Chemicals
Man pleads guilty to stealing U.S. trade secrets
SALT LAKE CITY -- A scientist accused of stealing secret formulas from a Utah chemistry company has pleaded guilty to a federal computer charge.
Date: 05/13/2012 | Nation & World
California rejects tainted BP gasoline from Washington state
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- Tens of millions of gallons of gasoline that did not meet California's clean fuel specifications were delivered to the city of Martinez and sold across the state by petroleum giant BP, state regulators said in a lawsuit filed Wednesday.
Date: 03/08/2012 | Nation & World
Scores got sick, 1 died trying to kill bedbugs
ATLANTA — Worried about bedbugs? Maybe you should be more concerned about the insecticides used to get rid of them.
Date: 09/22/2011 | Nation & World
Scientists make big leap in DNA-based computing
LOS ANGELES — Caltech researchers have produced the most sophisticated DNA-based computer yet, a wet-chemistry system that can calculate the square roots of numbers as high as 15.
Date: 06/02/2011 | Nation & World




