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Publications RSS FeedsNobel Prize Surprise - HIV, HPV Researchers Honored, but One Scientist Is Left Out...Feed Source: sciencenow.sciencemag.org FLASH! Meteor to Explode Tonight - In a first, astronomers predict an Earth impact... Blood Test for Mom Picks Up Down Syndrome in Fetus - New approach offers hope for cheaper, less invasive diagnosis... More Misfortune for Mammals - Half of life's furry creatures are declining in number, according to new database... Ig Nobels Honor Studies of Lap Dancing, Soft Drink-Based Contraception - Comic take on Nobels awarded to 10 research teams, amid flying paper airplanes... Wind Turbines Don't Make Birds Fly the Coop - Machines have little impact on nesting behavior, study finds... A Giant Leap for Wheat Genome - Researchers make significant progress toward sequencing highly complex crop... This Is Getting Out of Control - Feeling amuck makes people more likely to perceive patterns that aren't there... Caving for Seismic History - Stalagmites may serve as record of past earthquakes... A Viral Blast From the Past - Fifty-year-old sample sheds light on when HIV jumped from chimps to humans... Red Fish, Blue Fish. One Fish Becomes Two Fish. - Changes in vision lead to new species in cichlids... Smog: It's Not All Cars' Fault - Gases from paint, barbecues, and even trees may contribute substantially to urban air pollution... Acidic Oceans Getting Noisy, Too - Increased CO2 content means sounds are traveling farther underwater... Howard Hughes Chooses Its Next Leader - Biochemist Robert Tjian to become next president of giant biomedical research funder... Hubble Trouble Postpones Shuttle Mission - Device failure could push repairs back to early next year... Phoenix Finds Signs of Once-Liquid Water on Mars - But time is short for figuring out where and when the water was... [Research Article] Purinergic Control of T Cell Activation by ATP Released Through Pannexin-1 Hemichannels - Pannexin hemichannel-mediated release of ATP provides an autocrine, costimulatory signal for T cell activation.... [Research Article] Kinome siRNA Screen Identifies Regulators of Ciliogenesis and Hedgehog Signal Transduction - Cdc2l1is a component of the Hh signaling pathway and opposes the activity of the negative regulator Sufu.... [Perspective] A Wnt-fall for Gene Regulation: Repression - Recognition of a nonclassical Wnt-response element by the transcription factor TCF results in ?-catenin acting as a transcriptional repressor of certain Wnt target genes.... [Presentation] Somatic Cell Genetics for the Study of NF-?B Signaling in Innate Immunity - A forward genetic screen in immortalized cells identifies NF-?B signaling components required to transduce signals from Toll-like receptors.... [Editors' Choice] ?-Blockers: Both Antagonist and Agonist - Select drugs that inhibit ?-adrenergic receptor-mediated activation of G proteins stimulate signaling through ?-arrestin.... Database of Cell Signaling: Canonical Pathway - Hedgehog Signaling Pathway... Rohm and Haas’ 2009 color trends - Rohm and Haas’ color style for 2009 draws inspiration from both nature and nurture.... Ciba to introduce versatile new “color-travel” effect pigment at 100% Design in London - Ciba is launching a versatile new “color-travel” effect pigment at 100% Design, held at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London from September 18-21, 2008.... BASF makes offer to acquire Ciba - BASF, a leading specialty chemical company, announced it will make a public takeover offer to Ciba’s shareholders.... Ciba agrees to buy photoinitiator business from Lamberti Group - Ciba Inc. has entered into an agreement with Lamberti Group to purchase the Italy-based specialty chemical maker’s photoinitiator business.... Bayer MaterialScience expands global production network for polyurethane dispersions - Bayer MaterialScience has opened a state-of-the-art production plant at the integrated production site in Shanghai to manufacture polyurethane dispersions (PUD).... Eastman Chemical strengthens its presence in Russian Federation - In order to improve its service to a growing customer base in the Russian Federation and other CIS countries, Eastman Chemical announced the opening of a representative offices in Moscow.... Double Acquisition Strengthens AkzoNobel’s Performance Coatings Portfolio - AkzoNobel has acquired durable paint and bright films manufacturer Soliant LLC and the global resilient floor coatings