How breaking down a medicine to its atomic parts can help fight counterfeits Health is a fundamental right From a health perspective, the main problem with illegal medicines is that they are potentially very harmful. Previous experiences with the chemical analysis of these products showed us that what is reported on the label is rarely what the product contains. Illicit medicines often contain the wrong amount of active ingredient. And the undeclared ingredients they contain can lead to serious health problems....

How brine can help create breathable air and fuel on Mars Oxygen from martian brine A new way has emerged, however, that would consume 25 times less electrical power to produce the same amount of oxygen. No matter whether you use solar cells or a radioactive source to generate your electricity, the available power is limited, so this is an important gain. In the new study, a team from Washington University in the US, demonstrate how electrolysis can be used efficiently to produce oxygen and hydrogen simultaneously from brine....

An interestingreporthas emerged from the Washington Post, claiming that British intelligence intercepted an attempt by an al-Qaeda affiliate to publish an online jihadist magazine in English. The magazine, called ‘Inspire’, was launched on June 30th 2010. It was billed as “the first magazine issued by al-Qaeda in the English language”, and it was a call to arms for individual terrorists. When launched, however, the front cover promised instructions on how to “Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom”, and an “Exclusive interview with Sheik Abu Basir al-Wahishi”, a former aide to Osama bin Laden....

How can companies become climate-neutral? We asked the experts Polestar and Tortoise Media discuss the complex journey to net-zero Why offsetting isn’t enough On paper, the journey to net-zero appears simple. We need to halve emissions by 2030, and then halve them again… and then again. This equates to a 7% year-on-year reduction. Minimum. The discussion of how this is achieved turned to the current big business trend of offsetting emissions or balancing CO2 emissions by investing in other green initiatives like planting trees....

In August 2010, the Audit Bureau of Circulationpublishedfigures from the first half of the year. While there were several magazines that managed to hold steady with circulation, the industry as a whole saw a 2.3% drop. One magazine that has consistently bucked this trend is The Economist. While other news weeklies like Time and Newsweek have shed swaths of readers over the last few years, The Economist’s sales have nearly doubled in the last decade....