Pharmapack Europe recently announced the winners of the ‘Pharmapack Awards 2023’. The winners showcased revolutionary innovations in novel drug delivery solutions, reusable connected devices as well as unique recyclable packaging solutions.

In the healthcare industry, 3D bioprinting is being used to develop human tissues for the purpose of research and development as well as regenerative medicine but now there is also a possibility that fully functional artificial organs can be printed, a move which if proved successful can revolutionize the industry like never before.

So far, lignin was only a waste material of the paper industry. A team at the University of Delaware succeeded in turning industrially processed lignin into high-performance plastics, such as bio-based 3D-printing resins, and valuable chemicals.

Using flexible polymers and water-infused hydrogels, a team of chemists at the University of Nebraska could rapidly modify the optical properties of micro-lenses. Not only do these lenses promise dynamic imaging capabilities for soft robotics, but their compatibility with biological environments may revolutionize cell culturing in biomaterials.

Peak Scientific’s precision hydrogen trace generator has been added to Agilent technologies’ corporate price list. The move will help to support labs who want to switch from helium to hydrogen carrier gas for GC-MS applications.

Findings of a study, led by researchers at the University of Bristol, could lead to the development of a pan- coronavirus treatment to defeat all coronaviruses—from the 2002 Sars-Cov outbreak to Omicron as well as future variants of Sars-Cov.

A joint discovery by an international team of astronomers from India, the USA and France on how new stars migrate towards the inner regions and gradually build up the stellar content of galaxies has marked a significant step towards tracing the mysteries of galaxy formation.

3D-printed and packed with a "toolbox" for wound healing: a novel gel patch is supposed to help close chronic wounds faster. The special feature: The patch can be "switched on" and controlled specifically by light, making personalised treatment possible.

Researchers have used a modern computational method to reveal the reason behind the survival of bivalves as compared to brachiopods that became less visible post the Permian mass extinction which reset the evolution of life 250 million years ago.

An AI tool was assessed by researchers to predict cancer risk in lung nodules. The study was led by the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania and the model seems to work equally well on diagnostic CT and low-dose screening CT.