From the Editor
As you all sit down to read this issue of the CRS Newsletter to get a dose of excellent controlled release science it is opportune to reflect on the world as we know it and the potential impact of some recent decisions. Ruth Schmid, the CRS President, has penned a statement in respect of the…
This issue of the CRS Newsletter contains a fascinating summary of five published articles that have some focus on animals as a source of compounds with the potential to treat human conditions or as models to facilitate understanding of disease and biological functions. Of particular interest are…
Dear Reader,
Yvonne Perrie University of Strathclyde Glasgow, ScotlandIt is one the most exciting sports stories of all time—Leicester City Football Club won the English Premier League title. For those of you outside England, you may question this statement. But the background to this is rather…
I went to an art auction last night with the theme of moths. Why moths? A friend set up MothNet as a citizen science project to engage the public in science through discovering the beauty and importance of moths (twitter.com/mothNetNZ). I learned that most of New Zealand’s moths occur nowhere else…
We are well into the new academic year and—for those of us in the Northern hemisphere—packing up all our memories from hopefully a wonderful summer.
Teaching is on my mind at this time, in particular an awareness of the increasing numbers of distance education programs and institutions offering…
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was a French writer, poet, aristocrat, journalist, and aviator. He lived from 1900 to 1944. He came to mind as I considered the energies and inspired work noted in this issue’s interview with Prof. Ali Khademhosseini. Saint-Exupéry shared insightful and inspiring thoughts…
