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First Reported 18 hours ago - Updated 26 mins ago - 18 Documents

Chemical barrels recovered, water declared safe

CHANGCHUN - Workers on Thursday raced to retrieve some 3,000 chemical-filled barrels swept by floods into the Songhua River in Northeast China's Jilin province. Workers carry barrels of explosive chemicals to safety on Thursday in Yushu city, Jilin province. ... [Published 26 mins ago by CHINAdaily]

Entities: Jilin, Chemical, water supply

First Reported 5 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 4 Documents

Graphene ‘nanobubbles’ could improve switches, sensors

Researchers have observed 'bizarre' behaviour in graphene electrons that could make the material even more suitable to replace silicon in future electronic devices. Graphene is a that conducts electricity 100 times faster than silicon. It has been flagged ... [Published 1 hour ago by IT News Australia]

Entities: Graphene, Electron, Silicon, Microwave

First Reported 9 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 9 Documents

US Environmental Protection Agency

Researchers say skewed sex ratio of fish in Alberta rivers raises red flags

CALGARY - Alberta researchers say gender-bending fish swimming in the province's southern rivers raise serious questions about whether the water is safe for people to drink.Two University of Calgary professors have been studying how a small species of ... [Published 1 hour ago by Winnipeg Free Press]

Entities: Chemical, Sex, Calgary, US Environmental Protection Agency

First Reported Jul 28 2010 - Updated 2 hours ago - 7 Documents

Intel Corporation

Intel achieves breakthrough with light beams to replace electronic signals for computers

Researchers and technological companies have been augmenting the diverse digital world with newer innovations. Intel has announced a major breakthrough which offers a glance into the future of computing devices. The company claims that it has formulated ... [Published 2 hours ago by Tech Shout]

Entities: Intel Corporation, Silicon, Photon, Laser, Photonics

First Reported 17 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 4 Documents

Nanostructured Surfaces Make More Efficient Photocells

Processes which lend materials new characteristics are generally complicated and therefore often rather difficult to reproduce. So surprise turns to astonishment when scientists report on new methods which not only produce outstanding results despite ... [Published 3 hours ago by Red Orbit]

Entities: Nanostructures, Advanced Materials Group Inc, Substrate, Solar Cell, Photovoltaic

First Reported 18 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 8 Documents

BASF SE

German chemical maker BASF's 2nd-quarter earnings soar to $1.5 billion

FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2008 file picture the headquarters of German chemical company BASF is pictured in Ludwigshafen, southern Germany. The company reported on Thursday, July 29, 2010 a net profit of euro 1.18 billion (US dollar 1.5 billion) in the April-June ... [Published 4 hours ago by News 95.7 Halifax]

Entities: Chemical, Michael Probst, Ludwigshafen (Germany), BASF SE

First Reported Jul 28 2010 - Updated 4 hours ago - 7 Documents

Food and Drug Administration

NRDC Sues FDA Over Failure to Ban Chemicals in Antibacterial Soap

The National Resources Defense Council, a non-profit environmental group, has sued the US Food and Drug Administration, claiming the agency has failed to finalize a document that would regulate certain toxic chemicals found in antimicrobial or antibacterial ... [Published 4 hours ago by EMax Health]

Entities: Food and Drug Administration, Natural Resources Defense Council, Bactericide, Chemical

First Reported Jul 28 2010 - Updated 8 hours ago - 5 Documents

New super-strong painkiller developed from snail spit

Scientists have developed a new pain-relief pill from a chemical used by sea snails to catch their prey.It was found to be as effective as morphine for relieving the most severe forms of pain but without the added risk of addiction.Marine cone snails ... [Published 8 hours ago by Mail Online UK]

Entities: Snail, anodyne, Peptide

First Reported Jul 28 2010 - Updated 8 hours ago - 7 Documents

Drilling Accountability Bill Would Regulate Fracturing Too

by Abrahm Lustgarten Tucked inside the Senate bill aimed at cracking down on oil drillers after the Gulf spill is a long-sought measure to protect groundwater from natural gas drilling. The bill, called The Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company ... [Published 8 hours ago by ProPublica: Articles and Investigations]

Entities: Chemical, Contamination, Bob Casey, ProPublica, Natural Gas

First Reported 11 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 5 Documents

Global demand drives German chemical groups earnings

German chemical groups posted solid results Thursday on sustained demand worldwide and a weaker euro, giving confidence a boost after last year's difficult times. Although company executives warned the second half of 2010 would bring less impressive ... [Published 10 hours ago by France24 - Americas]

Entities: Chemical

First Reported Jul 28 2010 - Updated 11 hours ago - 9 Documents

Butter could be used to make biodiesel fuel: study

Farm product butter could be used as an eco-friendly feedstock or raw material for making biodiesel fuel, according to the U.S.-based scientific society American Chemical Society (ACS).ACS scientists Michael Haas and colleagues cite rising global demand ... [Published 11 hours ago by International Business Times UK]

Entities: Biodiesel, Lipids, United States, American Chemical Society

First Reported Jul 28 2010 - Updated 12 hours ago - 56 Documents

Official: Water safe after chemical spill in China

people look at the chemical barrels floating on the Songhua River after they were washed away by the flood in Jilin city in northeast China's Jilin province. Floods caused by heavy rains in northeastern China stranded tens of thousands of residents without ... [Published 12 hours ago by Billings Gazette]

Entities: Jilin, Flooding, Chemical

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One local resident just wanted an answer. "I hope the government could tell us what had happened, since I'm eager to know whether our daily use water is safe or not" said Sun Miao, a resident of Harbin

Chemical barrels recovered, water declared safe [CHINAdaily - 26 mins ago]

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