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MIT Scientists Develop Food Sensor That Can Detect Spoiled or Contaminated Food

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MIT engineers have designed a food sensor , made from an array of silk microneedles, that can pierce through the plastic packaging of foods to sample for bacterial contamination and spoilage. The Velco-like device pierces the packaging and the food via silk microneedles that suck in material through capillary action.

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Mitigating the risks of cross-contamination during Oral Solid Dose (OSD) manufacturing

Pharmaceutical Technology

Compared to other dosage forms, tablets are simpler to manufacture, package, and transport. This heightens the risk of cross contamination, requiring effective containment solutions, especially when handling highly potent powders. As with any pharmaceutical manufacturing, challenges can be many, and processes are highly regulated.

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Top 10 Most Innovative Food Companies of 2025, According to Fast Company

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This years honorees tackle the sectors biggest challenges: cutting waste, boosting nutrition and engineering better flavor without compromise. At the same time, Purdue University introduced a paperbased, loopmediated isothermal amplification biosensor that detects fecal contamination in produce fields in under an hour.

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Opinion: Report: More people should be tested for potential exposure to ‘forever chemicals’

STAT News

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) aims to change that. communities. Although researchers have known about the impact of these chemicals for years, there has been little guidance available for clinicians. Read the rest…

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Topical products: Aiming for quality, simplicity, and cost-efficiency in their development, scale-up, and manufacturing

Pharmaceutical Technology

It requires having access to proper techniques and skill sets, state-of-the-art equipment, process scientists and engineers who have a deep understanding of Quality by Design (QbD) principles, and methods for product and process characterisation. Expertise in analytical testing, validation, and quality control are also essential.

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Microplastics Are Seeping Out of Baby’s Bottle, Study Shows

The Pharma Data

There is still no data available,” said study researcher Liwen Xiao, an assistant professor of civil, structural and environmental engineering at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland. Plastics shed particles as they wear down.

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How smart manufacturing is optimising processes and reducing costs in the pharma supply chain

Pharmaceutical Technology

Forward-thinking suppliers, including packaging component providers, are also looking at how they can improve their processes through digital technologies. Tom Lenaerts is head of global process engineering for Datwyler, a leading supplier of parenteral packaging components such as stoppers and plungers. Free Whitepaper.