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Three Ways AI and Automation Are Reshaping Drug Safety
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (249+ words) Research & Development World By Minkyung Shin, Selta Square and Christopher P. Boone, Oracle | April 8, 2026 Minkyung Shin, CEO, Selta Square What Happens When Traditional Systems Can't Keep Pace The path forward embraces a comprehensive, AI-driven approach for unified safety data management, integrating…...
A dual-energy catalyst breaks down drug pollution
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (333+ words) where conventional treatments fail'R&D World Carbamazepine, a common antiepileptic, is frequently detected in surface water, groundwater and drinking water, where it can induce toxic effects in aquatic organisms and potentially impact human health through long-term exposure. Conventional treatment technologies…...
Analytica 2026: Waters' Xevo CDMS targets rapid measurement of viral vectors and other high-mass analytes
1+ week, 6+ day ago (145+ words) Research & Development World By Brian Buntz | March 26, 2026 The Waters Xevo CDMS provides confident analysis of new modalities, like empty, partial, and full viral vector capsids, using up to 100-fold less sample volume than that required by current techniques, and delivering…...
Syngenta turned CNC router into precision dispenser for 1/50th of cost
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (393+ words) Research & Development World By Julia Rock-Torcivia | March 26, 2026 Researchers at Syngenta built a custom Automated Media Dispensing System (AMDS) by repurposing an off-the-shelf Open Builds CNC router, showing how manufacturing hardware can be adapted into precision lab instruments for a fraction…...
Scientists simulate the entire life cycle of a minimal cell in 3 D
2+ week, 23+ hour ago (352+ words) Research & Development World By Julia Rock-Torcivia | March 25, 2026 By simulating the life cycle of a minimal bacterial cell from DNA replication to protein translation to metabolism and cell division, scientists from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have opened a new frontier…...
Sw RI opens 21, 000-square-foot clinical supply facility
2+ week, 21+ hour ago (778+ words) Research & Development World By Brian Buntz | March 25, 2026 Southwest Research Institute staff and guest attend the ribbon cutting Monday, March 23, 2026, of the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Division (01) Clinical Supply Facility. Southwest Research Institute has opened a new 21, 000-square-foot Clinical Supply Facility…...
Rainin Vero electronic pipettes target routine liquid-handling workflows
2+ week, 22+ hour ago (133+ words) Research & Development World By R&D Editors | March 25, 2026 Mettler Toledo used Analytica 2026 to debut its Rainin Vero electronic pipettes, a line of lightweight electronic liquid-handling instruments covering single-channel, 8-channel, and 12-channel configurations with volume ranges from 0. 5 "L to 2, 000 "L. The company…...
UC Riverside's $5 fake drug detector uses toy robot sensors to catch counterfeit medications
2+ week, 2+ day ago (418+ words) Research & Development World By Brian Buntz | March 24, 2026 Image courtesy of William Grover/UCR At least 1 in 10 medicines in low- and middle-income countries are substandard or falsified. A 2023 UNODC assessment estimated 267, 000 deaths per year from falsified antimalarials alone in sub-Saharan Africa,…...
Pittcon 2026: South Korean firm says portable XRF can catch luxury counterfeits that fool human experts
2+ week, 5+ day ago (292+ words) Research & Development World By Brian Buntz | March 20, 2026 Between late 2014 and 2016, a Virginia woman returned at least 226 counterfeit designer handbags to department stores across 12 states, walking out with full refunds every time. The fakes were good enough that T. J. Maxx, where she…...
From nanocrystals to critical minerals: Why Sandia's Hongyou Fan took home Researcher of the Year in 2025
2+ week, 5+ day ago (137+ words) Research & Development World By Brian Buntz | March 20, 2026 Dr. Hongyou Fan was named R&D Researcher of the Year for his pioneering work across chemical science, materials science, and nanotechnology. The research has advanced Department of Energy missions in science, energy,…...