In July 2019, the world remembered the first man to set foot on the Moon, on the golden anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing. Very soon, we will have another anniversary to consider. In December 2022, it will be 50 years since the last astronaut left the Moon.
In the era of ‘fake news’, patents provide an under-used source of true facts and chart the technological progress that has shaped everyday lives in the 21st century. This is the case made in the opening paragraphs of this book. True or false?
Obesity is an epidemic affecting much of the Western world. But having the right combination of gut bacteria can help protect against both obesity and diabetes, Jasmin Fox-Skelly reports
By editing or even writing the DNA of microbes, synthetic biologists promise to accelerate the sustainable manufacture of agrichemicals, drug molecules and other valuable compounds, reports Anthony King
A new type of monomer derived from amino acids and proteins borrows techniques from the pharmaceutical industry – and could lead to a host of new plastics in future, reports Lou Reade
Top UN economic experts have hailed India's $260bn stimulus package to revive the economy as ‘impressive’. Launching the World Economic Situation and Prospect (WESP) report on 13 May 2020, lead author Hamid Rashid said the package is the ‘largest so far in the developing countries’ at 10% of GDP.
South Korea’s largest chemical company LG Chem suffered two deadly disasters in the wake of Covid-19.
About 100m Americans suffer pain, roughly a quarter of them experiencing pain that interferes with their daily lives. Current treatments typically involve opioid analgesics, which are prone to misuse and carry a baggage of side effects.
India ranked 168th of 180 countries in terms of environmental performance, according to the latest edition of the biennial Environmental Performance Index (EPI) published by Yale University in June 2020.