Letter from the chair – Issue 10 Volume 3
The Department of Immunology will be celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2024, and for the last 10 years IMMpress Magazine has been an amazing publication from our creative and industrious...
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Volume 10 Issue 3, 2023 – Cover
Manufacturing has been around for a long time, from hand production to automated machinery. Regardless of the method, it has undoubtedly improved and continues to improve our quality of life....
Letter from the Editors – Volume 10 Issue 3
Since the first industrial revolution in the mid-1700’s where breakthroughs in science and engineering led to the unprecedented rise in production output, the abrupt growth that societies experienced allowed for...
Biodegradable polymers in biomedical applications: a sustainability perspective
Biodegradable synthetic polymers have been widely used in biomedical applications, such as in gene delivery, tissue engineering, diagnosis, medical devices, antibacterial/antifouling biomaterials, and as drug carriers. Their utility can be...
Industry 4.0 and the Promises of Sustainability—Will it be enough?
In 1764, James Watts sat by a Newcomen Steam Engine and wondered—why waste all that steam with no direction? That question sparked the idea and the eventual invention of the...
Where is additive manufacturing today and why isn’t it mainstream?
Additive manufacturing is the industrial production name for what’s more widely known as “3D printing”. While 3D printing may sound like some cutting-edge technology that only geeks or niched industry...
Repackaging the future – Sustainable packaging in the pharmaceutical industry
The large quantities of consumable plastics used in day-to-day life science research does not go unseen. It is estimated that scientific research consumes approximately 5.5 million metric tonnes of plastic...
EV-ening out the costs: a look into the challenges of electric vehicles
Fossil fuels have long been primary contributors to global warming and environmental destruction since the industrial revolution. One of the largest consumers of fossil fuels remains the automobile industry, with...
Is Your “Recycling” Actually Recycled?
When we think of recycling, we imagine the blue bins that line the hallways and are tucked away in a corner of our home. We dump our cardboard boxes, junk...
Carbon pricing: Putting a price tag on climate change
Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, over 35 billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) have been emitted, while atmospheric CO2 has increased by approximately 50% over the same period....