Keyword: chemicals

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Challenges And Uncertainties

21.12.2009 - Changing Picture - We witness now the realization of the most severe global crisis since sixty years. Initially centered on the housing and real estate markets, the downturn...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Active Ingredients in Skin Care

21.12.2009 - Overview - Active ingredients are specialty chemicals, which are applied into cosmetic skin care products to enhance their functional properties. Active ingredients fulfill anti...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Everything Under The Sun

18.12.2009 - UV Protection - The "isn't sunscreen enough?" days are long gone. Consumers need more than only UV-filters to protect their skin against the sun. State of the art protection...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Smart and Self-healing

18.12.2009 - Technology Development - A focus of materials research has always been the prevention of damage and mitigation of failure in materials. In addition to prevention strategies, new...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

The Right Key for the Right Lock

18.12.2009 - Smart Solutions - Present times are tough in business life. The global economy is facing a historical downturn. With multiple roots and links into most major industries, chemical...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Information Requirements

15.12.2009 - Alternative Methods - Compilation of dossiers that contain hazards and risks of chemicals have been required for previous chemical regulatory schemes, however, Reach brings a...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

More Energy, Less Carbon Dioxide: Interview with Sven Royall, Shell Chemicals Vice President Global Intermediates

15.12.2009 - Environmental Issues - By 2050, our world will require double the energy we use today. At the same time greenhouse gas emissions need to be brought down to prevent catastrophic...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Get the Best Out of Your Personnel

15.12.2009 - Challenging - It is very difficult to be successful in the highly customer-driven market of custom manufacturing and synthesis. The key success factors are completely different to...