A US study has shown that four key air pollutants are particularly damaging to crops, accounting for an average loss of 5% of maize and soya bean production over a ten-year period (Env. Res. Lett., doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac0fa4).
Swiss researchers have found an ‘unexpectedly high’ number of chemicals of potential concern in everyday plastic products. They claim a lack of transparency surrounding data on these products limits their safe management.
Trials of a new food supplement may offer hope to the 2% of the global population that suffer from psoriasis, researchers have reported. Read the C&I Magazine news story.
The UK is shirking its moral duty to global health and development and putting scientific research in jeopardy by slashing £4bn from the international aid budget, scientists have criticised. Read the C&I Magazine news story.
An enzyme to control the stereochemistry of an anticancer compound could improve drug development and manufacture, US researchers say. Read the C&I news article.
A temporary, implantable pacemaker has been developed that is fully absorbed into the body.
Over a decade ago, a patient in New Delhi, India, fell ill with a strain of bacteria discovered to contain a new genetic element – New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM) – that chops up antibiotics.
A new class of material developed in Ceder’s lab relies on disordered structures. It is based on abundant materials and is called DRX – disordered rock salts with excess lithium.
A Dutch company says its zinc-based antimicrobial packaging prevents 99.9% of bacteria from attaching to its surface, as well as viruses, fungi and mould. It could find use in protecting food such as fish, which go off rapidly.
Scientists have carried out the first CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing experiments in space, aboard the International Space Station (ISS), (PLOS ONE, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253403). Read the C&I Magazine article.