Movers and Shakers
US biopharmaceutical company Acorda Therapeutics, which focuses on neurological therapies, is losing its CTO Rick Batycky after 20 years’ service.
The ‘organic’ movement
What do the English aristocrat Eve Balfour and the Austrian philosopher and architect Rudolph Steiner have in common?
Fake medicine
The issue of counterfeit drugs is not a major issue in the UK given the excellence of our pharmacies and regulation of the supply routes.
Tales of the unexpected
This is a remarkable book, which reveals the unsuspected role of chemistry in scores of things ranging from the unexpected molecules in e-cigarettes to the ubiquitous radioactivity of the Earth and its inhabitants.
Trade tariffs fears
Chemicals should be removed from the frontline of the US trade war with China in the interest of the US chemicals industry.
Antarctic greenhouse
After eight months of operation in Antarctica, the EDEN ISS greenhouse has produced a ‘record harvest’.
Fast nano-filter for removing metals
Australian researchers say they have designed a nano-filter that can remove heavy metals and oils from water over 100 times faster than current technology.
Microplastics and mosquitoes
Researchers have found a previously unknown way for plastic to contaminate the food chain.
Precious cargo carriers
Tiny extracellular vesicles called exosomes could one day prove useful everywhere from diagnostics for prostate cancer and preterm births to drug delivery and treatment of disease.