So we desperately need to find ways of making basic chemical materials out of CO2 to keep the chemical industries ticking over.
China has supplied nuclear reactors to Algeria and Iran, chemical weapons materials to Syria and Iran, and missiles to numerous countries including Iran, North Korea, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
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America leads a posse of governments in disrupting illicit trade in nuclear, chemical and biological materials.
Buchholz, a physicist and a nuclear engineer, is an expert at something called accelerator mass spectrometry, an extraordinarily precise method of determining the chemical composition of materials.
"There are no radioactive, biological, chemical and other dangerous materials on board the station, " the foreign ministry said.
It would not stop nations or terrorists from producing chemical weapons, the materials, equipment and know-how for which are too commonplace to be controlled.
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Notably, CMA believes this accord's Article XI will clear the way for a substantial increase in U.S. exports of chemical manufacturing equipment and materials.
But as early as 2006, tests showed that some of the trailers contained dangerously high levels of formaldehyde, a carcinogenic chemical used in building materials.
This is a particular priority for missiles loaded with chemical, biological or radiological materials.
Prof van der Meer says the bacterial-based kits cope well with multiple samples, require fewer materials than standard chemical testing field kits, and are easy to prepare.
British police are literally leaving no stone unturned in their probe of his death, creating a two-mile-long blockade around the mansion, and searching the property for chemical, biological and nuclear materials.
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One U.S. chemical outfit overexposed to the building materials market, Georgia Gulf, has lost 75% of its value since last summer.
Dow Chemical ( DOW) supplies plastic materials and chemicals to customers around the world, but North America is its largest geographic market, producing 36.4% of first quarter 2010 revenues.
One U.S. chemical outfit overexposed to the building materials market, Georgia Gulf (nyse: GGC - news - people ), has lost 75% of its value since last summer.
The UN's resolution 1540 obliges all governments to stop nuclear (and chemical and biological) bomb-making materials falling into terrorist hands.
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The company has tweaked the chemical and atomic composition of the raw materials of the glass, which in turn has increased its density -- making it much more scratch and dent resistant than last years model.
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The killer chemical is mainly produced by burning plastic and materials containing chlorine.
Last month DARPA, the U.S. Defense Department's research agency, invited proposals from robotics experts to build a "chemical robot" made from soft, flexible materials and capable of squeezing through gaps smaller than its regular dimensions.
It is trying combinatorial techniques to search for other complex materials, such as catalysts for the chemical industry.
Specifically, unexpected physical, biological, and chemical properties emerge that are not present in the same materials at larger scales.
Chief among these interests are: counter-terrorism, disposal of Soviet-built chemical and biological weapons, security of nuclear and radiological materials, arms control, nonproliferation, and the responsible withdrawal of U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan.
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Down at these near-atomic sizes, materials exhibit unique properties that dramatically alter their physical, chemical or biological behaviour.
Imagine the headaches at Dow Chemical, whose business is turning hydrocarbons into products like Styrofoam and materials for everything from shampoo to electronics.
To make the machine commercial strength and add depth to his materials science knowledge, he brought in Weinberg, his onetime chemical engineering professor at the California Institute of Technology.
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The process started with 30 tonnes of raw materials and 500 tonnes of solvent and usually requires a dozen separate chemical steps and takes more than two years.
This is the situation currently unfolding at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), where regulators have until March 31 to comply with a consent judgment by responding to a petition by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) to ban the use of the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging, food containers and other materials likely to be ingested or to come into contact with food.
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Burke estimates that U.S. companies like Dow Chemical, Dupont and 3M are major players in roughly 70% of the advanced materials used in making solar modules.
Nanotechnology has lured the likes of IBM, Motorola and Dow Chemical, as well as new entrants like Zyvex, to the pursuit of efficient, miniature materials.
We continue to closely monitor Syria's proliferation of sensitive materials and facilities, and have been consistent and clear about our red lines regarding chemical weapons in Syria.
DuPont is a diversified global chemical company, supplying agricultural products (such as seeds and pesticides), high-performance materials, automotive coatings, electronic materials and key industrial chemicals to industries and consumers world-wide.
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