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Experts disagree over color of biomass

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Dow Chemical Co. forms a new Oilseed Engineering Alliance consisting of scientists at Dow, Michigan State University, the Brookhaven National Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy, among others, to develop improved feedstocks for bioplastics manufacturing.

Petroleum refining, All Other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing, Petrochemical Feedstocks, Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Michigan), DOW, Petrochemical feedstock

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Pulling green biotechnology out of the red

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Environmental biotechnology has usually been considered a secondary technology compared to medical biotechnology. A shortage of resources and manpower, and a lack of concentration on economically-viable environmental solutions have only worsened the situation. New environmental technologies are accepted providing they improve a firm's profit margin or if they are made mandatory by law. However, the technology has seen new advances in plant genetics and enzyme engineering. It is also experiencing a trend where molecular biologists are forming teams with synthetic chemists for interdisciplinary projects. This is helping to move environmental biotechnology into the production pipeline.

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Drug screening-beyond the bottleneck

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Pharmaceutical companies are turning to biotechnology companies that specialize in high-throughput screening of assays in the testing and development pharmaceutical compounds using microfluidic chips.

Semiconductors and related devices, Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing, Semiconductor Parts NEC, Semiconductor parts

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