Titanium dioxide is a contender for the most controversial of all food additives. Banned in some regions, but not others, concerns persist that the whitening agent – used in popular confectionery, ...

Swiss startup Seprify has raised €13.4 million to scale a cellulose-based alternative to one of the most widely used, and increasingly banned, industrial whiteners on the planet. IKEA is backing it.

As dangerous microbes grow harder to control, researchers are exploring new ways to neutralise them using light-activated ...

As nanomaterials gain commercial traction, they have the potential to revolutionize medicine, aerospace, and 3D printing, and ...

This month, researchers at University of Jyväskylä in Finland pulled off a breakthrough in hydrogen production. Led by ...

Dr Maurie Markman examines new data on GLP-1 agonists and cancer risk, which shows promising reductions in several cancers but concerning kidney signals.