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Hellacious wallboard--take 2

Hellacious wallboard--take 2Sulphate is rock stableReally a shame that a blog which started well gets tained by fear mongering: Gypsum is used in wallboard globally. It?s a naturally-occuring, very soft mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, CaSO4?2H2O. Note there?s a sulphur ion there. Any impurities that cause the gypsum to...

Tags: Sulphate, impurity, H2S, sulphur, smell, Gypsum

Discussion threads 2009-03-23

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Luddites, science and global warming

There's opposition to an oceanic experiment about to take place in the south Atlantic. I blogged about the geoengineering research being done by a German and Indian research team. They're going to dump 20 tons of iron sulphate into one area of ocean and see what happens. ...

Tags: Ocean, Global Warming, Nature.com, Team Management, Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-01-15

LOHAFEX: trying to iron out the climate problem

There's an experiment going on to see if a major phytoplankton bloom can be instigated on a large scale in the ocean. That in turn, theoretically, could absorb masses of CO2 that is partly to blame for global warming. That experiment originates with a German research ship, now...

Tags: Experiment, Scientist, Global Warming, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-01-12

A pharmacy in a nanotechnology-based thin film

MIT researchers have developed a new implantable device to improve our health. This nanoscale thin-film coating can deliver controlled drug doses to specific targets, acting as a 'micro pharmacy' inside our bodies. It could be used to deliver drugs for cancer, epilepsy, diabetes and other diseases. This film, which is...

Tags: Film, Researcher, Substrate, Voltage, Drug, Nanotechnology, Real Estate, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Business Operations, Hardware, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-02-13

Artificial cartilage just five years away

Artificial cartilage just five years awayNo limits on the use of human stem cellsThere are no limits on the use of human stem cells. There is only a limit on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research that could promote the propagation of embryos for the purposes of research destructive...

Tags: stem-cell, disc, Rice

Discussion threads 2007-09-11

GRUPO PENOLES Unifies Information and Reduces Costs With Single Platform

GRUPO PENOLES began its business operations as a mining company in 1887. Today, GRUPO PENOLES is the world's top producer of refined silver, metallic bismuth and sodium sulphate. The group is Latin America's leading producer of gold, refined lead and zinc. It needed to improve operational efficiency and visibility of...

Tags: Oracle Corp., GRUPO PENOLES, Databases, Enterprise Software, Storage, Software, Data Management, Hardware

Case studies 2007-08-01

A (Microsoft) code name a day: Magnesium

A Microsoft code name a day: MagnesiumI need some Magnesia... Milk of Magnesia.n/t :Dpolonium-121 is betterGiven that Mac BU shot itself in the foot on Open XML format, let's call it polonium-121: Caught early means limited harm, might kill if not caught.UniversalMagnesia will also be a Universal application, so...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Magnesium, Magnesia

Discussion threads 2006-12-06