before they strike, a similar invention from Tel Aviv University researchers may change the face of molecular biology.
Flasks, beakers and hot plates may soon be a thing of the past in chemistry labs. Instead of handling a few experiments on a bench top, scientists may simply pop a microchip into a computer and instantly run thousands of chemical reactions, with results - literally shrinking the lab down to the size of a thumbnail.
Oxea, the global chemical company, today announced that on August 1, 2009, it has completed the acquisition of assets of the Amsterdam Esters Plant in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, from ExxonMobil Chemical Holland B.V. The...
The Middle East economies continue to grow, generating many different needs for industrial gases. Following the acquisition of the Al Khafrah Industrial Gases Company in Saudi Arabia announced on last July 08th, Air Liqu...
Carnegie Mellon University's Andrew J. Gellman will use a $2 million research grant from the Department of Energy to continue developing atomically and molecularly structured surfaces that will have an enormous impac...
Cars will soon be rolling along Russia's roads with quality engine coolant from Ludwigshafen. The brand license agreement concluded by BASF with its partner Tosol-Sintez for the manufacture and distribution of Glysan...
According to a new technical market research report, The Global Market for Flame-Retardant Chemicals (CHM014K) from BCC Research, the global market for flame-retardant chemicals generated $4.1 billion in 2008. This should increase to $6.1 billion in 2014, for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7%.
Acetex Chimie, a subsidiary of Celanese Corporation (NYSE:CE), a leading, global chemical company, today announced it has completed the consultation procedure with the workers council on the Acetex Chimie "Project o...
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