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In 1934, a chemist pulled a sticky polymer into a thread, and nylon moved toward everyday lifeIn a twist of fate, a humble lab experiment by chemist Julian Hill in the 1930s turned a sticky substance into a global phenomenon. What st...
In 1965, a chemist expected a routine polymer solution and got a bizarre cloudy liquid instead: It became KevlarIn 1965, the world of materials science was forever changed by scientist Stephanie Kwolek, who stumbled upon a peculiar cloudy polymer mixt...
In 1965, a strange, cloudy solution in Stephanie Kwolek’s lab lead to the invention of KevlarA seemingly failed experiment in the 1960s led to the creation of Kevlar, a fiber five times stronger than steel. Chemist Stephanie Kwolek'...
Kraft Heinz to split: Some of the biggest splits in corporate AmericaKraft Heinz will split into two listed companies to manage volatile demand and rising costs, joining a wave of major US corporate break-ups...
Some of the biggest splits in corporate AmericaMedtronic, the medical device maker plans to spin off its patient monitoring and respiratory interventions businesses into a new company, j...
Covid-19 pandemic: Emergency offices in 4 cities to fast-track protective gear supplyThere are manufacturing units at various locations including Mumbai, Bengaluru and Ahmedabad. The emergency control offices will ensure coo...
This is how a clutch of scientists around the country are working to decode cancerThe experimental canvas is vast — from fleshing out new therapeutic targets to identifying potential candidates for cancer drugs to improve...
Dorf Ketal Chemicals acquires US-based Flow-Chem TechnologiesThis is second acquisition by Mumbai-based chemical maker within two months after it announced acquisition of Thane-headquartered Filtra Ca...
PM Narendra Modi to meet more than 35 select CEOs in New YorkPrime Minister Narendra Modi will meet select top global CEOs in New York on September 24 to push his 'Make in India' agenda.
Gujarat FSL to tie-up with US-based firm DuPont for ballistic testingGujarat FSL is likely to soon tie-up with US-based firm DuPont to share best practices in the field of ballistic testing.
Growth will be higher in India in 2013 than 2012: Ellen Kullman, CEO, DuPontThere was hesitation in 2012 with rupee devaluation and some pullback on infra investment but we see a lot of opportunity in 2013, says Ell...
- Businesses promoting CEOs from within the organisation outperforms others: Study
In the international study, 36 companies with CEOs promoted within the company outperformed others across seven measurable metrics.
- ‘Accountability, openness must for inclusive growth’
The private sector has a transformational role to play in inclusive growth, said HCC chairman and MD Ajit Gulabchand on Sunday.
- Illiteracy a hurdle in inclusion: Panel
The private sector has a transformational role to play in inclusive growth, said HCC chairman and MD Ajit Gulabchand on Sunday.
- Private labs in price war for H1N1 testing
The health ministry is yet to give private labs the go-ahead to test samples for H1N1 swine flu but a price war has already begun among the...
- Dutch govt in patent row, seeks clarity on EU rules
The Dutch government has asked the European Commission (EU) for a review of the EU Customs regulations, based on which a consignment of hig...
- Forget corn, grow mushrooms to solve energy crisis
A solution to the world’s energy problems may lie in a Chinese mushroom growing in Novozymes A/S laboratories.
- DuPont launches Customer Technical Centre in Mumbai
DuPont India today announced the launch of its Customer Technical Centre (CTC) here in partnership with the SIES School of Packaging.
- Carrefour lures China’s shoppers
Wang Daying no longer buys her pork straight off the carcass. These days, the doctor shops at an underground, air-conditioned Carrefour sto...