chemical
7 Results
Sponsored White Papers, Webcasts & Resources
-
Stop Losing Performance to File Fragmentation
The best defragmenter only goes to work after system resources have been used to fragment files. You can never recoup that wasted performance. Try Diskeeper 2010 Pro edition free for 30 days and...
-
Why food may taste bad after your bypass
They emphasized that the side effects are worth the risk. Shoukas himself became interested after finding that chocolate tasted like charcoal for months following his bypass. He loves chocolate...
-
Foam finds new life
At the AlwaysOn Venture Summit in Half Moon Bay, Calif., J. Brian Hennessy, chief marketing officer of Mobius Technologies, explains how the company has found a way to turn industrial...
-
BPA health scare gets more serious
Higher levels of BPA in your urine indicate an increased risk of heart attack, stroke, or diabetes.
-
The hits keep coming against plastic bottles with bisphenol-A
Tests of BPA done with doses now present in your body show reduction in brain function from this chemical. Not just in babies, but in adult primates.
-
Is your Nalgene bottle safe?
Rather than argue directly with Canada, the FDA review ruled only that the quantities in which it occurs mean it's not dangerous. This may overturn a San Francisco ban on the substance.
-
-
Bottled water and baby bottles: maybe not so good
There's at least one kind of plastic bottle that is NOT so good for you, or the environment, or the baby. It's the one with the little triangle and the number 7 inside it. The chemical that is...
-
Will mushrooms replace eggs in vaccine production?
Peter Romaine at Penn State says simple button mushrooms can replace eggs in the production of many vaccines, and can replace chemical processes in the creation of other medicines as well.
Additional Results
-
'Nitro' targeted malware attacks hit chemical companies
Symantec has traced the attacks back to a 20-something male located in the Hebei region in China.
-
From biofuels to green chemicals (images)
A number of biotech start-ups are targeting industrial chemicals and other high-margin additives first on their way to making petroleum fuel replacements.
-
Green chemical company touts hydrogen-driven mobile charger
New York-based SiGNa Chemistry is developing rechargeable cartridges that could provide an alternative wireless charging strategy for mobile electronics. The cartridge, called mobile-H2, contains...
-
The real value in the Wakefield autism study
Only one in five of the chemicals we use every day have ever been tested to see whether they are impacting the future health of kids before they're born.
-
Star Wars laser successfully destroys ballistic missile
At 8:44 p.m. (PST), February 11, 2010, a short-range threat-representative ballistic missile was launched from an at-sea mobile launch platform. Within seconds, the ALTB used onboard sensors to...
-
Chemical detection? There's an app for that
NASA has developed an app (and corresponding hardware) that can detect low concentrations of airborne ammonia, chlorine gas and methane in the air.
-
Photo of Powerhouse Solar Shingle
I blogged about DOW's newly released solar shingle. Here's a photo I did not have at the time. Powerhouse Solar Shingle, courtesy DOW. Here's how one investment site looks at the sector of...
-
The new way to get rooftop solar installed: standard-sized shingles
DOW is beginning to market its new solar shingles. They can be integrated into the standard-sized asphalt shingle roofs common over much of America. The DOWâ„¢ POWERHOUSEâ„¢ Solar Shingles are...
-
Photos: How the Army tests biological and chemical weapons
At the U.S. Army's Dugway Proving Grounds facility in the Utah desert, scientists look for ways to protect soldiers against various chemical and biological weapons they might encounter in combat.
-
Why food may taste bad after your bypass
They emphasized that the side effects are worth the risk. Shoukas himself became interested after finding that chocolate tasted like charcoal for months following his bypass. He loves chocolate...
-
Chemical mind hacking: legit, or corporate cheating?
There is an absolutely fantastic article by Margaret Talbot in this week's New Yorker about the use of "neuroenhancers" -- that is, neuroenhancing drugs such as Adderall, Ritalin and Provigil that...
-
Environmental drug abuse
We're drugging our environment and other creatures who live in it. A recent study of rivers containing "treated" wastewater found fish swimming around with human drugs and scent compounds in...
-
Rethinking explosives to power tools, implode tumors, and clear arteries
For most, explosive detonations illicit visions of building demolition and Mythbusters-style car bombs. But in a keynote at ETech today, Dr. Christa Hockensmith from the Energetic Materials...
The best of ZDNet, delivered
ZDNet Newsletters
Get the best of ZDNet delivered straight to your inbox
Vendor Showcase
