Carbon nanotubes seem to have an endless stream of applications. The latest idea is to use them in brain implants, with a view to repairing areas of brain damage.
Researchers from BioMarin Pharmaceutical, a US biotechnology company, have developed a new technique which they claim could help to reduce patients' immune responses to protein-bas...
Researchers from Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche have discovered a class of chemical compound that could form the basis of a new approach to tackling cancer.
US pharma giant Pfizer is set to acquire a US biotechnology company created by a group of scientists that worked on the discovery and development of its cardiovascular drug Lipitor...
The historical origins of dragon's blood - the deep red resins obtained from Dracaena plants - can now be used to identify accurately resins of unknown origin.
Enzymes that initiate a flip-flop action in membrane lipids have been designed by Bradley Smith and his research group at the University of Notre Dame.
Modifying gold nanoparticles with zinc porphyrins leads to enhanced anion recognition properties claims a team of inorganic chemists from the University of Oxford.