News tagged with crystallisation process

Right first time: Pioneering new methods of drug manufacture

Engineers at the University of Leeds have developed a simple technology which can be used in existing chemical reactors to ensure "right first time" drug crystal formation.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




Search results for crystallisation process


Zooming in on bacterial weapons in 3-D

The plague, bacterial dysentery, and cholera have one thing in common: These dangerous diseases are caused by bacteria which infect their host using a sophisticated injection apparatus. Through needle-like ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Defects make catalysts perfect

There is now one less mystery in chemical production plants. For many decades industry has been producing methanol on a large scale from a mixture of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, as well as hydrogen. ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New technology to aid crystallization prediction

Software designed to assist companies in overcoming common issues associated with crystal formation may be on the market within a year.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ordered planar polymers created for the first time

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists under the direction of ETH Zurich have created a minor sensation in synthetic chemistry. They succeeded for the first time in producing regularly ordered planar polymers that form ...

Chemistry / Polymers

created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Scientists X-ray key enzyme of common pathogen crystallized in living cells

An international team of scientists has for the first time crystallised a key enzyme of the pathogen for African sleeping sickness in a living cell and investigated it with the world’s strongest X-ray laser. This new ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Unexpected ice-formation mechanism

(PhysOrg.com) -- Extremely hydrophobic materials cause water to roll right off objects that have been coated with them. Up to now, it was assumed that aircraft or wind turbines coated in such a way did not ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Gum arabic potential cure for Sudanese ills

Since he was 14, Al-Amin has tapped gum arabic, the resin of an acacia tree that thrives in Sudan's conflict states -- "manna" from heaven for some, a key ingredient in Coca-Cola for others.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Histamine H1 receptor breakthrough heralds improved allergy treatments

New 3D picture of human membrane protein enables development of targeted anti-histamines without side-effects.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists a step closer to understanding 'natural antifreeze' molecules

Scientists have made an important step forward in their understanding of cryoprotectants – compounds that act as natural 'antifreeze' to protect drugs, food and tissues stored at sub-zero temperatures.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Boosting research into new drugs: 'Smart materials' make proteins form crystals

Scientists have developed a new method to make proteins form crystals using 'smart materials' that remember the shape and characteristics of the molecule. The technique, reported today in Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


List of search results for crystallisation process