Chemistry and Industry

21. Dispute rages over BEIL's handling of waste.(Bhopal)(Brief article)
Controversy still reigns over the world's worst industrial accident in December 1984 at Union Carbide's facility in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. This time there is ...
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22. Shelf stackers.(Patents)(Brief article)
Shelving for books normally involves at least one shelf that either forms part of a freestanding bookcase or is permanently fixed to a wall via ...
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23. Room to roam.(Patents)(Brief article)
Livestock are usually contained in specific areas by physical fences. But there are also devices that make a noise and then an electrical stimulus that ...
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24. Perfect packaging.(Patents)(Abstract)
Stopping food from spoiling and extending shelf life is a big issue. Various approaches have been developed but most of them have drawbacks. Aseptic packaging ...
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25. Bone meal.(Patents)(Abstract)
Osteoporosis is characterised by brittle bones. The disease mainly results from a lack of hormones such as oestrogen and growth hormone and can also occur ...
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26. FDA told: no conflicts on Avandia panel.(Drug approval)(Food and Drug...
A coalition of scientific, public health and consumer organisations has urged the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to exclude those with financial ties to ...
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27. BPA safety.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Recent stories in C&I have appeared to cast doubt on the safety of bisphenol-A: 'Chemical conflicts of interest' (C&I 2007, 5, 4) and 'Unsafe levels ...
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28. Crestor takes heart.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
The METEOR trial examined AstraZeneca's Crestor (rosuvastatin) in patients with early signs of atherosclerosis. C&I notes that because the METEOR study did not show regression ...
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29. Securing energy supply for industry: security of energy supply and progress...
ENERGY HAS BEEN the industry's number one issue for the last two years. Having attended many meetings and submitted pages of evidence to numerous consultations ...
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30. Process control takes flight; a technology used in the prevention of...
In brief * GPC (geometric process control) allows operators to find the set of parameters within which the best product is made * The best ...
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