Study reveals that, overall, alcohol is the most harmful drug with heroin and crack cocaine in second and third places
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New DyStar Group
Kiri, Singapore, Acquires DyStar North America
Revised Climate Model
Climate models underestimate ozone levels shows the determination of the rate constant of atmospheric nitric acid formation
Fraunhofer Awarded
Fraunhofer is rewarded with the European Innovation Price for developing new solar cells (metamorphic triple-junction solar cells)
Smoke Detection Improved
2,5-Dimethylfuran can be used to monitor environmental tobacco smoke levels and detect second-hand smoke
Algae Powered Gunboat
US Navy completes successfully testing of river-based command boat run on alternative fuels
Industrial-scale CO2 'Storage' Plant
First industrial-scale plant for CO2 'storage' by algae
Soft Drink Supports Anti-cancer Drug
Experiments with an artificial stomach suggest that Sprite could improve the effectiveness of an oral anticancer drug
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
An extended periodic table with 54 predicted elements has been mapped out by Pekka Pyykkö, University of Helsinki, Finland