Topic: Materials Sector

California's Low-Carbon Fuel Rule: A Boon for Alternative Fuels?

California passed the country's first low-carbon fuel standard law yesterday, with a goal of cutting carbon emissions 10% by 2020. The allowable carbon intensity of fuels will lower incrementally beginning in 2011. As a result, ...READ»

A Steelmaker's Heart of Gold

Meet a steelmaker with a heart of gold, a firm that shows why a "triple bottom line" is good business -- in one of the world's toughest businesses.READ»

How Nucor Hires: Build Yourself a Job

When looking for future employees, Norm Maero of Nucor Steel does not look for particular skills. He's looking for the right mind-set.READ»

Genomatica: Green and Profitable Chemistry with Microbes

The global chemical industry, worth trillions of dollars a year, has relied heavily on oil and natural gas.  While we often associate the green business world with solar panels and electric cars, change is brewing in industries ...READ»

Charles P. Giammona

Charles Giammona Funding continues to be a major barrier in the delivery of programming on our area reservations and consequently an impediment to improving the momentum required to significantly impact unemployment, poverty and the economy. READ»

Ottawa Shell Station First to Deliver Gasoline Blended with Cellulosic Ethanol

In what is being described as the first commercial delivery of cellulosic ethanol, a Shell service station in Ottawa, Ontario is selling gasoline containing a 10% blend of biofuel made from wheat straw. The biofuel and gasoline ...READ»

Zimbabwe’s Diamond Mines Lead to Rape, Murder, and Thievery

Zimbabwe's newfound diamond fields could have helped lift the country from its misery. Instead, they've fueled a cycle of government-sanctioned rape, murder, and thievery -- and pushed the place still closer to collapse.READ»

Why Your Gut Is More Ethical Than Your Brain

If you've ever been part of a discussion on ethics, in school or elsewhere, chances are you didn't spend much time talking about your feelings. It's believed that to live ethically, we must engage our reason, which reins in the ...READ»

• Three Lessons in "Rational" Prices Raising Ethical Questions

He Struck Gold on the Net (Really)

Rob McEwen owned an underperforming gold mine in northwestern Ontario, and he needed new ideas about where to dig. So he broke new ground -- and made data on the mine available online to anyone who wanted to help. Eureka! The Internet gold rush was on.READ»

Steel Mill's Environmentally-Friendly Flooring

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Buckman Labs Is Nothing but Net

Buckman Labs makes chemicals -- but it sells knowledge. The challenge: invent a way for the global salesforce to spend more time with customers and share its brainpower.READ»

GM-Backed Coskata Breaks Ground on Feedstock-Flexible Ethanol Facility

What if we could quickly and cheaply make ethanol using any cellulosic feedstock, including wood chips and construction waste? That's exactly what Coskata claims it can do with its new semi-commercial flex ethanol facility, launched ...READ»

37. You Smell Delicious

Previous | Next With the world cuckoo for cocoa right now, chocolate fragrances were probably inevitable. "There's this sensation we get from chocolate," says Caroline Sabas. "It's also good for the skin, so why not wear ...READ»

37. You Smell Delicious

Previous | Next With the world cuckoo for cocoa right now, chocolate fragrances were probably inevitable. "There's this sensation we get from chocolate," says Caroline Sabas. "It's also good for the skin, so why not wear it?" ...READ»

A Matter of Taste

New flavor enhancers due in 2006 promise to make your taste buds more efficient.READ»

GM-Backed Coskata Breaks Ground on Feedstock-Flexible Ethanol Facility

What if we could quickly and cheaply make ethanol using any cellulosic feedstock, including wood chips and construction waste? That's exactly what Coskata claims it can do with its new semi-commercial flex ethanol facility, launched ...READ»

Remember: Performance is not an outcome, it is a discipline

Friday, September 4, 2009   Cue September As if simply following the media script, markets finally pulled back again this week after relentless gains. Measuring the severity of the fall, last Friday we closed at ...READ»

A Mushroom in Your Tank?

Taking stock of the latest in alternative-fuel strategies.READ»

Soft, Fluffy Recycled Tissue IS Possible, Says Biotech Entrepreneur

  Good news! Softer, flufflier, whiter, stronger, fully recycled tissue and toilet paper may already be possible! The sensitive American consumer no longer has to compromise. And the all-natural technology requires less ...READ»

The Diamond Industry Hits Gold

For years women have been left waiting for the right guy to give us the right ring on the left hand. Well, that never seemed right to me, and left a lot of us empty handed. Then, finally, the diamond industry got it right, with its ...READ»

Those Wacky Customers!

The Customer is King. The customer is always right. Every company with a shred of marketing savvy says it believes the old saws. But how many actually make them real?READ»

Dear Lee

It’s been almost two years since Exxon CEO Lee Raymond was paid about $400 million upon retiring. I’ve been wondering how he’s been spending his “golden” years and thought I’d drop him a line... Dear Lee, Boy ...READ»

“Dear Lee”

It’s been almost two years since Exxon CEO Lee Raymond was paid about $400 million upon retiring. I’ve been wondering how he’s been spending his “golden” years and thought I’d drop him a line... Dear Lee, Boy did you ...READ»

“Dear Lee”

It’s been almost two years since Exxon CEO Lee Raymond was paid about $400 million upon retiring. I’ve been wondering how he’s been spending his “golden” years and thought I’d drop him a line... Dear Lee, Boy did you ...READ»

The Rise of Corporate Games

With the ever-popular Sims games as blueprint, video games are making their way into the office. Here's a look at how savvy CEOs have made gameplay requisite for job training. READ»

• These Video Games Ain't for Kids
• 10 Hot Video Games for Summer