Ludwigshafen (ots) - All organisms - plants, animals, human beings - need carbon to survive. In the air, the element can be found in the commonly occurring compound carbon dioxide (CO2). Plants absorb CO2 and turn it into carbohydrates. We in turn absorb these carbohydrates when we eat the plants. ...
Ingelheim, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - Data From Phase II Studies Investigating BIBW 2992 (Tovok(TM)) and BIBF 1120 (Vargatef(TM)) in NSCLC Patients Presented at 13th World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC) INGELHEIM, Germany, August 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Boehringer Ingelheim announced today at the International ...
Ludwigshafen (ots) - Lots of products out there capitalize on the antibacterial effects of silver. Everything from cleaning cloths and insoles to washing powder and bandages - they all seem to employ the element in some way. Unfortunately, silver can't really perform miracles. But it can be used ...
Cape Town, South Africa (ots/PRNewswire) - - For Medical Media Outside the US Only Results from the ARTEN* trial presented at the 5th International AIDS Society (IAS) conference in Cape Town, South Africa demonstrated non-inferiority regarding efficacy between Viramune(R) (nevirapine) and ritonavir boosted ...
Ludwigshafen (ots) - In the old days, sponges only came from the sea. For millennia, brave divers risked life and limb to bring them back to the surface. In the age of plastic, however, you don't have to expose yourself to danger to acquire one. As a matter of fact, most modern artificial sponges ...
Ingelheim, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - For Medical Media Outside the US only Boehringer Ingelheim announced today that the European Commission has approved an update of the Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) for VIRAMUNE(R) (nevirapine) in the treatment of patients with HIV. The decision followed a positive recommendation by the Committee for Medical Products ...
Ingelheim, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - For non-U.S. Healthcare Media Boehringer Ingelheim announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has issued a positive opinion recommending the approval of a once daily formulation for Mirapexin(R) / ...
Ludwigshafen (ots) - If you don't keep shaking a container of unhomogenized milk, then the thicker, fatty portions of it separate and float to the top. This is liquid cream, which can be ladled off and beaten to produce a stiff foam - whipped cream. Cream is mostly made up of lipids, water and ...
Ludwigshafen (ots) - In this podcast you will learn how BASF is developing technologies with which CO2 can be separated out from flue gases. In order that less CO2 is emitted into the air, we have to use fossil fuels in a more economic and efficient way. But in the future, there could also be an ...
Ludwigshafen (ots) - It doesn't take long after you've polished off a plateful of the delicious vegetable before you are forcefully reminded of it in the restroom. Some people are surprised by the strange odor rising from the bowl after ...
Ingelheim, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - Results From Linagliptin Study in Type 2 Diabetes Patients Who Were Inadequately Controlled on Metformin Therapy Alone, Presented at Major Diabetes Meeting Study results presented for the first time in the scientific sessions of this year's American Diabetes Association Annual ...
Ingelheim, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - For Healthcare Media Outside the U.S.A., Canada, and Japan Boehringer Ingelheim announced today that it will become the founding sponsor of the World Stroke Academy, a novel training initiative for stroke professionals being developed by the World Stroke Organization (WSO). ...
Ludwigshafen (ots) - The whole point of the skin of a cherry is to keep that from bursting. The smooth, slippery envelope protects the fruit from falling prey to funguses or microbes, and water usually just slides right off of one. But the rainstorms feared by fruit-growers are a different matter. ...
Ludwigshafen (ots) - In this podcast you will learn how innovative fungicides from BASF help to improve plant health. In the agricultural industry plant diseases such as fungal attacks can seriously damage the production of foodstuffs. And according to estimates, more than 40% of the crop yields that are theoretically achievable are lost because of ...
Ludwigshafen (ots) - The very first thing many people do when they stumble out of bed in the morning is pour themselves a cup of coffee. The substance in the hot brew that helps wake you up is well-known all over the world: caffeine. Caffeine doesn't only come from coffee beans. Most of the caffeine ...
