The world-renowned journal Nature Thursday released its annual list of ten people who mattered in science in 2015, which includes one Chinese scientist whose work in human embryo gene editing has caused repeated debate in the academic ...
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Canada-based developer of beer yeast strains Bright Brewer’s Yeast has introduced a new range of beer yeast strains, which have been developed using selective breeding to deliver distinct styled beer. The company, which is a ...
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BASF and ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (EMRE) have concluded an agreement on EMRE’s FLEXSORBTM technology. The agreement provides BASF with the right to sublicense the technology and supply the related solvent to third ...
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EPA Region 7 released new data today that shows air quality around the West Lake Landfill Superfund Site in Bridgeton, Mo., is consistent with what is found elsewhere in the greater St. Louis metropolitan area, and in other major Midwest ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that Suncor Energy has agreed to pay $230,400 in penalties to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) ...
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US major Chevron expects to start up its Chuandongbei sour gas project onshore China in 2015, a further delay from its last target of late 2013, the company indicated in a filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission last week. The ...
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Burckhardt Compression has been awarded an order to deliver one Process Gas Compressor API 618 for acid gas injection in North America. The customer chose Burckhardt Compression because of the company’s extensive material know-how and ...
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On December 20, Hubei Province-based Chinese steelmaker Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Corp. (WISCO) announced that it has completed eight tests for hydrogen sulfide-resistance on its X65MS steel for making tube and pipe, marking the ...
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Changyi Petrochemical recently finished refrigerant circulation renovation in its 1.4-million-ton catalytic cracking unit,greatly raising the unit's capacity.The renovation significantly reduced energy consumption,could save 12,000 tons of ...
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Zhenghe Group has successfully carried out hydrogen desulfurization recycling for its gasoline and diesel hydrogenation unit during unit overhauls. There was a large quantity of hydrogen sulfide in the recycled hydrogen from the ...
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If smoke alarms are regularly installed in houses, why not gas detectors? Silent and unsuspecting, gas can seep into rooms and build up to poison inhabitants or fuel a deadly explosion. Detectors can mitigate this by sounding an alarm well ...
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CALGARY, Dec. 4, 2013 /CNW/ - Oryx Petroleum Corporation Limited ("Oryx Petroleum" or the "Corporation") today announces the successful discovery at Zey Gawra in the Hawler license area.. The ZEG-1 well was flow tested at an average rate of ...
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BASF and the Petroleum Institute (PI) of Abu Dhabi intend to develop new processes for removing aggressive sulfur compounds from acid gases in a research collaboration. The two parties signed the agreement these days. The research ...
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Researchers from the Emory University (EU) School of Medicine in Atlanta, Ga., have discovered a natural compound derived from garlic oil, known as diallyl trisulfide, that protects against heart damage. When taken after a heart attack, ...
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The headspace in domestic wastewater collection and treatment systems is a severe environment that can impact even high performance protective coatings. A proposed new ASTM International standard covers an apparatus and set of procedures ...