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What is Food Safety?

Food safety is an increasingly important discipline integrating various fields of scientific research to mitigate the risks of waterborne and foodborne diseases.

16 Mar 2021

Drug Discovery in Plants

Plants have been used to treat many ailments throughout human history. This article looks at using plants to discover new drugs.

15 Mar 2021

What are the Differences between Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes?

Every living organism can be categorized into two groups, namely, prokaryotes and eukaryotes. This article aims to investigate what makes them different.

12 Mar 2021

An Introduction to Autoimmunity

Autoimmunity is a state when an individual’s immune system starts reacting against the body’s own normal components, producing disease.

12 Mar 2021

What are Herbicides?

Herbicides are chemical agents that are used for removing unwanted plants.

12 Mar 2021

Role of Microscopy in Ballistics

Ballistics is significant to investigations involving the use of firearms; however, much of the research in this field has been limited to macroscopic evaluation of evidence.

11 Mar 2021

Fermentation: Applications of Gas Analysis Mass Spectrometry

Mass spectrometry has successfully monitored fermentor off-gas at many of the world’s leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies because it has demonstrated the highest levels of precision for fermentation off-gas analysis.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific – Environmental and Process Monitoring Instruments 11 Mar 2021

Using Electron Microscopy to Detect Viruses

Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is a powerful tool that provides precise information on the morphology of particles in the nanometer range.

10 Mar 2021

Adopting AI to Boost Drug Discovery

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning methods has increased in various sectors, particularly within the drug discovery sector.

9 Mar 2021

Fluorescence Microscopy: An Overview

Fluorescence microscopy is a major tool used by scientists across many disciplines ranging from cell biology and histopathology to material sciences.

9 Mar 2021

Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM): An Overview

In general, electron microscopes are considered to be extremely versatile instruments that provide a plethora of information on test samples.

9 Mar 2021

What is a Clinical Trial?

Clinical trials are a vital stage of the drug development process where new, candidate drugs are tested on a human population to determine their safety and efficacy.

9 Mar 2021

The Implications of Evolution in Agriculture

Evolutionary processes affect all living organisms, and their impact also affects agricultural practices.

9 Mar 2021

A Guide to Understanding the Drug Discovery Process

The pharmaceutical industry spends around $2.6 billion developing a new therapeutic drug. This article aims to give insight into the drug discovery process.

9 Mar 2021

Types of Gene Editing

Gene editing is a process wherein sections of target DNA are modified either by point mutation such as insertion, deletion, modification, or replacement.

3 Mar 2021

Virtual Screening Techniques in Drug Discovery

Drug discovery in the pharmaceutical industry is hindered by the huge costs involved in searching for new therapeutics.

3 Mar 2021

The Domestication of Crops and Animals throughout Agricultural History

Plant and animal domestication has altered the evolutionary history of humans as well as a considerable number of extant species.

3 Mar 2021

Using Process Mass Spectrometry for Multipoint Analysis in Biological Production

Since the early 1980s, a number of fermentation scientists have employed Thermo Scientific™ Process Mass Spectrometers to reliably monitor the composition of gas streams into and out of bioreactors and fermenters.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific – Environmental and Process Monitoring Instruments 2 Mar 2021

Raw Materials: The Technologies Accelerating Their Verification

In order to verify raw materials, samples are usually sent to labs outside the manufacturing floor to a team of highly trained professionals for examinations.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific – Environmental and Process Monitoring Instruments 2 Mar 2021