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hydrolysis - A chemical reaction in which water is added across a covalent bond, often cleaving the molecule into two. Occurs for example when polynucleotides, polypeptides, and polysaccharides are broken into their component monomers. Thus sucrose can be hydrolysed to glucose and fructose; and proteins to individual amino acids. [FAO]

News archive for hydrolysis.

New Report From EnergyBusinessReports.com Provides In-Depth ...  -  21 Aug 2007
Grainnet,...residues such as sawdust; municipal solid waste; pulp and paper mill sludge; or other cellulose biomass feedstocks using an acid hydrolysis technique.

Once-Promising Stroke Drug Fails in Trial  -  Aug 8, 2007
Forbes,Proctor contends that the breakdown products of hydrolysis reactions produce the beneficial effects of NXY-059. NXY-059 has a completely different action

Apertured Films are manufactured from TPX methylpentene.  -  Aug 6, 2007
ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release),Colorless product features low water absorption (0.01%), and hydrolysis will not cause dimensional changes or physical property deterioration.

Brazil Invests $50 M in Ethanol from Sugarcane Projects  -  Aug 7, 2007
RenewableEnergyAccess.com,Developing greater efficiency in the industrial processes of the production of alcohol fuel, hydrolysis and the removal of lignin will be among the research

DelStar Technologies, Inc. Introduces TPX Methylpentene Delnet  -  Aug 10, 2007
Chemical Online.com (press release),TPX Delnet apertured films will not absorb water, nor will hydrolysis cause dimensional changes or physical property deterioration.

100000 liters of cancer-causing soy sauce to be destroyed  -  Aug 2, 2007
VietNamNet Bridge,Using hydrolysis method was estimated to require some VND180mil, only half of the cost of burning. Furthermore, the director said, destroying the sauce this

Neem oil zaps bugs on textiles  -  Jul 31, 2007
Ecotextile News,Researcher M. Joshi said “the polyester surface was activated using alkali hydrolysis and cold plasma surface to improve the washing durability of the Neem

In H1 2007 concern Belbiopharm exports products worth $26.2 million  -  Aug 8, 2007
National Legal Internet Portal,...were Borisov Plant of Medical Preparations, Belmedpreparaty, Minskinterkaps, Grodno Plant of Medical Preparations, Izotron and Hydrolysis Plant.

Victrex and Whitford Form New Coatings Joint Venture  -  Aug 20, 2007
Azom.com...including high temperature capability (500° F/260° C), excellent impact, abrasion and wear resistance, chemical, hydrolysis and radiation resistance,

Regional economic committee claims accumulation of waste is ...  -  Jul 27, 2007
Ural Business Consulting,...waste supplied by hydrolysis production (such as lignine), heat-and-power engineering, mining industry, and organic waste produced by regional farmers.

Resomation: Your New High-Tech Option For Eco-Friendly Burial  -  Aug 19, 2007
Groovy Green,It utilises and advances a naturally occuring alkaline hydrolysis reaction to rapidly breakdown the body leaving behind a pure white bio-ash which can be

Furamidine Found to Inhibit a Key Enzyme Involved in Cancer Cell ...  -  Aug 14, 2007
CNNMoney.com...is part of the DNA repair complex that resolves the irreversible Top1-DNA cleavage complexes by catalyzing the hydrolysis of 3'-phosphotyrolsyl bonds.

Ford Fusion Hydrogen 999 breaks 200 miles-per-hour  -  Aug 16, 2007
engadget,Then, the vehicle uses hydrolysis, to convert it to water and electricity. Electricity is then stored inside BATTERIES and used to power the vehicle.

Micro-Osmometer delivers results in 3 minutes.  -  Aug 15, 2007
ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release),Most ethanol labs now monitor their production processes by determining dextrose equivalence (DE) to measure starch hydrolysis by manual Titration,

Alternative fuels discussed  -  Aug 14, 2007
Daily Mining Gazette,...“We’re just starting on the enzymatic hydrolysis research right now,�? Brodeur-Campbell said. That refers to the development of synthetic enzymes that

Five Entrepreneurs Changing the Alternative Energy Picture in New ...  -  Aug 14, 2007
New York Sun,Instead, Mr. Paul, a Cornell University and Columbia University graduate, uses hydrolysis. He likens the process to stomach acids placed in a steel pressure

EU to free up land for biofuel crops  -  Jul 28, 2007
Melbourne Herald Sun,The process of making ethanol consists of extracting the sugar, directly or by hydrolysis in the case of wheat starch, fermenting it and transforming it.

