ChemIndustry.com Newsletter No. 100
ChemIndustry.com Newsletter of Useful Web Sources No. 100Subscribe FREE October 30, 2008 

 

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This issue of the ChemIndustry.com newsletter highlights Web sites in the following categories:
 
Biofuel
Tools
Databases
Nanotechnology
Employment
The Alchemist pick
Events

 

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BIOFUELS: prospects, risks and opportunities
FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) has published a new edition of its annual flagship publication: The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) 2008.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/011/i0100e/i0100e00.htm

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Zotero
Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use, Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives right where you do your work ? in the web browser itself. Zotero helps you gather, organize, and analyze sources (citations, full texts, web pages, images, and other objects), and lets you share the results of your research in a variety of ways. An extension to the popular open-source web browser Firefox, Zotero includes the best parts of older reference manager software (like EndNote)?the ability to store author, title, and publication fields and to export that information as formatted references?and the best parts of modern software and web applications (like iTunes and del.icio.us), such as the ability to interact, tag, and search in advanced ways.
http://www.zotero.org/

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IUPAC - NIST solubility database
The IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database includes over 67,500 solubility measurements compiled from the IUPAC Solubility Data Series.
http://srdata.nist.gov/solubility/version_his.aspx

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The International Council on Nanotechnology (ICON)
A cooperative effort of industry, academics, governments and non-government organizations, the goal of the ICON is to "develop and communicate information regarding potential environmental and health risks of nanotechnology ? while maximizing societal benefit."
http://icon.rice.edu/index.cfm

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Employment outlook
According to C&En cover story of its Nov. 3rd issue: ?Employment outlook? - Economic turmoil points to a hazy outlook; a little imagination can open up job opportunities. The good news is that chemistry is a big field with numerous applications, if you let your imagination work for you. C&EN examines how chemists are thinking creatively about work.
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/86/8644cover.html

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Shedding light on solar cells
The first silicon photovoltaic solar cell to surpass the 25% efficiency mark has been made by researchers in Australia. Martin Green and colleagues at the University of New South Wales say they are now close to the 29% theoretical maximum for first-generation photovoltaics. The development relies to some extent on a renewed understanding of sunlight and exploits a wider range of wavelengths and a design that wastes less energy during the trapping and conversion processes.
Magic solar milestone reached

Read more hot chemistry news from ChemWeb.com's newsletter: The Alchemist.

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The 61th API China 5 - 7 Nov 2008 SuZhou
API China is China's leading exhibition for the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector covering the complete spectrum of products from raw material, fine chemicals, intermediates, ingredients, processing machinery and packaging machinery. It is an event for international buyers to meet Asian sellers, especially Chinese ingredients manufacturers.
http://en.apichina.com.cn/

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5th Annual CEE Chemical & Petrochemical Forum
Jacob Fleming?s 5th Annual CEE Chemical & Petrochemical Forum is is gathering main chemical players of CEE for assessing opportunities, market trends and growth strategies of the attractive Central and Eastern European market. It will take place on 22nd & 23rd January 2009 (with pre-conference workshops on 21st) in Budapest, Hungary. Speakers include: Unipetrol, Synthos, Dow, Achema, Mitsui Chemicals, Shell Chemicals, Otlchim and many others. Contact karina.gusalova@jacobfleming.com for more information.

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Informex 2009 Jan 27-30 San Francisco, CA.
As the premier networking event for the chemical industry in the United States, Informex, is designed to showcase the capabilities of high-value, high-quality businesses in the chemical manufacturing industry. . If you are looking to use chemistry to manufacture products then Informex is where you should be. Register Today.

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Food Ingredients China 2009
Food Ingredients China (FIC), held in March each year in Shanghai, is the biggest trade show on food ingredients and additives in Asia. FIC 2009 is where the food ingredients and additives world meets to do business. It will be held March 25-27, 2009 at SECEC, Shanghaimart & INTEX Shanghai in Shanghai, China.
http://www.chinafoodadditives.com/d_e.htm

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The 8th China (Qingdao) International pipeline valves Exhibition 2009
Date/Venue: March 25th - 27th, 2009 at Qingdao International Convention and Exhibition Center
More than 400 companies around the world will once again gather at the 8th China (Qingdao) International Fine Chemical Industry Fair showing the highest level technical equipment. Qingdao Fine Chemicals will show the new face of the industry and will become the focus of attention.
http://www.chemindustry.com.cn/qingdao.htm

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