Pharmaceutical waste contaminates India's main rivers
India's major rivers are thick with heavy metals, dyes, toxic chemicals and pharmaceutical products, a study shows.
Environment
Dec 1, 2021
0
13
Page 5 - News tagged with pharmaceutical production
TV ads inspire investment interest, study finds
Stock trading volumes in the United States have soared over the last year and much of it seems to be driven by retail investors. With thousands of stocks to choose from, what factors influence investors' decisions?
Economics & Business
Aug 12, 2021
0
7
Newly designed ligands for a catalytic reaction to synthesize drugs and useful compounds
Currently, various therapeutic compounds on the market, such as proteins, enzymes, and amino acids, are 'chiral compounds'—molecules with two structures that are mirror images of each other but cannot be superimposed. Although ...
Materials Science
Jun 29, 2020
0
5
Active pharmaceutical ingredients can persist in the environment
Homeowners who rely on private wells as their drinking water source can be vulnerable to bacteria, nitrates, and other contaminants that have known human health risks. Because they are not connected to a public drinking water ...
Environment
Jul 24, 2019
0
12
Researchers develop innovative, more cost-effective method to make drugs
The Food and Drug Administration wants the pharmaceutical industry to get away from making drugs using the traditional batch method and switch to a more modern process known as continuous manufacturing.
Engineering
Mar 7, 2019
0
7
Innuendo and pointing suspicion in news coverage can fuel conspiracy theories
Innuendo and hinting at fake information in news coverage is enough to fuel belief in conspiracy theories, new research shows.
Social Sciences
Feb 20, 2018
0
14
Antidepressants from urine are making fish less afraid of predators
Antidepressants are making their way into our lakes and rivers—and they're making freshwater fish less fazed by predators.
Ecology
Nov 30, 2017
0
41
Towards environmentally friendly production of active pharmaceutical ingredients with a flow reactor
Mostly, the chemical industry still follows very extensive procedures when producing active pharmaceutical ingredients and other complex substances. Often, each intermediate has to be produced in a separate fashion within ...
Materials Science
Aug 7, 2017
0
2
Spanish scientists create a 3-D bioprinter to print human skin
Scientists from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), CIEMAT (Center for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research), Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, in collaboration with the firm BioDan Group, ...
Engineering
Jan 23, 2017
0
41
Harnessing the oxidising power of air
Researchers report the catalysis of a highly specific chemical reaction where oxygen from the air is one ingredient and the other, an organic molecule, is selectively "oxidised". A simple manganese compound catalyses this ...
Materials Science
Jan 28, 2016
0
13
