Innovation in lockdown
Few people could have anticipated the impact of Covid-19. Apart from the economic and health impacts, the working environment has completely changed. Governments advised people to work from home and left business leaders worried about the impact on their organisations.
Selenium and Covid-19
Selenium is an essential micronutrient and has been included in animal feed since the 1960s to help prevent white muscle disease in livestock. However, it is not essential for crops, which probably led to it being omitted from the European Fertiliser Directive’s list of micronutrients.
Circular technologies
Solutions to the issue of sustainability will involve many competing factors. For example, in food packaging, plastic is often used to increase the shelf life of a food and can reduce the weight of the product leading to a reduced carbon footprint for transport.
Plastics to plastics
In a 2019 survey by YouGov, nearly 60% of British respondents said the best way to tackle the surfeit of plastics waste in the world’s oceans would be to ban single-use polymers. The best place to start, they added, is in supermarkets, where plastics are ubiquitous.
Sustainability or not?
Stakeholders have demanded that businesses be more sustainable, driving companies to develop best practices on impact, inclusion, and sustainability. In its report, Making Sense of Sustainability, Lux Research addresses three primary questions: whether companies should bother with sustainability at all, how to set the right goals, and how to incorporate sustainability into strategy.
Electrifying chemicals
Lux Research’s new report: Electrifying Chemicals: The cost of producing chemicals from electricity, predicts that emerging power-to-chemicals technologies will disrupt those figures and provide a new route of production, especially for niche products.
Pandemic by choice
We’re at war with nature. We’re fighting the environment to stop natural disasters. Or so the rhetoric goes. Yet what is really happening when a hurricane slashes through Puerto Rico, an earthquake razes an Iranian city, and a new virus shuts down the world?
Oral solid dosages
The nutraceutical market for oral solid dosage forms (OSDFs) is both driven and challenged by consumer awareness. These challenges are analysed in a new report: Excipients for Nutraceutical Oral Solid Dosage Forms: Market Analysis and Opportunities.
Continuous improvement
As global life expectancies increase, more people are suffering from chronic diseases, putting pressure on healthcare systems.
Case for a four-day week
Many are now questioning whether the traditional structure of the five-day, 9-to-5 working week is still suitable for the modern workforce