Scientists at Scripps Research have invented a way to image, across different tissues and with higher precision than ever before, where drugs bind to their targets in the body. The new method could become a routine tool in drug development.

Nothing lasts forever, not even the supposed long-lasting rechargeable batteries, be they AAs or AAAs bought in store or the batteries inside our cellphones, wireless earbuds, or cars. Batteries decay. A new study really sheds light on how we can design and manufacture battery electrodes to obtain a long cycle life for batteries.

New research presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Maastricht, Netherlands (4-7 May), found that not getting enough good quality sleep undermines people’s attempts to keep weight off after dieting, and suggests that around two hours of vigorous physical activity per week can help maintain better sleep.

Waters Corporation has recently inaugurated its new innovation and research laboratory at the University of Delaware’s science, technology and advanced research campus in the USA. With this move, the firm intends to bring together students, faculty, and Waters scientists to identify and address significant challenges facing the biopharmaceutical industry.

Pharma Lex Group, a specialist provider of Development Consulting, Regulatory Affairs, Pharmacovigilance, Epidemiology & Risk Management, and Quality Management & Compliance, has entered into a joint venture with Vintura, based in Amsterdam area in the Netherlands and Munich in Germany. The partnership is to provide strategic consulting for life sciences and healthcare companies & providers in Europe.

Joachim Holm is the first local managing director of Shimadzu Denmark. He took over the reins at the office on 1st April 2022. In his new role, Holm wishes to integrate the office even further into the Scandinavian market.

Evotec has announced plans to extend its sample management activities through an expansion of its service agreement with Sanofi.

Researchers in a new study have concluded that different sets of fruit fly populations on experiencing chronic larval crowding in slightly different ecological contexts shared a common evolved adaptation i.e. they all produced larger and faster hatching eggs than their common ancestral control populations.

Intelligent Metasurfaces refreshed human insights into many fundamental laws. They have unlocked many novel devices and systems, like cloaking, tunneling, and holograms. What else do they hold in store?

Scientists at the UNC School of Medicine in the USA have successfully increased the production of neural stem cells and neurons by making use of optogenetic techniques to stimulate specific brain cells. These neurons are relevant to memory and emotion processing in animal models.