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Disinfectants Can Make Bacteria Resistant To Treatment

Chemicals used in the environment to kill bacteria could be making them stronger, according to a paper published in the October issue of the journal Microbiology. Low levels of these chemicals, called biocides, can make the potentially lethal bacterium Staphylococcus aureus remove toxic chemicals from the cell even more efficiently, potentially making it resistant to being killed by some antibiotics.

Disinfectants can make bacteria resistant to treatment

Chemicals used in the environment to kill bacteria could be making them stronger, according to a paper published in the October issue of the journal Microbiology. Low levels of these chemicals, called biocides, can make the potentially lethal bacterium Staphylococcus aureus remove toxic chemicals from the cell even more efficiently, potentially making it resistant to being killed by some antibiotics.

FDA: Chemicals in Plastic Bottles Safe

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Despite ongoing safety concerns from parents, consumer groups and politicians, a chemical used in baby bottles, canned food and other items is not dangerous, federal regulators said Friday.

Iowa State wins $18.5M grant to create NSF Center for Biorenewable Chemicals

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Enzyme Detectives Uncover New Reactions, Products: Implications for engineering biofuels and plant-derived replacements for petro-chemicals

If your experiment doesn't go the way you expect, take a closer look — something even more interesting may have happened. That strategy has led scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory to discover a fundamental shift in an enzyme's function that could help expand the toolbox for engineering biofuels and other plant-based oil products. The results will be published online the week of September 8, 2008, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Orissa Crafts Utsav " An ACE effort to promote Oriya art

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Nanotube based CCTs stronger than cotton fibers

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New panel of mice helps predict how drugs are broken down in humans

Humans express several proteins that breakdown the synthetic chemicals and drugs (collectively known as xenobiotics) that we ingest or are administered. Expression of these proteins is itself regulated by the xenobiotic-sensing proteins PXR and CAR. Developing animal models to determine the relative importance of PXR and CAR for humans to breakdown a specific drug has been difficult because the human and animal proteins sense different xenobiotics.

INVISTA Sues Rhodia and DuPont for Conspiracy, Theft of Trade Secrets

Suit Addresses Misappropriation of INVISTA Trade Secrets, Unlawful Competition in Nylon Chemicals Market

INVISTA Sues Rhodia and DuPont for Conspiracy, Theft of Trade Secrets

Suit Addresses Misappropriation of INVISTA Trade Secrets, Unlawful Competition in Nylon Chemicals Market

INVISTA Sues Rhodia and DuPont for Conspiracy, Theft of Trade Secrets

Suit Addresses Misappropriation of INVISTA Trade Secrets, Unlawful Competition in Nylon Chemicals Market

Key Challenges and Issues facing the World Carbon Nanotubes Market

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Greenpeace Challenges Video Game Manufacturers

Greenpeace, the environmental activist organization, has released a new study on hazardous chemicals and substances in video game consoles, calling on manufacturers to take additional voluntary actions to reduce hazardous substances found in these systems.

Mimicking Photosynthesis To Split Water

plantsdoitsocanwe writes "An international team of researchers led by Monash University has used chemicals found in plants to replicate a key process in photosynthesis, paving the way to a new approach that uses sunlight to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. The breakthrough could revolutionize the renewable energy industry by making hydrogen — touted as the clean, green fuel of the future — cheaper and easier to produce on a commercial scale." This was a laboratory demonstration only and the researchers say they need to bring up the efficiency.

Key Challenges and Issues facing the World Carbon Nanotubes Market

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Robots will climb walls like the gecko

Researchers have developed a promising new adhesive that cleans itself after use without requiring water or chemicals, quite like the remarkable hairs found on the toes of the gecko, the common household lizard.

Key Challenges and Issues facing the World Carbon Nanotubes Market

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Key Challenges and Issues facing the World Carbon Nanotubes Market

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Using Live Fish, New Tool A Sentinel For Environmental Contamination

Researchers have harnessed the sensitivity of days-old fish embryos to create a tool capable of detecting a range of harmful chemicals.

Toxic Fumes From MacBooks?

Fanboi Killa writes "Apple is investigating damning claims, published in a leading French newspaper, that its computers emit a toxic odor containing chemicals including the cancer-causing benzene. Apple has not denied the accusations. Its spokesman, Bill Evans, told Macworld the company had not found any evidence to support the claim but Apple would continue to investigate. Posts on Apple's own discussion boards suggest the Mac maker knew about potentially toxic odors being linked to its computers as early as December last year."

Lab robots are the future for toxic testing

Lab workerSalvation is near for the legions in the small and furry brigade, scientists are looking to develop a method for testing toxic chemicals on robot subjects.

ChemBot wins robot 'war'

Explosions, noxious fumes, burns, stains, and all manner of unpleasantness…there are times when chemists simply do not want to get too close to the chemicals that they are mixing.

Toxic Plastic Toys Could Go the Way of Dinosaurs

Children's advocates say they hope a sweeping consumer protection law passed by Congress last week will begin a broad national effort to shield youngsters from dangerous chemicals.

Pressure for Art 356 in Orissa

Oct. 5: The Centre is under tremendous pressure from some of its allies to impose President’s Rule in Orissa. Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan, minister for chemicals, fertilisers and steel, said on Sunday that Orissa was a "fit case" for promulgation of Article 356 of the Constitution. On Saturday, another influential UPA ally, the Rashtriya Janata Dal led by railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, had demanded similar action.

Incidence Of Intestinal Parasite Coccidia Is Increasing In Broilers

Coccidia are single-celled intestinal parasites that currently represent one of the greatest challenges to the broiler industry. To keep the level of infection low, farmers commonly add coccidia-inhibiting chemicals (coccidiostats) to broiler feed. While this does not kill the parasites, it greatly reduces the incidence of overt sickness and death from infection. While clinical coccidiosis is therefore not a problem, veterinary authorities have never been able to gauge the extent of subclinical coccidiosis and the consequences this may have for animal welfare issues and production costs.

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