France’s Roquette to buy drug capsule maker from Mitsubishi Chemical

French food ingredient maker Roquette signed an agreement to buy Japanese drug capsule maker Qualicaps from Japan's Mitsubishi Chemical and, specifically, Qualicaps is the...

Spain: Botulism outbreak linked to packaged potato omelette

The Community of Madrid and the Community Valenciana notified the National Epidemiological Surveillance Network (RENAVE) of two cases with symptoms compatible with botulism, with...

At least four road patrol officers dead in ‘terrorist’ attack in Iran’s Zahedan

At least four road police patrol officers were killed in a “terrorist” attack in the mostly Sunni city of Zahedan in Iran’s restive southeast,...

France chooses third location for next-generation nuclear reactors

The French government now knows where it intends to build each of the next six EPR-2 reactors. The French government wants to build its...

Four children injured after another chemistry demonstration goes wrong in Spain

An accident has hurt four children after a demonstration went wrong. A surprisingly simple experiment – the bicarbonate and vinegar volcano – exploded and...

Francesco Guadagno