UTPB professor gets support from Chevron for biomass fuel research  -  Aug 12, 2007
MyWestTexas.com,...$600000 for the next two years for research to establish polyols as an intermediate platform from hydrolysis and hydrogenation of biomass carbohydrates.

Beekeepers fear bite of mosquito control  -  Aug 10, 2007
9NEWS.com,..."It's exposed to sunlight and hydrolysis, so the half-life of the product there is about 12 hours to a full day," McGinnis said. Some beekeepers worry about

VX Hydrolysate Shipments Resume  -  Aug 9, 2007
Chemical & Engineering News...a preliminary injunction to halt Army shipments of caustic wastewater from the hydrolysis of VX nerve agent from Indiana to Texas for final treatment.

Hydrogen Hype  -  Aug 6, 2007
RenewableEnergyAccess.com,...by hydrogen hypers: the vast majority of hydrogen manufactured today is not made from the hydrolysis of water, because of the energy inputs needed.

Soya products - alternative for meat  -  Aug 4, 2007
Trinidad News,Much of the soya sauce available in supermarkets is not true soya sauce but is made by chemical hydrolysis from defatted soya flour, caramel colouring,

Myosin II isoforms in smooth muscle: heterogeneity and function  -  Aug 3, 2007
AJP - Cell Physiology (subscription)Isoform differences located in the S1 head region of the MHC can alter actin binding and rates of ATP hydrolysis. Differences located in the MHC tail can

Fuel School  -  Aug 2, 2007
Ethanol Producer Magazine,...are gasification/catalytic conversion technologies, gasification/fermentation technologies and enzymatic hydrolysis/fermentation technologies.

Natureflex biodegradable cellulose-based film from Innovia Films  -  Aug 2, 2007
Ferret,Degradation of PLA occurs via ester hydrolysis by water to form lactic acid and other small molecules, which are decomposed by microbes in the compost

World Waste Technologies, Inc. Announces Progress On Renewable  -  Aug 1, 2007
Chemical Online.com (press release),Substantial research and development has been performed using gasification, enzymatic and acid hydrolysis processes to produce liquid fuels and small-scale

Detergentless Haier Washing Machine Uses Ions to Clean Skid Marks  -  Aug 1, 2007
Gizmodo.com,Besides that, my guess is the machine does hydrolysis, which is a pretty old trick, so they have to have something else hidden up their sleeve to make it

Watching your step in the workplace  -  Aug 1, 2007
Prdomain Business Register (press release),Another successful application for polyurethanes is a new class of polyester-based materials marked by their high resistance to hydrolysis.

Avocado Soybean Unsaponifiable (ASU) Extracts Earn a Passing Grade ...  -  Jul 30, 2007
TheHorse.com,Avocado and soybean unsaponifiable (ASU) extracts--the fraction of oil that does not form soap after hydrolysis--are some of the newest joint products to

Oculus Innovative Sciences IPO Analysis: Six Month Review  -  Aug 13, 2007
Seeking Alpha,Here's what was published in this article: Hypochlorous acid can be synthesized by one of the 3 methods: hydrolysis of chlorine gas (eq 1), electrolysis of

Full Text  -  Jul 26, 2007
Science Magazine (subscription)...helicase activity is the unwinding of a single base pair, and that this is linked to individual adenosine triphosphate (ATP) hydrolysis events (12, 13).

Color changing crystals use magnetic fields  -  Jul 23, 2007
Optics.org,The team made the photonic crystals by using high-temperature hydrolysis to prepare colloidal nanocrystals of iron oxide (Fe 3 O 4 ).

Hardball Tactics In An Era Of Threats  -  Aug 15, 2007
Global Politician,It’s been suggested informally to me that perhaps the silicon analytical peak was more likely due to silanol from hydrolysis of a silane,

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