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Tyson Foods 3Q Profit Jumps As Chicken Sales Rise

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Changes at Tyson Foods Inc. over the past year have begun to help the bottom line of the world's largest meat producer, which posted a strong third-quarter profit on Monday.

Valero Reports 2Q Loss As Energy Demand Crumbles

JOHN PORRETTO AP Energy Writer - July 28, 2009 HOUSTON (AP) - Oil refiner Valero

R&D Experts, Editors Pick Top Tech Innovations

ROCKAWAY, N.J. - The editors of R&D Magazine have announced the winners of the 47th Annual R&D 100 Awards, which will be formally presented at an Awards Banquet in Orlando on November 12, 2009.

Columbus Foods Biodiesel Factory Severely Damaged By Chemical Explosion

July 17, 2009 CHICAGO (AP) — Officials say an explosion at a Chicago biodiesel manufacturing plant that injured two workers was caused by a chemical reaction.

California: BPA Warnings Unnecessary

Jason Dearen Associated Press Writer - July 16, 2009 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- A

NM Company To Develop Wind To Hydrogen Power Plant

SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press Writer - July 15, 2009 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A New Mexico-based energy technology company announced plans Wednesday to develop in southern New Mexico what it calls the world's first utility-scale, zero-emissions hydrogen power plant.

ExxonMobil Tunes In To Drop-In Biofuels, Turns On To Algae

Jim Lane Biofuels Digest - July 16, 2009 In California, more details have emerged on

Beer Leftovers Cheapen Energy Costs

Technical director Wolfgang Bengel, who works at a German biomass company called the BMP Biomasse Projekt, saw a business opportunity in solving the brewery grain waste headache.

OriginOil Announces Breakthrough Dynamic Lighting Process

Los Angeles, CA July 15, 2009 - OriginOil, Inc. (OOIL), the developer of a breakthrough

Low Gas Prices Hurt Sales Of High-Ethanol E85 Fuel

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Lower gasoline prices, while a boon for drivers, were a gut punch for ethanol producers and promoters of the high-ethanol blend known as E85.

Small Footprint Spectrometer

Small Footprint Spectrometer

12 hours ago | Products

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.'s Nicolet iS5 FT-IR spectrometer features an open-architecture sample compartment.

Hydrogen Peroxide-Washable Aseptic Robots

Hydrogen Peroxide-Washable Aseptic Robots

12 hours ago | Products

The DENSO VP-G2 six-axis articulated aseptic robots offer Class 100 cleanroom performance with an ultracompact design.

Hoses for Compressed Natural Gas Transfer

Hoses for Compressed Natural Gas Transfer

12 hours ago | Products

The Parflex CNG hose from Parker Hannifin is an electrically conductive hose used to dispense or transfer compressed natural gas.

Clean-In-Place Pressure Transducer

Clean-In-Place Pressure Transducer

12 hours ago | Products

The Series FT31XX clean-in-place (CIP) pressure transmitters from Stellar Technology, Inc. use a one-piece, non-welded diaphragm for reliable performance and long life.

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Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act (and CFATS) by Luke Simpson

Dec 17 2009

Chemical and water facilities are high on the current administration's list of security priorities, with the Chemical Facility Antiterrorism Act of 2009 under review by lawmakers. The bill would broaden federal juristiction over facility secutiry, and would also make inherently safer

Calculating radiation exposures during use of (14)C-labeled nutrients, food components, and biopharmaceuticals to quantify metabolic behavior in humans.

Sep 4

(14)C has long been used as a tracer for quantifying the in vivo human metabolism of food components, biopharmaceuticals, and nutrients. Minute amounts (< or =1 x 10 (-18) mol) of (14)C can be measured with high-throughput (14)C-accelerator mass spectrometry (HT (14)C-AMS) in...

Elevated CO2 increases plant uptake of organic and inorganic N in the desert shrub Larrea tridentata.

Aug 29

Resource limitations, such as the availability of soil nitrogen (N), are expected to constrain continued increases in plant productivity under elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO(2)). One potential but under-studied N source for supporting increased plant growth under...

Autocatalysis and organocatalysis with synthetic structures.

Aug 7

The discovery of ribozymes led to the proposal of an RNA world, where a single type of molecule was supposedly capable of self-replication and chemical catalysis. We show here that both autocatalysis and organocatalysis can be engineered into a synthetic structure. The compound...

A chemical genetic screen for modulators of exocytic transport identifies inhibitors of a transport mechanism linked to GTR2 function.

Aug 5

Membrane and protein traffic to the cell surface is mediated by partially redundant pathways that are difficult to perturb in ways that yield a strong phenotype. Such robustness is expected in a fine-tuned process, regulated by environmental cues, that is required for...

Just What Is Innovation?

Just What Is Innovation?

19 hours ago

If the innovation process goes offshore, America will lose much of its capacity to generate wealth and that decline in long-term economic growth is assured.

Active Listening Really Pays Off

Active Listening Really Pays Off

Sep 1

Companies should take note when consumers speak, rather than merely making eye contact. Otherwise, consumers may look for someone who listens.

Renewable Chemicals: How Big, How Soon?

Renewable Chemicals: How Big, How Soon?

Aug 31

Growth in the renewable chemicals is being driven by factors such as a strong pipeline of novel products, government policies, energy prices, consumer awareness and concerns for global warming.

Iraq's Ambitious Oil Plan

Iraq's Ambitious Oil Plan

Sep 1 | Video

As the American combat mission draws to a close, Iraq is trying to dramtically increase oil production to 12 million barrels a day.

Underwater Robots Saved the Day

Underwater Robots Saved the Day

Aug 11 | Video

The remotely operated vehicles used by BP in the Gulf were an indispensable underwater workforce.

Solid-Liquid Injection System

Solid-Liquid Injection System

Aug 12 | Video

How an inline high-shear mixer uses a solid-liquid injection system to achieve better powder dispersion than conventional eductive systems.

Hot Work is Deadly

Hot Work is Deadly

Aug 5 | Video

Explosions that occur when workers are welding, cutting or grinding are a weekly occurrence, prompting the CSB to issue guidelines for effective hazard evaluation and gas monitoring.