By Ben Hirschler, SOURCE: Reuters Dutch scientists have found a way of turning plant matter into the building blocks of common plastics using a nanotechnology process that offers an alternative to oil-based production. The team from Utrecht University and Dow Chemical Co produced ethylene and propylene – precursors of materials found in everything from CDs [...]

Patent Covers Use of Proprietary Halloysite Material as a Performance Enhancing Additive 02/15/2012 — ROCHESTER, N.Y. — NaturalNano.com — NaturalNano, Inc. (OTCBB:NNAN.OB – News) announced that the US Patent Office had issued a key patent which covers the use of its proprietary Halloysite material as a performance enhancing additive when used in molded polymers. NNAN [...]