Polymer

Washington, Nov 23 : Scientists have successfully bio-engineered polymers, completely bypassing fossil fuel based chemicals. This breakthrough opens the way for the commercial production of 'green' plastics. Polymers are molecules found in...

In this article: E. coli, Polylactic acid, Fossil fuel, Polyester, Washington, and South Korea

...than those from fossil fuel-based chemicals. Korean scientists develop a plastic not derived from fossil fuel chemicals Bio-based polymers make the plastics biodegradable and less toxic Research team is from KAIST University and Korean...

In this article: Fossil fuel, E mail, E. coli, LG Chem, Global warming, Polyester, and United States of America.

Washington, November 23 : A team of pioneering South Korean scientists has succeeded in producing the polymers used for everyday plastics through bioengineering, rather than through the use of fossil fuel based chemicals, which clears the...

In this article: E.coli, Polyester, Fossil fuel, Global warming, Polylactic acid, and Washington

...Much before it became LyondellBassell through a billion-dollar merger in 2007, Basell had made small strides in IndiaaEUR™s growing polymer industry through its commercial representatives. When IndiaaEUR™s booming economy showed an...

In this article: India, Nova Chemicals, All rights reserved, Natural gas, Recession, Economic Times, International Petroleum Investment Company, and Reliance Industries

Government plans Rs 10 note in polymer NEW DELHI: Government will introduce one billion (100 crore) polymer notes of Rs 10 in a bid to increase their lifetime. In a reply to Lok Sabha, minister of state for finance Namo Narain Meena said,...

In this article: New Delhi

...check proliferation of counterfeit currency notes and make bank notes last longer, India's central bank will introduce 100 crore polymer notes of Rs.10 denomination on a trial basis soon, it said Friday. "To increase the life of bank notes,...

In this article: Reserve Bank of India, New Delhi, Vietnam, Brunei, Bermuda, Nepal, Australia, and India

...is being conducted worldwide into the synthesis and characterization of two-dimensional graphene-like polymers. Graphene and graphene-like polymers are currently hot research topics in materials science, with this year's Korber European...

In this article: Graphene, Carbon, Silver, Semiconductor, Electrical conductor, Hydrogen, Helium, Andre Geim, and Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research

...adhered to polymer strands immobilized in a petri dish. Cells expressing Siglec-8 bound firmly to the polymer, but didn't bind to polymers without the Siglec-8 specific sugar. Finally, to test the polymer in a more physiologically relevant...

In this article: Sugar, Allergy, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Asthma, Spaghetti, E mail, Immunoglobulin, and University of Dundee

Installation of a new kind of bridge is under way in Tippecanoe County. Crews today are putting in a deck made of fiber-reinforced polymer composite material to replace the concrete deck for the 50-year-old span, which carries County Road...

In this article: Purdue University, Federal Highway Administration, Tippecanoe County, and Sugar Creek

...polymer powders and dispersions for the construction industry for more than 50 years. VINNAPAS® polymer powders are thermoplastic, plasticizer-free polymers derived primarily from vinyl acetate and ethylene. It was in 1957 that WACKER...

In this article: Nanjing, China, Acetate, Ethylene, Munich, Supply chain, and Wacker Chemie AG