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A new study suggests that beer is a significant source of dietary silicon, a key ingredient for increasing bone mineral density.

The Canada International Group is proud to announce the winners of four of its awards given in recognition of major achievement in service, industry and leadership.

SCI, the society established nearly 140 years ago to link science with business in the application of scientific innovation, has recognised three top UK scientists in the International Honours announced on 12 November 2009.

Plants have an enormous role in benefiting human psychological welfare and mental health.

This year, the meeting will cover synthetic aspects of p-block chemistry, especially those involving boron, sulfur, silicon, phosphorus and the halogens.

It’s not just recession that menaces the chemical industry as we know it. Issues of the environment, pressures on feedstocks and concerns over energy are amongst the factors contributing to an uncertain outlook for chemical players big and small.

A new study in SCI’s Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture shows that konjac gum and sesame seed extract can offer protection against different strains of E. coli and Salmonella bacteria.

The Society of Chemical Industry’s (SCI) BioResources and Horticulture Groups have added their voices to growing concerns about proposed European Union (EU) changes to pesticide regulations in an open letter to MEPs urging them to think seriously about the consequences of any changes on human health, food production, land use, food prices, pesticide resistance and sustainability and environmental biodiversity.

The Society of Chemical Industry (SCI), America International Group, will award the SCI Perkin Medal to Richard B Silverman, the John Evans Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University. He will be presented with the medal at the Perkin Medal dinner, now in its 103rd year, in Philadelphia on 15 September 2009.

New research in the latest issue of the Society of Chemical Industry’s (SCI) Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture shows there is no evidence to support the argument that organic food is better than food grown with the use of pesticides and chemicals