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Dow turns to AI to accelerate chemical search

CIO

With several million compounds to choose from, chemists often must resort to intuition when trying to solve complex problems around chemical processes. US multinational Dow Chemical was working with a pulp and paper manufacturer to improve inefficiencies in its chemical process with a goal of producing a better, safer pulp yield.

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BluePallet raises $5M to take its chemical industry marketplace global

TechCrunch

BluePallet , an online marketplace connecting manufacturers with the chemical industry, announced today that it has raised $5 million in a funding round led by Vinmar Ventures, a subsidiary of petrochemical distributor Vinmar International. . and Bruce Schechinger, former chairman of the National Association of Chemical Distributors. .

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Inclusion: The Chemical X for Design Thinking

Agile Alliance

In this talk, I will tell why I consider that inclusion of diversity is a chemical X that has unexpected benefits in different areas such as design teams, design thinking processes for the creation of products or services, and even in organizations. The post Inclusion: The Chemical X for Design Thinking first appeared on Agile Alliance.

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Forsaking funding at a $1 billion valuation, Solugen preps a new green chemical product and a big 2021

TechCrunch

Late last year, Solugen , a startup using synthetic biology to take hydrocarbons out of the chemicals industry, decided against pursuing a new round of funding that would have valued the company at over $1 billion, TechCrunch has learned. Chemicals are everywhere and they’re a huge business.

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Allozymes looks to upend chemical manufacturing with rapid enzyme engineering and $5M seed

TechCrunch

Part of the complex process that turns raw materials into finished products like detergents, cosmetics and flavors relies on enzymes, which facilitate chemical transformations. These large, complex molecules bind to other substances in a way that facilitates a chemical reaction, say turning sugars in a cell into a more usable form of energy.

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Russia breached global chemical weapons ban in Ukraine war, US says

Ooda Loop

On Wednesday, the United States accused Russia of violating the international ban on the use of chemical weapons. This accusation comes after Russia deployed chloropicrin, a choking agent, against Ukrainian troops. Russia is also using riot control agents as a form of warfare. According to a statement made by the […]

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Flite Material Sciences uses lasers, not chemical coatings, to keep ice and rust off surfaces

TechCrunch

” Early research that tried to create these textures focused on a combination of gases and chemicals. . “And so theories started to emerge about why water can’t stay on these sharp spiky surfaces.” “This is putting in lots of energy, but the pulses make it possible to be more of a sculptor,” Cohen said.

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