Israel’s Sorek desalination plant scheduled to be 50 % operational by the beginning of 2013

Largest Seawater Reverse Osmosis Plant

Most Accessed Articles: October 2012
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for October 2012

New SiC Foam Column Tray
Hydrodynamic and mass transfer characteristics of a novel tray with SiC ceramic foam (SFCT) are studied in different pilot plants

Wastewater to Fuel
NASA developed a method of wastewater treatment using algae in offshore tanks that produce biomass

Attractiveness of the EU for Top Scientists
Study on how attractive the EU is for top international scientists and how it can improve its performance in this area

Pyrolysis in a Bench-Scale Circulating Fluidized-Bed Downer Reactor
Pyrolysis behavior of wheat straw investigated in a bench-scale circulating fluidized-bed downer reactor to elucidate the effects of acid treatment

Chemistry Shaping the Future: German-Russian Symposium
LANXESS and the Russian Academy of Sciences organized scientific symposium in Moscow

SABIC Interested in Shale Gas
SABIC is considering investments in the United States to capitalise on the shale gas boom there

Understanding Friction on the Nanoscale
Innovative technology to describe the behavior of individual particles of a colloid in friction conditions

Fluorescence Responses Analyzed Using Digital Photography
Digital photographs used to extract color and spectral information of reactive fluorophores