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Police concerned over 'synthetic' drug use in Nicholasville
mmoore@jessaminejournal.comThe war on drugs has gotten much tougher for law-enforcement agencies in Jessamine County to fight as “synthetic” drug-like products, which are not marketed for human consumption and are sold over the counter at many convenience stores and...Tags: High Blood Pressure, Chemical Industry, Lawyers, Tom Buford, Justice System
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Baltimore nanocrystals maker raises $5.1 million in funding
Pixelligent Technologies, a maker of miniscule crystal additives used in electronics and plastics products, said Friday it has raised more than $5.1 million in new funding from the Abell Foundation and others. The funding will allow the Baltimore...
Tags: Chemical Industry, Abell Foundation, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Material Science, Science and Technology
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Vegetable-based plastics
PHILADELPHIA - With all his talk about sugar cane, corn, casaba and fungi, Jeff White sounded like someone with a food obsession. But the ingredients he enumerated during an interview had to do with manufacturing, not a meal. His is an unconventional...Tags: Chemical Industry, Consumers, Petroleum Industry, New Products, Electronics
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Corn Dust Research group formed to address honey bee questions
San Francisco, Calif. - The non-profit Pollinator Partnership (P2) recently announced the formation of the Corn Dust Research Consortium (CDRC), a multi-stakeholder initiative they are coordinating to invest research dollars in reducing honey bee exposure...Tags: Chemical Industry, Agricultural Research and Technology, Research, Agriculture, Science and Technology
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Area manufacturing making a slow comeback
For Northwest Michigan's manufacturing sector, the 21st century's first decade was one that often delivered gloomy circumstances. Several of the area's factories announced closings through those years, and the larger U.S. economy's 2008-09 recession...
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Companies form collaboration on bio-based lubricants
ST. LOUIS and IRVINE, Calif., /PRNewswire/ - Recognizing the value biosynthetic oils could provide to farmers, the environment and the U.S. economy, Monsanto Company and Biosynthetic Technologies, LLC recently announced license and supply agreements...Tags: Chemical Industry, Consumers, Science, Gold and Precious Material, BP Plc
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Safety first for man who represented the U.S. in Japan during its nuclear disaster
Tribune staff reporterThe flight attendant spied the Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo on Chuck Casto's T-shirt and escorted him to first class. Three days after the Pacific Ocean had risen and shattered the northern Japanese coast March 11, 2011, Casto's plane headed...Tags: Chemical Industry, Skype, Natural Disasters, Barack Obama, Tokyo Electric Power Co.
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Water, the staff of life for plants
The end of July signals the time to stop fertilizing perennials, shrubs and trees to give new growth time to harden off. Annuals and veggies may still appreciate a weekly weak fertilizer application. With no critical garden tasks other than watering and...
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Beauty products made with natural ingredients
Special to the Los Angeles TimesIt's never been easier to feel like a natural woman. The 1960s mantra about getting ourselves back to the garden now applies to an increasing number of beauty products, with some small companies literally going to the garden and farm to bring customers...Tags: Barney's New York Incorporated, Chemical Industry, Vitamin D, Consumers, Jamie Lee Curtis
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'Mad Men' recalls 1960s best and worst
As you news media consumers know, an earth-shaking event took place last week; big enough to blow the presidential campaign, the pope's travels, the Supreme Court and health care, and even Kate Middleton's latest frock off the magazine covers. Yes, it...Tags: Chemical Industry, Legs, The Beatles (music group), Arts and Culture, Head Injuries
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60 new jobs coming to Lynchburg's Tessy Plastics
A Lynchburg company is expanding adding 60 new jobs to the city.
Tessy Plastics is spending $4.8 million to expand its facility at the Lynchpin Industrial Center.
Tessy serves the medical disposables market with custom injection molding products.
The...Tags: Chemical Industry, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Executive Branch, Government
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