Microplastics continue to hit the headlines, but there are signs that further regulations are on the horizon.
While concerns about air pollution for vehicles, power stations etc make headline news, the quality of the air in our houses is overlooked.
A natural compound has been found to delay ageing in lab animals and human cells.
Open science has been adopted by Aled Edwards, a professor of molecular genetics at the University of Toronto, Canada, for genetic drug discovery.
All but the most dedicated renewable energy enthusiasts now seem to understand that powering a modern society will require something else in addition to intermittent electricity generation.
Sulfur is abundant and relatively cheap, and can also form stable polymers when reacted with organic crosslinker molecules in a process called ‘inverse vulcanisation’.
Europe has launched the world’s first system to verify the authenticity of billions of prescribed medicines using new technology run by stakeholders.
The world’s first gene therapy operation to tackle a type of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) has been performed in the UK.