From Pablo Escobar's cocaine-soaked jeans... to fake charcoal: How cartels are using advanced chemistry to make drugs that sniffer dogs can't detect

Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar pioneered the method of hiding cocaine in other materials - but traffickers has long since ...
SciELO

Desirability Function Approach for the Optimization of Hydroalcoholic Solvent Extraction Conditions for Antioxidant Compounds from Olive Leaves

The goal of this work was to obtain a rich olive leaf extract with high antioxidant activity due to its content of oleuropein (OLE), hydroxytyrosol (HT) and other phenolics, which have a synergistic ...
Plasteurope.com

Greener intermediates on the horizon / Four products with reduced carbon footprint to be launched / Low-emission feedstocks are key

BASF says they contain 10% less carbon than the corresponding standard products made at the site, while maintaining performance levels. Across industries, Verena Siegel, vice-president Global Business ...
The Marijuana Herald

Study: Marijuana Extract Shows Strong Antibacterial Potential Against Fish Pathogens

A study published this month by the peer-reviewed journal Frontiers in Veterinary Science found that leaf extracts from marijuana may help fight bacterial infections in fish by limiting bacterial ...
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Crypto bros’ real estate empire crumbles as homes fall apart

For years, a certain breed of investor—often dubbed the crypto bro—sold the dream of instant wealth, rapid scaling, and disrupting ...