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• Should the global chemicals sector capitulate to the tidal wave of polymers flowing out of China and shut down, 2024's demand surge might look like oil's last gasp, before decline and fall set in. Mint
• The collaboration between Korea's SK E & S and US firm Plug Power exemplifies the potential for partnership through their joint efforts to develop state-of-the-art polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) water electrolysis tech. Intralink
• For an equivalent risk of the composite outcomes observed in the White population at an SBP level of 140 mm Hg, we found a lower SBP threshold for South Asians (123 mm Hg) and higher thresholds for Black Caribbean (156 mm Hg) and Black African (165 mm Hg). BioMed Central
• The plant, one of the world's largest polypropylene sites, will produce sustainably certified polymers suitable for a wide range of applications, including food grade packaging. Waste Advantage Magazine
• Under a scope of work, the BIC will conduct independent small and large scale trials to validate Lion's proprietary platinum and palladium based electrode composition, slurry, and films in both lithium-sulfur and lithium-ion coin and pouch cells. The Globe and Mail
• The Polymer Center will help enable true bottle-to-bottle and package-to-package circularity for plastics, helping customers achieve their own sustainability goals. Packaging Gateway
• Located in Las Vegas, Nevada, the advanced Polymer Center will process plastic bottles, jugs, and containers, converting them into plastic materials ready for new packaging. Packaging Gateway
• By separating out bumpers before a vehicle is recycled, MBA Polymers UK can increase the efficiency of its processes and limit the risk of contaminants to create the higher-performance sustainable materials that car makers increasingly demand. ATF Professional LLP
• The primary outcome will be the composite outcome of cardiovascular mortality and CV events up to 48 months after dosing, while secondary outcomes will measure changes serum transthyretin levels and scales like the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire. Clinical Trials Arena
• Silicon-Graphite Composite Anode, Full Cell Testing, Solid-State Batteries, and More In the upcoming 2024 year, NEO will initiate testing with graphite anode materials to replicate actual lithium-ion battery anode compositions. Yahoo Finance
• Cobalt's share is expected to fade away with a growing share of low-cobalt chemistries such as NMC721 and NMC811, as well as LFPs that do not use any cobalt in its composition, resulting in just under 0.6M mt in cobalt demand by 2030. Sucden Financial
• The Polymer Center will process plastic bottles, jugs and containers collected from homes and businesses to produce recycled PET flake and color-sorted HDPE and polypropylene ready for use in new sustainable packaging. American Recycler News, Inc.
• The Polymer Center expects to produce more than 100 million pounds of recycled plastics each year for use in sustainable packaging and other applications. American Recycler News, Inc.
• By the turn of the century, India will have declined in numbers and will have a substantial senior citizen composition. The Indian Express
• The U.S. 2023-2024 flu vaccines have a similar vaccine virus composition as the 2023 Southern Hemisphere flu vaccines. Centers for Disease Control and PRevention
• The new composition of BRICS will control 80% of world oil production. SilverSeek
• Higher neutralizing antibody titers against circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants are expected to be associated with higher VE estimates as compared to COVID-19 vaccines with an index virus-based or bivalent (BA. 1 - or BA. 4/5 - containing) vaccine antigen composition. World Health Organization: WHO
• As AI takes over mundane tasks such as composition, companies must be ready to reckon with the social consequences of a world that may offer workers fewer meaningful opportunities to learn the basics of a job that it may turn out are vital to becoming highly skilled. Wired
• The Polymer Center and Blue Polymers facilities will support true package-to-package circularity, allowing, for example, an orange detergent jug to be recycled into a new orange detergent jug. MarketScreener
• Legal immigration will continue at its current level, but its composition will be shifted toward high-skilled workers, thereby insulating America's most vulnerable laborers from foreign competition. Intelligencer
• The composite turbine tower developed in Joule has the potential to revolutionise the UK wind industry. National Composites Centre

Last updated: 14 April 2024