business of Lord Corporation, both of which are based in the United States.... Dow explores divestment options for Clear Lake operations acrylic acid and esters and North American UCAR emulsion systems speciality latex business - The Dow Chemical Company announced today that it is exploring divestiture options for its Clear Lake Operations acrylic acid and esters, and UCAR Emulsion Systems specialty latex business in North America.... Curtiss-Wright Acquires Parylene Coating Services - Curtiss-Wright Corp. has acquired certain assets of Parylene Coating Services, of Katy, Texas, for approximately $7.6 million in cash. PCS applies parylene coatings primarily for the medical device industry.... Reichhold and Azelis to Enter into Distribution Agreement in Nordic Region - Reichhold and Azelis have reached an agreement in principle whereby Azelis is appointed exclusive distributor of Reichhold products for the Nordic region (Norway, Finland, Sweden, and Denmark).... AkzoNobel Underlines Sustainability Leadership - AkzoNobel has been ranked as one of the chemicals industry leaders on the prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability World Indexes (DJSI), underlining the company’s ongoing commitment to improving its sustainability performance.... Government of Canada Invests in Nanotechnology Coatings for Joint Strike Fighter Program - Canada’s minister of industry, the honourable Jim Prentice, has announced federal government support for the research and development (R&D) of next-generation nanotechnology-based coatings for the multinational Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program.... Rohm and Haas to Showcase New, Innovative Technologies at Ink Manufacturing Conference - Rohm and Haas has exhibited two new technologies at the National Association of Printing Inks Manufacturers annual technical conference held in September in Tucson, Arizona. They are the company’s innovative graphic arts pigment dispersing resins: Morcryl 410 and Morcryl 460 Plus.... BASF Color Solutions presents complete solutions for plastics coloration at Fakuma 2008 - At Fakuma 2008, the international trade fair for plastics processing in Friedrichshafen, Germany, on October 14 to 18, BASF Color Solutions is presenting its comprehensive range of products and services for numerous applications and processing operations.... BASF Coatings opens the first coatings industry Design Studio in Europe in Münster - BASF Coatings is opening the first Design Studio in Europe for the coatings industry very close to its headquarters and production plant in Münster.... Changes in Kemira Coatings management - Visa Pekkarinen, President of Kemira Coatings, is retiring for health reasons on October 31, 2008. The process to select his successor is currently under way, and we expect to appoint a new President during this fall.... Perstorp completes another acquisition - Perstorp, the Swedish chemicals group, has acquired certain activities within Rhodia Organics and Lyondell Chimie.... HB Fuller Established Strategic Presence in Middle East and North Africa: Acquires adhesive business in Egypt - HB Fuller Company announced today that it has completed the acquisition of the majority of the assets of privately held Egymelt, a manufacturer and marketer of hot melt and specialty water-based adhesives headquartered in Cairo, Egypt.... Kemira and Rockwood close joint venture - The formation of a joint venture between Kemira Oyj and Rockwood Holdings, Inc. has been completed.... Nordson to grow in South Africa with acquisition of MLT Systems Holdings - Nordson Corporation has acquired MLT Systems Holdings Ltd. and its subsidiary MLT Application Systems Ltd. of Cape Town, South Africa.... Nuplex posts 42% rise in profits - Specialty resins and chemicals company Nuplex Industries has posted a 42% rise in full year operating profit to $53.4 million.... Nordic Capital buys CPS Color - Nordic Capital has signed an agreement with Industri Kapital regarding the acquisition of CPS Color Group Oy. CPS Color is the global leading supplier of advanced tinting systems.... ALTANA Acquires Effect Pigment Business of U.S. Bronze Powders - The specialty chemicals Group ALTANA has signed a contract to acquire the effect pigment business of the American company United States Bronze Powders Inc. (USBP).... BASF expands range of binders for wood coatings - BASF is launching a series of new products and applications for outdoor wood coatings in the acrylic dispersions segment.... AkzoNobel