Articles related to "Chemical Industry"

Jojoba oil is popularly associated with cosmetics. Numerous commercial uses of jojoba oil forecast a fierce competition for this versatile raw material.

The manufacture and uses of a chemical which is produced in vast quantities the world over.

Effects of food chemicals can be very severe. Learn a few things about how food chemicals came to be a part of the foods you eat today.

With applications in laundry detergents, nuclear power and hydrogen-powered vehicles, zeolites are chemicals of the future in the present

Bioremediation involves the use of living organisms to clean up the environment.

With its economy growing in an average of almost 8% every year, investing in China's manufacturing sector is attracting large number of foreign investors.

Plastic and rubber toys made with hormone-like phthalates are still being sold in stores as retailers get rid of remaining in stock.

In the light of Climate Change Agreements and worries over Carbon Footprints, a new technology is being developed which generates cleaner electricity from coal.

Australian researchers are a step closer to turning plants into 'biofactories' producing oils to replace petrochemicals used in manufacturing plastics and other products.

The solution to the problem of a mysterious chemical. Delocalised electrons make the molecule reactive and dangerous

Adolf Baeyer was awarded the 1905 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Most famously he carried out the synthesis of indigo dye and pioneered the development of phthalein dyes.

Diet Sodas usually contain aspartame which produces formaldehyde as you digest it--more than the legal limit.

Jacobus van't Hoff was the first winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his brilliant work on osmotic pressure and chemical equilibria.

Going carbon neutral means finding ways to control the methane produced by sheep and cattle. From vaccines to cashew oil, new efforts to meet Kyoto Protocol objectives.

Perfume is ingrained in our culture as the trademark of the femme fatale and it would be a great pity to lose the ancient tradition of perfumery.

How did we come to depend on plastic, Teflon, Nylon and Lycra?

The Children's Environmental Exposure Research Study was intended to test pesticide exposure levels in children. Instead, it raised concerns about unethical research.

As one of the more 'toxic' oils, clove essential oil should be used with care; however, clove oil does have properties and uses in aromatherapy when used correctly.

In 2004, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a controversial research study designed to test pesticide exposure levels in children.

Plastics: With the United States increasing its exports by 15.6% to $29.1 billion last year, that one-word piece of advice from 1967's The Graduate holds true even today.