Since the emergence of COVID-19 in late 2019, the gold standard in testing for the disease has been a nuclear-derived technique: real-time reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction, or real-time ...

Until this past January, few outside academic and diagnostic labs knew what quantitative reverse-transcription PCR (RT-qPCR) was, much less its role in viral and bacterial disease detection.

Exclusive: Tesla in talks with Chinese firms to buy $2.9 bln worth of solar equipment Tesla is looking to buy equipment worth $2.9 billion for manufacturing solar panels and cells from Chinese ...

Today, a single finished product often results from manufacturing and assembly in multiple countries, with each step in the process adding value. Participation in these Global Value Chains (GVCs) can ...