Reaches Final Agreements for Decorative Paints Divestments - AkzoNobel has agreed to sell its Crown Paints decorative paints business in the United Kingdom and Ireland to Endless LLP, an independent private equity house.... AkzoNobel opens new protective coatings site in China - AkzoNobel has expanded its presence in China with the opening of a new site for the manufacture and sales of protective coatings in Suzhou, China, about 80 kilometers west of Shanghai.... Tikkurila to establish a sales company in Minsk, Belarus - Tikkurila, which is responsible for Kemira's paints and coatings business, will strengthen its position in East Europe by establishing a sales company called IP Tikkurila in Minsk.... New nanotechnology breakthrough-Lipotrope® from ZEOX Corporation - ZEOX Corporation’s subsidiary, ZEOX Performance Materials, has developed a new class of surfactant technology based on a newly developed molecular structure known as Lipotrope.... LANXESS to move group headquarters to Cologne - Lanxess AG plans to move its headquarters from Leverkusen to Cologne. Relocation is to be completed by 2011.... Teknos opens own sales company in Slovenia - Teknos has acquired Slovenian paint distributor DO-RAL. DO-RAL formerly acted as sales agent for Teknos, selling industrial wood coatings.... Jotun awarded two new prestigious contracts - Jotun have been chosen as paint supplier for a new 800MW power plant in Jurong Island, Singapore. Additionally Jotun Singapore have been awarded a 3 year maintenance program by the Singapore Refining Company... PPG has invested RMB 70 million in the new automotive plant, begun in April 2007 - PPG Coatings (Wuhu) Co Ltd will primarily serve the local automotive market, particularly Chery Automotive.... X-Rite launches xDNA system - X-Rite has launched its xDNA system with the MA98 handheld spectrophotometer to save automakers and automotive suppliers considerable time and money in applying metallic flake and other effect paints that are popular with the vehicle-buying public.... Sherwin-Williams Completes the Acquisition of Inchem Holdings in Asia - Sherwin-Williams have concluded the acquisition of the liquid coatings subsidiaries of Inchem Holdings International Ltd. Inchem, with headquaters in Singapore, manufacture waterborne, solventborne and UV coatings for wood and plastic products.... BASF Coatings open new paint production site in Russia - BASF Coatings recently held a ceremony to open the new modern paint production facility at Pavloskij Posad, 60 km east of Moscow. The annual production can be raised to over 20,000 tonnes at any time, supplying to the local Russian automotive industry.... 3M to Acquire EMFI S.A. and SAPO S.A. - 3M has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire EMFI S.A. and SAPO S.A., manufacturers of polyurethane-based structural adhesives and sealants headquartered in Haguenau, France.... Rockwood Holdings to acquire Holliday Pigments, leading producer of Ultramarine Blue - Rockwood Holdings, Inc. has announced that it has reached an agreement with Yule Catto & Co. plc to purchase Holliday Pigments, the leading global manufacturer of technical grade ultramarine and manganese violet pigments. The purchase price is approximately 46 million euros.... Sun Chemical’s Platinum White receives a PIA/GATF 2008 InterTech Technology Award - Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation announced that Sun Chemical was awarded a 2008 InterTech Technology Award for its Platinum White technology, a UV flexo white ink that improves the productivity of converters when printing narrow web labels by delivering increased line speeds, faster changeovers, improved colour separations, and reduced costs.... Wacker discontinues production of Pioloform - Wacker Chemie AG will discontinue the production of its Pioloform polymer binders effective 30 September 2008. The Munich-based chemical group announced this decision, citing limited expectations for polyvinyl butyral growth in industrial applications such as coatings, paints and printing ink.... Major UK waste management partnership between BCB amd Becker Industrial Coatings - BCB Environmental Management Ltd has announced the commencement of a long term, total waste management partnership with leading paint company, Becker Industrial Coatings Ltd (BIC). The contract encompasses all waste management services for both hazardous and non-hazardous waste at BIC's Liverpool based site.... Copyright © 2008, Fwenz.Info. All Rights Reserved. |