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Court throws out $926 million Rocky Flats award

Sep 3 | News

A $926 million award to thousands of Colorado homeowners in a lawsuit involving plutonium contamination from a now-defunct nuclear weapons plant was thrown out Friday by a federal appeals court.A three-judge panel also tossed the jury verdict in the case and ruled that homeowners failed to...

Judge OKs Kodak's settlement of race-based lawsuit

Sep 3 | News

A federal judge has approved Eastman Kodak Co.'s $21.4 million offer to settle class-action lawsuits by black employees who maintained white counterparts were favored for pay and promotion.After almost seven years of litigation, U.S. Magistrate Judge Jonathan Feldman signed off on a deal Friday...

Penn State Chemist Ayusman Sen Awarded The Medal Of The Chemical Research Society Of India

Sep 3 | News

(Penn State) Ayusman Sen, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Penn State University, has been honored with the Chemical Research Society of India Medal. Sen is only the second recipient of the medal, which is awarded exclusively to outstanding chemists of Indian origin who work...

Paris court upholds eBay counterfeiting conviction

Sep 3 | News

A Paris appeals court upheld Friday a counterfeiting conviction against eBay in a 2008 case brought by French luxury giant LVMH, but slashed the amount the online auction site has to fork over in damages.The online auction house had initially been ordered to pay euro38 million ($49 million) in...

USEC gets $75m investment from Toshiba, B&W

Sep 2 | News

USEC Inc. has received the first $75 million of a planned $200 million investment in its Piketon, Ohio, uranium plant, the company said today.The Bethesda-based company, which supplies enriched uranium to nuclear plants, announced in May that Toshiba Corp. and The Babcock & Wilcox Co. would...

VeraSun asking corn farmers for repayment

Sep 2 | News

Midwest farmers who sold corn to bankrupt ethanol producer VeraSun Energy Corp. have been receiving official letters asking for most of that money back.Although the request carries legal precedent, trade association groups say growers have a defense and should consult an attorney before sending...

Feds: no link between Dry Max diapers and rashes

Sep 2 | News

Government safety officials have not found a connection between a new kind of Pampers diapers and the severe skin reactions reported by some parents' groups.The Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday that it has reviewed 4,700 complaints, but found no specific cause linking Pampers...

Airgas reaches five-year contract with BAE Systems

Sep 2 | News

Industrial supplier Airgas Inc. said Thursday it has agreed to a five-year supply contract with British defense and aerospace company BAE Systems.Radnor-based Airgas will supply BAE Systems' U.S. manufacturing locations with bulk and packaged industrial gas, welding hardgoods, and related...

VeraSun asking farmers for repayment of funds

Sep 2 | News

Farmers who sold corn to bankrupt ethanol producer VeraSun Energy Corp. have been receiving letters asking for repayment of funds due to "bankruptcy preference."The Iowa State University's Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation says the letters are telling growers who sold corn to VeraSun in...

Lapolla Receives $12.5 Million Asset-Based Loan From Bank of America Business Capital

Sep 2 | News

http://www.lapollaindustries.com () —Lapolla Industries, Inc. ("Lapolla") (OTCBB: LPAD), a leading manufacturer and supplier of insulation foam, coatings, and equipment, focused on commercial, industrial and residential applications in the insulation and construction industries, today...
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

13 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.