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Research boom on ingredients for 'enhanced cosmetics'
Growing demand among baby boomers and others for "enhanced cosmetics" that marry cosmetics and active ingredients to smooth wrinkled skin and otherwise improve appearance is fostering research on micro-capsules and other ...
May 16, 2012 |
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Precise molecular surgery in the plant genome
Crop plants have always been adapted to the needs of man by breeding for them to carry more fruit, survive droughts, or resist pests. Green biotechnology now adds new tools to the classical breeding methods ...
Apr 24, 2012 |
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Greening up the blue dye in jeans, police uniforms and the red, white and blue
Efforts are underway to develop a more environmentally friendly process for dyeing denim with indigo, the storied "king of dyes," used to the tune of 50,000 tons annually to color cotton blue jeans and hundreds of other products. ...
Apr 04, 2012 |
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BASF, Philips develop OLED lighting for use as transparent car roof
(PhysOrg.com) -- BASF and Philips have achieved a practical breakthrough in the development of OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) technology that allows it to be integrated in car roofs. The OLEDs are transparent ...
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Jan 19, 2012 |
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BASF applies for EU approval of genetically modified potato
German chemicals giant BASF said Monday it has applied for EU approval for a genetically modified potato which is resistant to a disease that wipes out a fifth of the world's potato crops each year.
Oct 31, 2011 |
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EU summons BASF over 'illegal' potatoes in Swedish field
Europe slapped a summons on German chemical giant BASF on Monday after a "blunder" allowed seed from a new genetically modified potato to remain in a field in Sweden.
Sep 06, 2010 |
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BASF seeking EU green light for new potato: chairman
German chemical giant BASF said Tuesday it was seeking European Union approval for a new genetically modified potato six months after getting an EU green light for its Amflora spud.
Aug 31, 2010 |
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Solvay hails world's largest fuel cell of type in Flanders, one can power 1,400 homes
Chemicals giant Solvay hailed Monday the successful entry into service in Flanders of what it said was the largest fuel cell of its type in the world.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Argonne electrifies energy storage research
A multidisciplinary team of researchers at Argonne National Laboratory is working in overdrive to develop advanced energy storage technologies to aid the growth of a nascent U.S. battery manufacturing industry, ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 30, 2011 |
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German giants Bayer, BASF team up on GM rice
German chemicals giants Bayer and BASF said Thursday they were teaming up to produce genetically modified rice seeds, technology than can boost yields but which is criticised by environmentalists.
Dec 16, 2010 |
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BASF says it has uncovered cause of Swedish potato mix-up
Chemical giant BASF said Friday it had found the cause of a co-mingling of seeds from two strains of GM potatoes in Sweden and pledged to take steps against a recurrence.
Sep 24, 2010 |
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Mighty mesh: Extracellular matrix identified as source of spreading in biofilms
New research at Harvard explains how bacterial biofilms expand to form slimy mats on teeth, pipes, surgical instruments, and crops.
Jan 23, 2012 |
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Chemistry professor developing sustainable bioplastics
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Colorado State University chemistry professor has developed several patent-pending chemical processes that would create sustainable bioplastics from renewable resources for use on everything ...
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Researchers begin effort to reduce crop loss from parasitic weed attacking Africa's crops
Scientists based in Nigeria and Kenya have begun a major push against parasitic weeds that have spread across much of sub-Saharan Africa, causing up to US$1.2 billion in damage every year to the maize and cowpea crops of ...
May 31, 2011 |
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Cultivating supply chain experts
When a supply chain is firing on all cylinders -- moving products, information and money on schedule -- it goes largely unnoticed, at least to the average consumer. You expect to find the supplies you need ...
May 05, 2011 |
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