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.

NoMix toilets get thumbs-up in 7 European countries
(American Chemical Society) People in seven European countries have positive attitudes toward a new eco-friendly toilet that could substantially reduce pollution problems and conserve...

World crude oil production may peak a decade earlier than some predict
(American Chemical Society) In a finding that may speed efforts to conserve oil and intensify the search for alternative fuel sources, scientists in Kuwait predict that world conventi...

Texas earthquake study cites 'plausible cause'
(Southern Methodist University) A study published in the March issue of "The Leading Edge" examines series of small earthquakes occurring near the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airp...

Quantum walk
(University of Innsbruck) A team of physicists headed by Christian Roos and Rainer Blatt from the Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information of the Austrian Academy of Scienc...

Breast cancer drug fulvestrant appears more effective in the presence of CK8 and CK18
(Indiana University) Women's responsiveness to the second-line breast cancer drug fulvestrant may depend on whether the cancer cells are expressing two key proteins, Indiana Universit...