Chemistry

PetroChina Refinery Protest

Chemical and Engineering News (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008

Chinese citizens demonstrate against planned petrochemical complex near Chengdu

Guarding Against Too Much Light

Chemical and Engineering News (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008

Protective mechanism, which has inspired synthetic system, depends on minor constituents of photosynthetic apparatus

Crystal Structure Reveals Drug-DNA Quadruplex Interactions

Chemical and Engineering News (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008

Study could aid the redesign of promising anticancer drug

The Griddle: More on the Richards-Cantillon Gambit (Guest Report!)

Baseball Toaster: The Griddle (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008

Today, a special guest report from James Ashenhurst, whom most of you know as Johnny Nucleo. He's an organic chemistry postdoc fellow by day at MIT and a guy who can appreciate a manager who moves a relief pitcher to the outfield temporarily. Here's his report:

EPA Urged To Act On Nanosilver

Chemical and Engineering News (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008

Groups petition agency to regulate some nanotech-containing products as pesticides

Enamel Evidence

Chemical and Engineering News (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008

Baby teeth reveal infant diet

New Turn In Dioxin Tale

Chemical and Engineering News (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008

Key EPA official in talks with Dow on cleanup says she was forced to resign

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Researcher develops cheaper catalyst for use in methanol fuel cells

QJ.NET (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008

Methanol fuel cells are said to be an efficient and sustainable replacement for fossil fuels. These devices produce electricity through a chemical reaction called electro-oxidation. This chemical reaction is induced by inserting a catalyst made of platinum into the fuel cell membrane. Since platinum is an expensive metal, use of this technology has been very limited. This...

Bayer Slates $50 Million Coatings Expansion

Chemical and Engineering News (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008

Plan includes new polyurethane dispersions plant in China by second half of this year

Sugars Imaged In Live Animals

Chemical and Engineering News (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008

Technique is 'global positioning system' for tracking glycans in organisms

Ferreting Out HIV

Chemical and Engineering News (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008

Compound that pulls the virus out of hiding is synthesized

Nanoscience

Chemical and Engineering News (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008

A new twist on nanowire growth leads to stunning structures

Pipeline Woes

Chemical and Engineering News (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008

Recent drug failures dim industry prospects

Neutronium and Climate Change

tbirdnow.mee.nu (Free subscription) | 05/04/2008

Here is a paper by Oliver Manuel, professor of nuclear chemistry at the University of Missouri-Columbia, arguing that neutron decay and not hydrogen fusion is the primary energy source of the sun. In fact, Dr. Manuel argues that the sun is a neutron star wrapped in an plasma ``shell``! He calls this a ``clothed neutron star``. Why is this important? Well, for starters, it resolves the matter of missing...

• Neutronium and Climate Change - Timothy Birdnow