In food production, every minute counts. Due to this fact, analytical techniques which quickly provide information about the composition of foodstuffs are the solution of choice. Read on to find out how moisture and fat analysis can be performed in three steps.

The board game Go was long considered to be a bastion reserved for human players due to its complexity. Nowadays, however, the world’s best players no longer have any chance of winning against the “Alpha Go” software. Researchers at the University of Münster have now demonstrated that the recipe for the success of this software can be put to excellent use to plan chemical syntheses. The study has been published in the current issue of the “Nature” journal.

Indian scientists at the Institute of Nano Science & Technology, Department of Science and Technology Government of India have developed unique Zinc gluconate-loaded chitosan nanoparticles with an aim to reduce the severity of rheumatoid arthritis.

China’s pharma firms Sinopharm Group and Sinovac Biotech are each developing a covid-19 vaccine. Phase 3 clinical developments of the vaccines have already begun and Global Data opines that the vaccines can surprise the world with their success.

The discovery of an unprecedented physical effect in a new artificial material made by Swiss scientists marks a significant milestone in the lengthy process of developing “made-to-order” materials and more energy-efficient electronics.

Sanofi and GSK are in advanced discussions with the European Union to supply up to 300 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine. If everything goes well between the parties, the doses will be manufactured in European countries including France, Belgium, Germany and Italy.

Engineers at MIT have studied the simple act of shaving up close, observing how a razor blade can be damaged as it cuts human hair — a material that is 50 times softer than the blade itself.

Increase in awareness and acceptance of personalised medicines is expected to drive the growth of the global therapeutic drug monitoring market, according to market research company Techsci Research.

In a new study, Velia Fowler, PhD, and her lab at The Scripps Research Institute report that a protein called myosin IIA contracts to give red blood cells their distinctive shape. The findings, published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could shed light on sickle cell diseases and other disorders where red blood cells are deformed.

Scientists at the University of Portsmouth have engineered an enzyme which can digest some of our most commonly polluting plastics. The discovery could result in a recycling solution for millions of tonnes of plastic bottles, made of polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, which currently persists for hundreds of years in the environment.