Chemicals
Dow may have escaped liability: Khursheed
14 Jun 2010
Pleas for Warren Anderson's extradition grow louder
14 Jun 2010
The gas leak case sparked outrage among victims and well-wishers after a local court in Bhopal sentenced seven former Union Carbide officials to just two years’ imprisonment and a fine of Rs1 lakh each
US backtracks; says ‘may consider’ Anderson extradition
12 Jun 2010
Anderson, 89, who is living in retirement with his wife Lillian Anderson in Bridgehampton, Long Island, New York, is believed to be deaf and senile by activists who have confronted him over the Bhopal disaster
Brown chemists report promising advance in fuel-cell technology
08 Jun 2010
A nanoparticle with a palladium core and an iron-platinum shell outperforms commercially available pure-platinum catalysts and lasts longer — a promising advance in fuel-cell technology, developed by chemists at Brown University
Bhopal gas disaster: 26 years later, eight convicted
07 Jun 2010
Twenty six years after a gas leakage left an estimated 15,000, and more, people dead, all the eight accused, including former Union Carbide chairman, Keshub Mahindra, have been convicted.
Carrier Aircon developing safe CFC substitutes
04 Jun 2010
International team discovers element 117
09 Apr 2010
An international team of scientists from Russia and the United States has discovered the newest super-heavy element, element 117
New material traps radioactive ions using "Venus flytrap" method
By By Louise Lerner | 23 Mar 2010
Like a Venus flytrap, a newly discovered chemical snaps its jaws shut on radioactive nuclear waste
Dow sells Styron division to Bain Capital for $1.63 billion
03 Mar 2010
Dow Chemical Company yesterday entered into a deal with private equity firm Bain Capital to sell its specialised plastics unit Styron for $1.63 billion
Airgas rejects Air Products' $7 billion buyout offer
23 Feb 2010
the largest US distributor of industrial, medical, and specialty gases, yesterday unanimously rejected a $7-billion all-cash purchase offer from Air Products and Chemicals Inc
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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