Ingelheim, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - New Study Shows That Mirapexin(R)/Sifrol(R) (Pramipexole) Relieves Depressive Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease (PD), a Common Non-Motor Symptom Affecting PD Patients' Quality of Life - For Non-US Healthcare Media To view the Multimedia News Release, go to: ...
Ludwigshafen (ots) - As far back as the Middle Ages in Europe, blue has always been a color worn by the nobility. Some kings wore blue cloaks to their crowning ceremonies. The dye was made from a substance that had to be brought all the way from far-off India - indigo, which was made from an ...
Ingelheim, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - Data for the Once Daily Mirapexin(R)/Sifrol(R) (Pramipexole) Formulation Under Development Show Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability Outcomes Comparable to the Current Immediate Release Formulation for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease For non-US Healthcare Media First data ...
Ingelheim, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - For Healthcare Media outside the U.S.A. New data presented today at the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), in Seattle, U.S.A. show that augmentation did not significantly differ in RLS patients treated with Mirapexin(R) /Sifrol(R) (pramipexole*) ...
Ludwigshafen (ots) - If someone is brave enough to bite into a lemon, then you can instantly tell from their expression that it wasn't exactly a pleasant experience. There's a reason why we can perceive the taste of sour. If something is too acidic, then it sends a signal to the brain. In ...
Ludwigshafen (ots) - Ketchup can be a stubborn condiment. Just when you're ready to bite into a burger, it often refuses to flow. Only when you give the bottle a serious shake or two does it start to move. And there's a reason why. Ketchup isn't ...
Ludwigshafen (ots) - In this podcast you will learn how chemistry improves the efficiency of lithium ion batteries. In comparison to other battery types, lithium-ion batteries have some major advantages. For one, they are the most efficient battery on the market right now. In order to make a ...
Ludwigshafen (ots) - All over the world cows, goats, sheep and other mammals are industriously milked every day to provide us with a whole range of dairy products. Children love it, and lots of grown-ups also enjoy a glass of creamy milk every now and again. But you can't let the milk get too hot. ...
Ludwigshafen (ots) - The lead of a pencil is made out of the mineral graphite, which is one of the forms - or 'allotropes' - of the element carbon. Diamond is another. It's also made up of pure elemental carbon. But even though both materials ...
Ludwigshafen (ots) - If you stretch a rubber band and then release it, it snaps back into its original shape. As you probably know, rubber has elastic properties, which is why its also called an elastomer. However, the natural state of caoutchouc, or raw rubber, is exactly the opposite of elastic. ...
Ludwigshafen (ots) - In this podcast you will learn how chemistry improves the cost effectiveness of environmentally and climate friendly wind energy. It is generally less well known that modern wind turbines would hardly be conceivable without innovative solutions in chemistry. The huge rotor blades can be up to 60 meters long and are subjected ...
Ludwigshafen (ots) - The discovery of fire opened up whole new worlds of taste for stone-age humans. They could start turning those chunks of raw mammoth meat into beautifully browned roast leg of mammoth and were benefiting from an interesting chemical reaction. In 1912, did French chemist Louis ...
Ingelheim, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - ESO Recommends Extended Time Window for Actilyse(R) INGELHEIM, Germany, January 30 /PRNewswire/ -- - For Healthcare Media outside the U.S.A., Canada, and Japan Based on key results from the European Cooperative Acute Stroke Study (ECASS 3), the European Stroke Organisation (ESO) now recommends that Actilyse(R) (alteplase) be ...
Ludwigshafen (ots) - Over millions of years of evolution, spiders have developed the perfect material for constructing a net: spider silk. Material researchers can get pretty worked up just talking about its properties. It has five times the tensile strength that a steel thread of the same ...
Ludwigshafen (ots) - When a shirt gets dirty, you usually just have to chuck it in the washing machine, add a little laundry detergent, and let the combination of water and soap do the rest. But some pieces of clothing are too delicate to put in there. As the name implies, dry-cleaning doesn't use any water - or any soap, for that matter. In ...
