Designer Drugs

A groundbreaking achievement by UCLA scientists, led by Professor Neil Garg, has overturned a century-old organic chemistry principle, reshaping future drug discovery. By synthesising stable anti-Bredt olefins, the team has defied Bredt's rule from 1924, a long-standing constraint in molecular design. This discovery could open doors to new molecula...

Pink cocaine, a highly potent and unpredictable designer drug, is a powdery mixture of various psychoactive substances.

A French far-left lawmaker admitted on Tuesday to having been caught by police after purchasing a synthetic drug from an underage supplier in a street deal, earning him a sharp rebuke from France's law-and-order interior minister.

These pills are specifically designed to assist people with diabetes in managing their weight, as weight control is a crucial aspect of diabetes management.

MIT engineers have made a significant breakthrough with the development of a tiny zinc-air microbattery, measuring just 0.1 millimetres in length and 0.002 millimetres thick, about the width of a human hair. This innovative battery captures oxygen from the air to oxidise zinc, generating a potential of up to 1 volt, which is sufficient to operate s...

The Los Angeles City Council voted on Friday to launch a process to designate actress Marilyn Monroe's former home, where she died of a drug overdose in 1962, a historic and cultural landmark, blocking plans to demolish the property.

The Border Security Force (BSF) once again foiled the nefarious design of smugglers by seizing 2.35 kg of heroin dropped by a Pakistani drone near the International Border in Punjab's Tarn Taran district today.

In a rare seizure, 3.2 kg of designer drug 'black cocaine' has been recovered from a Brazilian national at Ahmedabad airport. The quantity of the drug seized is estimated to be worth Rs 32 crore.

ChatGPT quickly found a home in the sophisticated echelons of investment banks and drug design firms.

The US health regulator has pulled up drug major Sun Pharma for manufacturing lapses, including failure to follow appropriate written procedures designed to prevent microbiological contamination of drug products, at its Gujarat-based plant.

An interdisciplinary research group led by Professor V Haridas from the Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, has designed and demonstrated a new strategy for developing potential drug molecules for treatment of various diseases.

Snapchat has announced changes to its Quick Add feature that will limit minors profiles from being shown to adults unless they have a certain amount of friends in common with them. The move is designed to prevent drug dealers from contacting minors on the app. The service also detailed other changes and steps it has taken to combat the spread of dr...

Pakistan is trying to involve Jammu and Kashmir youths in the drug menace as they did in Punjab after their other nefarious designs failed, J&K Director General of Police Dilbag Singh said on Friday.

Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan has been designated Undertrial Number N956 after being shifted to the barracks at Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail where he has been kept since his arrest in the drugs-on-cruise case earlier this month.

Aryan Khan was "at the wrong place at the wrong time", interior designer Sussanne Khan said today, reacting sharply to social media users vilifying Shah Rukh Khan's 23-year-old son after his arrest in the Mumbai drugs-on-cruise case.

A groundbreaking achievement by UCLA scientists, led by Professor Neil Garg, has overturned a century-old organic chemistry principle, reshaping future drug discovery. By synthesising stable anti-Bredt olefins, the team has defied Bredt's rule from 1924, a long-standing constraint in molecular design. This discovery could open doors to new molecula...

Pink cocaine, a highly potent and unpredictable designer drug, is a powdery mixture of various psychoactive substances.

A French far-left lawmaker admitted on Tuesday to having been caught by police after purchasing a synthetic drug from an underage supplier in a street deal, earning him a sharp rebuke from France's law-and-order interior minister.

These pills are specifically designed to assist people with diabetes in managing their weight, as weight control is a crucial aspect of diabetes management.

MIT engineers have made a significant breakthrough with the development of a tiny zinc-air microbattery, measuring just 0.1 millimetres in length and 0.002 millimetres thick, about the width of a human hair. This innovative battery captures oxygen from the air to oxidise zinc, generating a potential of up to 1 volt, which is sufficient to operate s...

The Los Angeles City Council voted on Friday to launch a process to designate actress Marilyn Monroe's former home, where she died of a drug overdose in 1962, a historic and cultural landmark, blocking plans to demolish the property.

The Border Security Force (BSF) once again foiled the nefarious design of smugglers by seizing 2.35 kg of heroin dropped by a Pakistani drone near the International Border in Punjab's Tarn Taran district today.

In a rare seizure, 3.2 kg of designer drug 'black cocaine' has been recovered from a Brazilian national at Ahmedabad airport. The quantity of the drug seized is estimated to be worth Rs 32 crore.

ChatGPT quickly found a home in the sophisticated echelons of investment banks and drug design firms.

The US health regulator has pulled up drug major Sun Pharma for manufacturing lapses, including failure to follow appropriate written procedures designed to prevent microbiological contamination of drug products, at its Gujarat-based plant.

An interdisciplinary research group led by Professor V Haridas from the Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, has designed and demonstrated a new strategy for developing potential drug molecules for treatment of various diseases.

Snapchat has announced changes to its Quick Add feature that will limit minors profiles from being shown to adults unless they have a certain amount of friends in common with them. The move is designed to prevent drug dealers from contacting minors on the app. The service also detailed other changes and steps it has taken to combat the spread of dr...

Pakistan is trying to involve Jammu and Kashmir youths in the drug menace as they did in Punjab after their other nefarious designs failed, J&K Director General of Police Dilbag Singh said on Friday.

Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan has been designated Undertrial Number N956 after being shifted to the barracks at Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail where he has been kept since his arrest in the drugs-on-cruise case earlier this month.

Aryan Khan was "at the wrong place at the wrong time", interior designer Sussanne Khan said today, reacting sharply to social media users vilifying Shah Rukh Khan's 23-year-old son after his arrest in the Mumbai drugs-on-cruise case.