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Greenpeace says KFC boxes destroy Indonesia forests

Greenpeace on Wednesday accused global fastfood chain KFC of using paper packaging made using wood from Indonesian rainforests which it said was endangering the habitat of the Sumatran tiger.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

'Perfect plastic' created

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Leeds and Durham University have solved a long-standing problem that could revolutionize the way new plastics are developed.

Chemistry / Polymers

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (24) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Chemical engineers find high-yield method of making xylene from biomass

A team of chemical engineers led by Paul J. Dauenhauer of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has discovered a new, high-yield method of producing the key ingredient used to make plastic bottles from biomass. The process ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

A foot in the door to genetic information

In the cell nucleus, DNA wraps around what are called histone proteins, forming regularly spaced spherical bodies called nucleosomes. Thus, large portions of the genetic material are inaccessible to the gene reading machinery. ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Barack Obama Announces Another $1.2 billion for Energy R&D

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the more interesting areas of technological development in the coming years is likely to be energy development -- specifically green energy development. With new advances in physics ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 3 weblog

Magnetic actuation enables nanoscale thermal analysis

Polymer nano-films and nano-composites are used in a wide variety of applications from food packaging to sports equipment to automotive and aerospace applications. Thermal analysis is routinely used to analyze ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Nano-bricks' may help build better packaging to keep foods fresher longer

Scientists are reporting on a new material containing an ingredient used to make bricks that shows promise as a transparent coating for improving the strength and performance of plastic food packaging. Called "nano-bricks," ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Open-source software designed to minimize synthetic biology risks

A software package designed to minimize the potential risks of synthetic biology for the nation's defense and security is now available to the gene synthesis industry and synthetic biology community in an open-source format.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Killer paper for next-generation food packaging

Scientists are reporting development and successful lab tests of "killer paper," a material intended for use as a new food packaging material that helps preserve foods by fighting the bacteria that cause spoilage. The paper, ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Microsoft sends Office into the Internet 'cloud'

Microsoft on Tuesday sent its Office business suite into the Internet "cloud" as it further adapted to a shift away from the packaged software on which the firm's fortunes were built.

Technology / Software

created Oct 19, 2010 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (6) | comments 9

$100 million question: Where's broadband in US?

(AP) -- The national stimulus package passed by Congress in February may have been too enthusiastic about spending money on one particular project: figuring out where broadband Internet access is available ...

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 12, 2009 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (6) | comments 8

New materials for electronic packaging: Researchers improve energy costs in chip-making

Carnegie Mellon University and Intel Corporation will unveil a new class of materials called solder magnetic nanocomposites that could help streamline the process of computer electronic packaging. The milestone research will ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Dangerous chemicals in food wrappers likely migrating to humans: study

University of Toronto scientists have found that chemicals used to line junk food wrappers and microwave popcorn bags are migrating into food and being ingested by people where they are contributing to chemical contamination ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Japan stimulus plan to focus on green tech: report

Japan is planning subsidies to boost corporate investment in factories making environment-friendly products, in a fresh economic stimulus package expected next month, a report said Friday.

Technology / Business

created Aug 20, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

HP awards new CEO Whitman with $16.5M pay package

Hewlett-Packard Co. ushered in Meg Whitman as its CEO with a $16.5 million compensation package that hinges on the one-time politician's ability to lift the stumbling technology company's stock price during the next two years.

Technology / Business

created Feb 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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