Petrochemicals – News and Features

Singapore facility will manufacture mass spectrometry instruments to meet strong worldwide demand.

Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger has opened the newest renewable fuel station from Propel Fuels. This Statewide expansion will provide new fuel choices and reduce the use of petroleum.

Total Phosphorus in water is determined using Caro's Reagent and Ion Chromatography.

Highlights include Food Safety Response Center and complete workflow solutions.

Linnaeus Plant Sciences Inc. has entered a licensing agreement with DuPont to use oil gene intellectual property, advanced gene technologies and biotechnology expertise developed by DuPont to accelerate development and commercialization of value-added Camelina oil.

Sequence combined with largest germplasm library accelerates development of promising energy crop.

Company will host a series of LIS in three South African locations - Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town from 14 to September 20.

Is it really possible to "teach" corn to fix its own nitrogen, eliminating or at least reducing the need for nitrogen fertilizer applications? Synthetic biology attempts to construct artificial circuits that can control biological functions in potentially transformational ways

Project launches two Challenges: the Biofuels Challenge and the Biorefineries Challenge that will bring industrial biotechnology into the classroom.

The government has announced that it is to invest £2.5 million to stimulate innovation in the UK’s industrial biotechnology sector, with most funding going to small and medium-sized companies.