Plastic bags coated by plasma at atmospheric pressure serve as a GMP laboratory for the cultivation of adherent cells. The plasma is used to modify the internal surface of the bag specifically, so ...

Polymers are essential in modern food packaging thanks to their low cost, light weight, flexibility, and chemical stability. They provide a crucial barrier to protect food from moisture, oxygen, ...

Plastic waste, harmful to the environment, has been increasing continually in Germany in recent years. Packaging generates particularly high volumes of waste. Plant-based coatings for paper packaging ...

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 13, 2005--Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that its Brazilian affiliate, Alcoa Aluminio, has joined Tetra Pak, Klabin and TSL Ambiental to inaugurate the world's first ...

We’ve all heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and the continuing flow of oceanbound plastic. But what if something could intercept that plastic before it made it into the oceans? That’s the plan ...

In the adventure classic Back to the Future, Emmett “Doc” Brown uses energy generated from rubbish to power his DeLorean time machine. But while a time machine may still be some way off, the prospect ...

CONCORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Cerus Corporation (Nasdaq:CERS) announced today FDA regulatory approval for manufacture of INTERCEPT plasma with a new, alternative plastic disposable kit. The ...

THE clinical indications for the use of separated components of blood are now well established. 1 Whole-blood transfusions are indicated only to augment a depleted blood volume due to acute blood loss ...

Caveolae, submicroscopic pits of the plasma membrane, consist of caveolin membrane proteins and cytoplasmic cavin proteins. Caveolae can bud from the plasma membrane, fuse with early endosomes and ...