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This startup turns discarded crab shells into useful industrial chemicals

GeekWire

Green chemistry startup Tidal Vision recently acquired the water treatment company Clear Water Services, which has one of its systems deployed at the Port of Seattle. That includes water purification, replacing flame retardants and PFAS “forever chemicals” in clothing, and improving the uptake of fertilizers by plants.

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Dow turns to AI to accelerate chemical search

CIO Business Intelligence

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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Climate startup OCOchem, which recycles CO2 into fuels and chemicals, lands $5M

GeekWire

based startup, raised $5 million to scale its technology for turning carbon dioxide into chemicals that can be used to manufacture clean hydrogen, fertilizer, animal feed and other products. Second, it generates formic acid and other formate chemicals that can replace fossil fuels as a feedstock for fuels and other products.

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‘Forever chemicals’ are eternal no more thanks to a pollution destroying device from Tacoma startup

GeekWire

Aquagga Photo) It would be fair to expect the destroyer of toxic “forever chemicals” to be a massive, intimidating device. For decades companies have added PFAS to firefighting foams, food packaging, carpets and fabrics, water-repellent clothing and non-stick pans. ” Until recently, that is. Now Tacoma, Wash.-based

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BluePallet aims to disrupt industrial commerce with ‘decentralized’ marketplace for chemical products

GeekWire

The company operates a marketplace for the chemical industry. Founded last year, BluePallet aims to change the way chemical producers, distributors, and end users connect with each other. Companies use it to find new regions to sell products; to serve existing customers; to move inventory; and more.

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AI suggested 40,000 new possible chemical weapons in just six hours

The Verge

An instructor at the Fort Leonard Wood Chemical School, who is designated as an agent handler, carries the VX nerve agent to contaminate a jeep in one of the eight chambers used for training chemical defense on April 18, 2003 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. a company that focuses on finding drug treatments for rare diseases.

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Military data compromised via fencing company's Windows 7 machine

TechSpot

Zaun manufactures security perimeter fencing for UK sites that include a GCHQ listening post and the Porton Down chemical weapons laboratory. All our fencing systems can be designed and manufactured with a wide variety of security additions, including toppings and detection technology to complete your perimeter," the company states.

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