Stories about Chemie

26.06.2009 – 07:49
Boehringer Ingelheim
Boehringer Ingelheim Receives Positive Recommendation From European Scientific Committee for a New Once Daily Mirapexin(R) (Pramipexole) Formulation for the Treatment Of Parkinson's Disease
Ingelheim, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - For non-U.S. Healthcare Media Boehringer Ingelheim announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has issued a positive opinion recommending the approval of a once daily formulation for Mirapexin(R) / ...
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24.06.2009 – 11:20
BASF SE
BASF Podcast: The Chemical Reporter - Why does cream turn to whipped cream when you whip it?
Ludwigshafen (ots) - If you don't keep shaking a container of unhomogenized milk, then the thicker, fatty portions of it separate and float to the top. This is liquid cream, which can be ladled off and beaten to produce a stiff foam - whipped cream. Cream is mostly made up of lipids, water and ...
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24.06.2009 – 11:20
BASF SE
BASF Podcast: Option for Climate Protection - Gas Scrubbing captures CO2 from Flue Gases
Ludwigshafen (ots) - In this podcast you will learn how BASF is developing technologies with which CO2 can be separated out from flue gases. In order that less CO2 is emitted into the air, we have to use fossil fuels in a more economic and efficient way. But in the future, there could also be an ...
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10.06.2009 – 11:20
BASF SE
BASF Podcast: The Chemical Reporter - Why does your urine smell so different after you've eaten asparagus?
Ludwigshafen (ots) - It doesn't take long after you've polished off a plateful of the delicious vegetable before you are forcefully reminded of it in the restroom. Some people are surprised by the strange odor rising from the bowl after ...
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06.06.2009 – 17:06
Boehringer Ingelheim
New Data From Boehringer Ingelheim's Ongoing Linagliptin Trial Programme Show Promising Safety and Efficacy Results
Ingelheim, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - Results From Linagliptin Study in Type 2 Diabetes Patients Who Were Inadequately Controlled on Metformin Therapy Alone, Presented at Major Diabetes Meeting Study results presented for the first time in the scientific sessions of this year's American Diabetes Association Annual ...
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27.05.2009 – 12:35
Boehringer Ingelheim
Boehringer Ingelheim and the World Stroke Organization Announce Partnership in the World Stroke Academy
Ingelheim, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - For Healthcare Media Outside the U.S.A., Canada, and Japan Boehringer Ingelheim announced today that it will become the founding sponsor of the World Stroke Academy, a novel training initiative for stroke professionals being developed by the World Stroke Organization (WSO). ...
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27.05.2009 – 11:20
BASF SE
BASF Podcast: The Chemical Reporter - Why do cherries burst when it rains?
Ludwigshafen (ots) - The whole point of the skin of a cherry is to keep that from bursting. The smooth, slippery envelope protects the fruit from falling prey to funguses or microbes, and water usually just slides right off of one. But the rainstorms feared by fruit-growers are a different matter. ...
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20.05.2009 – 11:20
BASF SE
BASF Podcast: Plant Health - Fit with Fungicides
Ludwigshafen (ots) - In this podcast you will learn how innovative fungicides from BASF help to improve plant health. In the agricultural industry plant diseases such as fungal attacks can seriously damage the production of foodstuffs. And according to estimates, more than 40% of the crop yields that are theoretically achievable are lost because of ...
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13.05.2009 – 11:20
BASF SE
BASF Podcast: The Chemical Reporter - Why does caffeine have a stimulating effect?
Ludwigshafen (ots) - The very first thing many people do when they stumble out of bed in the morning is pour themselves a cup of coffee. The substance in the hot brew that helps wake you up is well-known all over the world: caffeine. Caffeine doesn't only come from coffee beans. Most of the caffeine ...
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30.04.2009 – 08:12
Boehringer Ingelheim
Outcome of New Mirapexin(R)/Sifrol(R) (Pramipexole) Study set to Change Treatment of Depressive Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease
Ingelheim, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - New Study Shows That Mirapexin(R)/Sifrol(R) (Pramipexole) Relieves Depressive Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease (PD), a Common Non-Motor Symptom Affecting PD Patients' Quality of Life - For Non-US Healthcare Media To view the Multimedia News Release, go to: ...
