CONTENTS


INSIDE VOLUME 82 ISSUE 02 FEATURES


ON THE COVER


02 | 2018


18 Superbug solutions Replacing antibiotics


22 Plastic pain Facing up to the microplastics problem


30 Swan song Graphene manufacturing


NEWS


5 EU renewables overtake coal 6 Inquisition on science 7 Bugs to boost brainpower 8 Wearable sweat sensor 9 Brain sensor to stop seizures 10 Big year ahead for BASF 11 UKRI rolls out 12 Business digest 14 People Movers and shakers 15 Mercury mining hazard


32 Call for copper Global demand surges


Jellyfish mucus can be used in many ways including as an effective plastics filter TIHOMIR MAKOVEC


26 Drug development Traditional vs entrepreneurial


EDITORIAL


Neil Eisberg Editor neil.eisberg@soci.org


Cath O’Driscoll Deputy editor cath.odriscoll@soci.org


Simon Evans Design sevans@wiley.com


34 Perfect prints 3D inks breakthrough


REGULARS


4 Leader 16 Diary 37 Comment Data for better drugs 38 Comment Buoyant outlook 39 Global view Australia 40 Global view India 41 Global view Brazil 42 Reviews 44 Highlights 48 SCI Member news


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