The last decade has seen a marked increase in the number of governments and regulators requiring a greater and more stringent exchange of data to protect patient and consumer safety. Often this is achieved via 2D codes and serialisation – assigning an individualised or variable code to items so they can be uniquely identified, tracked, and traced throughout their lifetime.
Read the latest Applied Chemistry highlights in C&I Magazine Issue 11 2022 written by Nigel P Freestone, University of Northampton, UK.
Read the organic chemistry highlights from C&I Issue 11 2022 written by G. Richard Stephenson, University of East Anglia, UK
Animal welfare and sustainability concerns, along with the need for a protein rich diet, are driving a surge in demand for alternative proteins – from plants, fungi and insects, Maria Burke reports
Propolis produced by bees is touted as a medicinal treatment for conditions from diabetes to mouth ulcers. But is the hype justified? Jasmin Fox-Skelly reports
Chemical producers are keen to show customers their product footprints. But just how credible are these measurements, Eric Johnson reports
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Researchers in the US have taken inspiration from nature to create materials that combine stiff and elastic parts. Their multimaterial was created from cis-cyclooctene, a commodity monomer, with stiff sections generated by shining light on them.
The enzyme Rubisco, ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase, is the enzyme that incorporates CO2 into plants during photosynthesis – capturing more than 400bn t CO2/year. Now, using computational and synthetic approaches, scientists have resurrected and studied 4bn-year-old Rubisco enzymes in the lab, a process they call ‘molecular palaeontology’.