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29.04.2009 – 11:20
BASF SE
BASF Podcast: The Chemical Reporter - What makes blue-jeans blue?
Ludwigshafen (ots) - As far back as the Middle Ages in Europe, blue has always been a color worn by the nobility. Some kings wore blue cloaks to their crowning ceremonies. The dye was made from a substance that had to be brought all the way from far-off India - indigo, which was made from an ...
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29.04.2009 – 08:06
Boehringer Ingelheim
New Study Results Support Once Daily, Prolonged Release Formulation of Mirapexin(R)/Sifrol(R) (Pramipexole) for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease
Ingelheim, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - Data for the Once Daily Mirapexin(R)/Sifrol(R) (Pramipexole) Formulation Under Development Show Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability Outcomes Comparable to the Current Immediate Release Formulation for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease For non-US Healthcare Media First data ...
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28.04.2009 – 08:05
Boehringer Ingelheim
No Increased Risk of Treatment-Induced Augmentation in Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Demonstrated in Long-Term Placebo-Controlled Study With Mirapexin(R) / Sifrol(R) (Pramipexole)
Ingelheim, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - For Healthcare Media outside the U.S.A. New data presented today at the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), in Seattle, U.S.A. show that augmentation did not significantly differ in RLS patients treated with Mirapexin(R) /Sifrol(R) (pramipexole*) ...
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15.04.2009 – 11:20
BASF SE
BASF Podcast: The Chemical Reporter - Why do you wince when you bite into a lemon?
Ludwigshafen (ots) - If someone is brave enough to bite into a lemon, then you can instantly tell from their expression that it wasn't exactly a pleasant experience. There's a reason why we can perceive the taste of sour. If something is too acidic, then it sends a signal to the brain. In ...
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01.04.2009 – 11:20
BASF SE
BASF Podcast: The Chemical Reporter - Why is it sometimes so hard to get ketchup out of the bottle?
Ludwigshafen (ots) - Ketchup can be a stubborn condiment. Just when you're ready to bite into a burger, it often refuses to flow. Only when you give the bottle a serious shake or two does it start to move. And there's a reason why. Ketchup isn't ...
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18.03.2009 – 11:20
BASF SE
BASF Podcast: Lithium Ion Batteries - The Energy Store of the Future
Ludwigshafen (ots) - In this podcast you will learn how chemistry improves the efficiency of lithium ion batteries. In comparison to other battery types, lithium-ion batteries have some major advantages. For one, they are the most efficient battery on the market right now. In order to make a ...
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18.03.2009 – 11:20
BASF SE
BASF Podcast: The Chemical Reporter - Why does milk form a skin on top when you cook it?
Ludwigshafen (ots) - All over the world cows, goats, sheep and other mammals are industriously milked every day to provide us with a whole range of dairy products. Children love it, and lots of grown-ups also enjoy a glass of creamy milk every now and again. But you can't let the milk get too hot. ...
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04.03.2009 – 11:20
BASF SE
BASF Podcast: The Chemical Reporter - What's the difference in carbon between a pencil lead and a diamond?
Ludwigshafen (ots) - The lead of a pencil is made out of the mineral graphite, which is one of the forms - or 'allotropes' - of the element carbon. Diamond is another. It's also made up of pure elemental carbon. But even though both materials ...
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18.02.2009 – 11:20
BASF SE
BASF Podcast: The Chemical Reporter - What gives a rubber band its elasticity?
Ludwigshafen (ots) - If you stretch a rubber band and then release it, it snaps back into its original shape. As you probably know, rubber has elastic properties, which is why its also called an elastomer. However, the natural state of caoutchouc, or raw rubber, is exactly the opposite of elastic. ...
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11.02.2009 – 11:20
BASF SE
BASF Podcast: Chemistry makes wind energy more economical
Ludwigshafen (ots) - In this podcast you will learn how chemistry improves the cost effectiveness of environmentally and climate friendly wind energy. It is generally less well known that modern wind turbines would hardly be conceivable without innovative solutions in chemistry. The huge rotor blades can be up to 60 meters long and are subjected ...
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04.02.2009 – 11:20
BASF SE
BASF Podcast: The Chemical Reporter - What happens to meat when you roast it?
