Smart pills are electronic devices shaped like tablets that perform extremely vital functions including drug delivery, imaging, and sensing. Smart pills comprise image, pH, chemical, or biosensors. Once ingested, smart pills obtain gastrointestinal information otherwise challenging to obtain and they are distinct from wearable or implantable sensors.
The global market for rubber adhesives is expected to witness modest growth with respect to volume of the rubber adhesive sold and its demand across various industries. In this research report on the global rubber adhesive market, the demand and market attractiveness of rubber adhesives has been studied along with the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the market. Stakeholders in the global rubber adhesive market can expect a volley of opportunities from emerging economies such as China and India from the Asia Pacific region, according to this research study. Albeit a high market share in the developed economies of US, Germany, France and other European countries, Asia Pacific continues to remain a key cash cow, given its lucrative nature...
Manufactured by heating plastic and molten resin to create a desirable shape, polyvinyl chloride fittings (PVC) are used in different forms in sewage management, irrigation, water supply, and the construction industry. PVC pipes are characterized by their high temperature and corrosion resistance and have the added benefit of being cost-effective and recyclable. PVC pipes have largely substituted their metal and concrete counterparts in houses and across various industries. PVC fittings also find application as an insulative coating for electrical wires.
Polymer concrete is a form of concrete that utilizes polymer in place of lime-based cements to function as binding material. In certain instances, polymer is used with Portland cement to create Polymer Modified Concrete (PMC). In stark contrast to conventional concrete, the R&D of polymer concrete is relatively recent and was primarily conducted by the former Soviet Union, Germany, Japan, and the US during the Cold War.
The National Institutes of Health defines mineral supplements as a combination of vitamins and minerals, and sometimes other ingredients as well. Vitamins and minerals perform unique roles in the human body and are essential to maintain the various functions of the body.
Human vaccine adjuvants are molecules with intrinsic immunomodulatory properties, that when administered with antigens, successfully potentiate host-antigen specific responses, as opposed to responses when antigens are given alone. In certain cases, human vaccine adjuvants even boost the immune response to vaccines, but side-effects such as pain can occur at the injection site. Adjuvants have been widely used in human vaccines for nearly a century. Initially used to tackle the poor immunogenic potential of purified antigens, their role has grown by leaps and bounds today. Nonetheless, only MF59 and aluminum salts are certified as safe human vaccine adjuvants as of 2020, with others in the process of development.
Glass molding is a form of high-precision optical component processing intended to soften glass into a precise mold, under conditions of extreme heat and pressure without any oxygen. It’s a replicative process allowing the manufacture of high precision optical components without grinding and polishing – a process termed as ultra-precision glass pressing. There has been massive innovation in the precision glass molding market recently, particularly in volume manufacture. For example – the cycle time for an injection-molded 6 mm diameter plastic lens is around 30 seconds, while a comparable glass lens takes almost 15 minutes.
First created thousands of years ago, humans have essentially perfected the fine art of glass creation. Often taken for granted, glassmaking necessitates correctly sized, consistent, and low iron silica sand. Silica sand represents almost 70% of the raw material by volume in glass, but is far less in value terms. Silica sand is typically classified by glass manufacturers into separate groups based on their physical and chemical properties. As impurities inherently found in silica sand are dependent on different geographical sources, glass manufacturers have set specifications for every source of approved glass grade silica sand.
Although natural feed preservatives such as salt have been used for centuries, the chemical feed preservatives market came into its own with increasing urbanization in emerging economies, coupled with a preference for ready-to-eat products. Chemical feed preservatives go a long way in prolonging the shelf life of food. Food preservatives find ready application in dairy products, seafood, meat, snacks, and even beverages. Furthermore, the complexity of the global supply chain has increased manifold and there is a notable preference for eco-friendly, clean label products across customer demographics. The decisive shift towards organized retail underway in emerging economies is also anticipated to accelerate demand for chemical feed...
The global market for enteral feeding tubes is likely to witness an upsurge on the back of a growing paediatric population affected by chronic diseases coupled with rising hospital admissions. The enteral feeding tube market is also influenced by the use of enteral feeding tubes in neonatal care units on account of high preterm birth rates.