How AI could fuel a mammoth antibiotic discovery
AI is speeding the discovery of much-needed new antibiotics and helping to identify promising antimicrobial compounds from some unusual sources – including the genomes of extinct organisms. Jasmin Fox-Skelly reports
Brain parasite could be used to treat neurological diseases
A parasite can ferry therapeutic proteins to brain cells, an international collaboration has demonstrated. A team at the University of Glasgow, UK, engineered the parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, so that it would deliver large proteins to human neurons.
Carbon capture: Why it's time to invest more in storing CO2
Current assumptions about how much CO2 can be stored underground using carbon capture technologies may be overly optimistic, unless there is more investment in the sector. Read the C&I news article.
Essential materials
What raw materials are essential to maintain our civilisation and without which it would cease to exist? That is the question posed in this book. The answer offered is that there are six such materials – sand, salt, iron, copper, oil and lithium.
Exploiting bioelectricity
This book is authored by science and technology journalist Sally Adee who worked for ten years as news and features editor at New Scientist and IEEE Spectrum magazines. She has also won awards for her contributions to leading publications including The New York Times and The Economist.
Dreaming of Mars: Why hibernation could be the key to reaching the red planet
Inducing humans into a state of torpor or hibernation could boost chances of reaching the red planet, while keeping astronauts healthier.
Business digest
The latest business digest for C&I Issue 9 2024 with all the latest mergers and acquisitions in the chemical industry.
Applied chemistry
Read the latest applied chemistry highlights for September 2024 by Nigel P Freestone | University of Northampton, UK.
US fine & speciality chemicals grow
US volumes of speciality and fine chemicals increased by 0.1% in July 2024, representing a 0.1% increase over July 2023 and above pre-Covid pandemic levels, according to Kevin Swift, MD of Swift Economics.
Sustainable concrete
Cement currently ranks as the third largest source of human-generated CO2 – after power and transport. It accounts for roughly 7% of all anthropogenic emissions . Globally, we produce over 4bn t of cement per year, which equates to around 560kg for every person on earth – with demand for concrete rising faster than demand for steel or timber.