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The environment is something of a hot topic at the moment, with growing pressures both politically and socially to act up to our responsibilities to the planet and its ongoing conservation. After decades, even centuries of pollution and mindless resource depletion, we are now at a stage where far more caution must be exercised in [...]

Mt. Laurel center brings science to life for children
A handful of children watched as Pat Gurgul, a Paws Farm Nature Center eductor, mixed common household ingredients together to make slime.
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New material absorbs, conserves oil (w/ Video)
An ultra-lightweight sponge made of clay and a bit of high-grade plastic draws oil out of contaminated [...]

The environment is the most precious asset we possess, greater than any economy or business. Without it, the world as we know it could not possibly exist, and as we speak our environment is changing beyond recognition before our very eyes. Weather patterns are consistently getting more severe at both ends of the [...]

DuPont opens PV application lab in Geneva
WINCHESTER, UK: DuPont has opened a photovoltaic application laboratory, called the Meyrin Photovoltaic Application Lab, at its European Technical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Tepha pulls in $3M for medical biomaterials
Tepha Inc., a Lexington-based maker of absorbable biomaterials for medical devices, which was founded as a spinoff from [...]

Trading scrap metal might not sound like the most glamorous of vocations, but many a fortune has been built on the back of other people’s throwaway matter. Trading scrap metal is like trading any other commodity, and you have to have experience of the market in order to make any level of success. [...]

Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Unveils Details of the National Export Initiative
WASHINGTON— Commerce Secretary Gary Locke unveiled details of President Obama’s National Export Initiative (NEI) at a luncheon today at the National Press Club. During last week’s State of the Union speech, the president announced a goal of doubling exports over the next five years to [...]

“Money doesn’t grow on trees?” is an old proverb. How about this one? “There are dollars lying in dustbins and junkyards?” Yes there’s a lot of money lying in waste disposal areas and junk yards. Unable to believe it? Everyone knows there would be robbery where there is lot of money and where the robbers [...]

DNP Green Technology Acquires Sinoven Biopolymers
DNP Green Technology has acquired a controlling stake in Sinoven Biopolymers Inc., a private US company. Under the terms of the agreement, Sinoven Biopolymers will operate as a subsidiary of DNP Green Technology with a sales office in Philadelphia, PA and a manufacturing and formulation development facility in Shanghai, China.
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Open house for Tri-Valley’s girls program Feb. 23
Seventh- and eighth-grade girls and their parents are invited to the seventh annual Reflections on Your Future event. The event is an introduction to a program designed to encourage girls to pursue interests in technology, science, math and engineering.
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ISA Technovation Awards 2010 announced
BANGALORE, [...]

Eastman ‘well positioned’ to improve earnings in 2010
Eastman Chemical has bid a not-so-fond farewell to 2009 — a year in which the firm’s plastic-related sales fell more than 25%.
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Inspect home fencing to ensure safety and security
(ARA) – Weather extremes are brutal on exterior landscaping. Rain, snow, wind and temperature [...]