All Article articles – Page 10
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ArticleSustaining the supply of trustworthy food
The world’s population is expected to reach 9.8 billion by 2050. This will have a significant impact on the sustainable access of the Earth’s resources, including the availability of food
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ArticleMetathesis: the green method of chemical synthesis
Getting the most out of your reactions is a crucial part of green chemistry. The bond-forming prowess of metathesis catalysts can help
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ArticleCarbon dioxide: greenhouse gas or useful chemical feedstock?
For carbon dioxide to be stored or used, there are many chemical challenges to be overcome
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ArticleFrom lethal smog to clean air
There has been over 60 years of changing government regulation and innovative industrial R&D in the pursuit of cleaner air: from reducing NOx and carbon dioxide emissions to developing materials for electric cars
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ArticleAre polymer medicines viable therapeutics?
Combining small-molecule medicines with polymers could offer big rewards for pharmaceutical researchers
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ArticleThe dark side of chemical patents
Unloved, ignored and misunderstood but could all that change?
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ArticleIs industry ready for the serialisation shake-up?
The regulation few outside of pharma have heard about
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ArticleFive innovative technologies for health
How do healthcare products get from academic or start-up labs to the clinic? With a little help from places like the Centre for Process Innovation
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ArticleDriving pharmaceutical innovation
Making drugs is neither easy nor cheap – but catalysts, flow chemistry and a knowledge of intermolecular interactions can help
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ArticleDissolving insoluble drugs
How spray drying can help with solubility and bioavailability challenges in drug development
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ArticleIn conversation with Robert Grubbs, Nobel laureate
Following the recent acquisition of the world-leading Materia catalyst business by Umicore, we’ve been granted an exclusive interview with Robert Grubbs, chemistry Nobel laureate and co-founder of Materia.
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ArticlePlatinum metal complexes in medicine
The history of cisplatin, the drug that is still the gold – or should that be platinum? – standard in cancer drugs
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ArticleBiosensors, wearables and virtual biotech
In a world that is racing ahead with new technologies, has the drug development process distanced itself from the patients it ultimately provides for?
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ArticleHarnessing electronic display technology in bioimaging
Less toxic than quantum dots, can conjugated polymer nanoparticles revolutionise bioimaging?
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ArticleWhy biocatalysis is so on trend
Biocatalysis has come a long way from just beer – there’s an enzyme for nearly everything
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ArticleThe ever-increasing attraction of biologics
Biologics promise targeted treatments for a range of conditions – if we can overcome the technological challenges
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ArticlePharma and academia: a recipe for success
More big pharmaceutical companies are collaborating with universities
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ArticleCan patents ever be as popular as papers?
Do you think patents are long, boring and useless? Maybe it’s time to change your mind.
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ArticleChemical suppliers can help enhance lab efficiency
Choosing high quality ready-to-use blends and appropriate container sizes can help labs optimise their performance and also save money