The growth in steelmaking capacity in countries outside the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is slowing. In 2014, such capacity is expected to reach 1.56 billion tons per year (tpy), a 5.5% increase in average annual capacity since 2011 or a 17.4% increase in total. Asia is estimated to account for 81% of […]

Of over 3,400 food-safety violations in 2013 connected to exported raw or minimally processed products from 117 countries, the three most common categories of food violating the inspecting countries’ regulations were seafood, vegetables and fruits, accounting for 24%, 20% and 14% of incidents, respectively. The top three countries of origin of the foods associated with […]

Two separate research groups have completed MS-based maps of human-protein expression, cataloging nearly all the proteins expressed in the human body. Each paper was published in Nature. Combined, the two groups reported more than 70 million mass spectra. Each study documented more than 17,000 proteins encoded by distinct genes. The Human Proteome Map created by […]

The FDA will begin regulating laboratory-developed tests (LDTs), it announced at the end of July. To present, the agency has used “enforcement discretion,” and generally not imposed regulation on LDTs, despite their being considered medical devices. According to the FDA, changes in the LDT market over time without oversight might now expose patients to risk. […]