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November 2018

San Francisco Plastic Ban Inspires Criticism and Innovation

November
2018
One-thousand miles off the California coast is a Texas-sized patch of degraded plastic particles collectively floating — a vortex in the North Pacific Ocean choked with disintegrated waste and the bodies of ensnared marine life.

Microparticles Scrub Away Biofilm

November
2018
Biofilm can build up on almost any wet surface, including shower tiles, water pipes, catheters, and even teeth. In fact, many gum diseases are caused by dental biofilm, more commonly known as plaque. More serious issues occur when biofilm develops within drinking water and on medical devices because it has the potential to exacerbate or cause infections.

Engineers Use Smartphones to Detect Lead in Drinking Water

November
2018
In an attempt to spread awareness about lead contamination, engineers at the Univ. of Houston (UH) have developed an inexpensive system that uses a smartphone to detect low concentrations of lead in drinking water.

AI Predicts Organic Reactions

November
2018
Imagine a way to uncover the unknown product of a set of reactants, any set of reactants, without fear of wasting resources or time, or producing a toxic byproduct. Researchers at IBM in Zurich have achieved just that with a new technology that implements artificial intelligence (AI) to predict the outcomes of complex organic chemistry reactions.

A New Way to Sense Viral RNA Is Gold

November
2018
Some of the grimmest epidemics in history were caused by viruses that use RNA as their genetic material — the AIDS explosion of the 1980s, the spate of Ebola cases in West Africa, and most recently, the Zika outbreak that occurred throughout the Americas. The detection of viral RNA is integral to diagnosis and treatment of these diseases

2019 Process Development Symposium

June 11, 2019 to June 13, 2019
The 2019 Process Development Symposium is a place to exchange wisdom, knowledge, tips, and personal experiences in the development and scale-up of chemical and related processes.

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