Ludwigshafen (ots) - The discovery of fire opened up whole new worlds of taste for stone-age humans. They could start turning those chunks of raw mammoth meat into beautifully browned roast leg of mammoth and were benefiting from an interesting chemical reaction. In 1912, did French chemist Louis ...
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30.01.2009 – 10:03
Boehringer Ingelheim
ECASS 3 Study Receives Recognition From the European Stroke Organisation and The Lancet
Ingelheim, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - ESO Recommends Extended Time Window for Actilyse(R) INGELHEIM, Germany, January 30 /PRNewswire/ -- - For Healthcare Media outside the U.S.A., Canada, and Japan Based on key results from the European Cooperative Acute Stroke Study (ECASS 3), the European Stroke Organisation (ESO) now recommends that Actilyse(R) (alteplase) be ...
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21.01.2009 – 11:20
BASF SE
BASF Podcast: The Chemical Reporter - What is spider silk made of?
Ludwigshafen (ots) - Over millions of years of evolution, spiders have developed the perfect material for constructing a net: spider silk. Material researchers can get pretty worked up just talking about its properties. It has five times the tensile strength that a steel thread of the same ...
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07.01.2009 – 11:20
BASF SE
BASF Podcast: The Chemical Reporter - What is dry-cleaning?
Ludwigshafen (ots) - When a shirt gets dirty, you usually just have to chuck it in the washing machine, add a little laundry detergent, and let the combination of water and soap do the rest. But some pieces of clothing are too delicate to put in there. As the name implies, dry-cleaning doesn't use any water - or any soap, for that matter. In ...
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24.12.2008 – 11:20
BASF SE
BASF Podcast: The Chemical Reporter - Why does ice melt when you sprinkle salt on it?
Ludwigshafen (ots) - Every winter it's the same old problem: Ice and snow wreak havoc with traffic. To battle the slick roads, the winter services people are out there day and night spreading salt on the streets. In entertaining episodes our Chemical Reporter answers questions of our Podcast ...
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10.12.2008 – 11:20
BASF SE
BASF Podcast: The Chemical Reporter - How does a plasma monitor work?
Ludwigshafen (ots) - In simple terms, behind the glass on the front of a plasma screen you'll find a whole lot of tiny cells that are filled with one of the 'noble' gases, generally neon or xenon. Each of these cells represents a single point - a pixel. If a voltage is applied to the gas, then it ...
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26.11.2008 – 11:20
BASF SE
BASF Podcast: The Chemical Reporter - What is shoe polish made of?
Ludwigshafen (ots) - If you want your leather shoes to continue to look clean and snazzy, then there's no way around it: you have to polish them occasionally. The polish that you apply contains both fats - lipids - and wax. The lipids make the leather soft and smooth, while the wax protects it from ...
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17.11.2008 – 08:06
Boehringer Ingelheim
First Pivotal Trials Begin for Boehringer Ingelheim's Novel Triple Angiokinase Inhibitor Vargatef(TM) (BIBF 1120)
Ingelheim, Germany, November 17 (ots/PRNewswire) - - Progress Continues Across Expanding Oncology Pipeline With Two Compounds now in Phase III Clinical Development and a Potential First-in-Class Polo-Like Kinase 1 Inhibitor Soon to Enter Phase II - For non-US Healthcare Media Boehringer Ingelheim has marked a new ...
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12.11.2008 – 11:20
BASF SE
BASF Podcast: The Chemical Reporter - How does a glow stick work?
Ludwigshafen (ots) - Although the way glow sticks work at first seems almost magical, it's actually pretty simple. They provide a purely chemical source of light. A glow stick is a sealed, see-through plastic pipe containing a fluorescent dye and two different liquids. In entertaining episodes our ...
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05.11.2008 – 18:30
Boehringer Ingelheim
Personalising Cancer Care - An Invitation
Ingelheim, Germany, November 5 (ots/PRNewswire) - - For Non-US Healthcare Media Can the quest for personalised medicine in cancer therapy ever be realised? And how far have we come in the journey to personalised cancer care? What lies ahead from a clinical research perspective will be discussed in an international media webcast entitled "Probable or pipedream: could new cancer targets change the outlook for personalised ...
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