DOE Backs Electrochemical Developer
Loan Guarantee: Minnesota company to expand high-tech window production.

LyondellBasell Files Reorganization Plan
Bankruptcy: Company rejects Reliance bid in favor of private equity.

European Chemicals Agency Proposes Expanded Regulations
Chemical Controls: Trichloroethylene and seven other compounds targeted.

Methane From Arctic Ocean
Climate Science: Amount of the greenhouse gas seeping from undersea deposits is much greater than expected.

Upbeat Outlook At Pittcon
Instrumentation: Business picks up as worry over economy begins to dissipate.

New drug candidate reduces blood lipids
(Karolinska Institutet) A thyroid-hormone-like substance that works specifically on the liver reduces blood cholesterol with no serious side effects. This according to a clinical tria...

Mysterious cosmic 'dark flow' tracked deeper into universe
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Distant galaxy clusters mysteriously stream at a million miles per hour along a path roughly centered on the southern constellations Centaurus and H...

Fifty years of the 'light fantastic:' Laser advances spark scientific progress
(American Chemical Society) Fifty years after the first laser sparked a technological revolution, the "light fantastic" continues to impact people's daily lives -- by playing DVDs, sp...

A huge step toward mass production of coveted form of carbon
(American Chemical Society) Scientists have leaped over a major hurdle in efforts to begin commercial production of a form of carbon that could rival silicon in its potential for revo...

Nitric oxide-releasing wrap for donor organs and cloth for therapeutic socks
(American Chemical Society) Scientists in Texas are reporting development of a first-of-its-kind cloth that releases nitric oxide gas -- an advance toward making therapeutic socks for...