Thermoset polymers, found in car parts and electrical appliances, have to be durable and heat-resistant, but typically cannot be easily recycled or broken down after use. MIT chemists have now developed a way to modify thermoset plastics that allows them to be more easily broken down without compromising their mechanical strength.

Thermo Fisher Scientific and biotechnology company Lyell Immunopharma are partnering to develop manufacturing processes designed to create more effective cell therapies to benefit cancer patients.

A new Trinity study highlights that fitness may be a more important clinical endpoint for improvement in patients with fatty liver disease during exercise trials, rather than weight loss. The findings have been published in the medical journal Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics.

Grain-based materials fermented with Propionibacterium freudenreichii have enough vitamin B12 to be nutritionally significant. With the help of Lactobacillus brevis in the fermentation process, vegans can also be guaranteed a sufficient and safe B12 intake directly from grain-based food, without pills, says a study conducted by scientists at the University of Helsinki.

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.