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Smoke Detection Improved

Smoke Detection Improved

2,5-Dimethylfuran can be used to monitor environmental tobacco smoke levels and detect second-hand smoke

Algae Powered Gunboat

Algae Powered Gunboat

US Navy completes successfully testing of river-based command boat run on alternative fuels

New Carbene Chemistry

New Carbene Chemistry

Newly discovered reactivity of N-heterocyclic carbenes opens the door to an exciting area of synthetically useful carbene chemistry

New Periodic Table

New Periodic Table

An extended periodic table with 54 predicted elements has been mapped out by Pekka Pyykkö, University of Helsinki, Finland

Green Carbon Center

Green Carbon Center

Rice University, Houston, TX, USA, think tank will strategize on environmentally sound policies on oil, gas, coal

DuPont: Leadership Changes

DuPont: Leadership Changes

Terry Caloghiris named as President – Strategic Initiatives and John McCool President – Performance Coatings, both effective Nov. 1