The 2011 National Chem-E-Car Competition takes place at the Annual Student Conference in Minneapolis this Sunday. Check out the complete list of competitors here.

Molycorp Minerals announced last week that it has found significant ore deposits containing heavy rare earth elements at its mine in Mountain Pass, CA. It also announced expectations of production in two years.

Gerardo Abalde, from Refineria Campana, Argentina was one of the speakers in the Poster Presentation Session at the 3rd Latin American Conference on Process Safety organized by CCPS.

We're thrilled to have a number of volunteer bloggers to help us cover the two conferences and their associated special events. We will be featuring their updates on ChEnected's home page. Our group of meeting bloggers are veterans of the ChEnected Community and have blogged pretty much since we started the site.

The Featured YP for October is Brian Daly. Read on to learn about his background, his advice to other young professionals, and his passion for science fiction writing.

Asok becomes a valuable weapon in the war on productivity.