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Lab-on-Chip

Lab on a chip devices require testing standards

Added: 10 Aug 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has argued that testing standards need to…

Microscope

Method localises molecules 200 times faster than existing techniques

Added: 9 Aug 2012

Isis Innovation, a company owned by Oxford University, has developed a method of rapidly and accura…

Uni Florida

Failed experiment could open doors in pharma industry

Added: 8 Aug 2012

What one student thought was a failed experiment has led to a serendipitous discovery hailed by som…

DW

£29m funding for UK life sciences

Added: 6 Aug 2012

Ministers at the British Business Embassy have announced new funding awards to boost the UK life sc…

MRC- Anti Doping facility

London 2012 to leave phenomenal legacy

Added: 3 Aug 2012

The London 2012 anti-doping facility in Harlow will be developed into a world-class phenome researc…

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Mathematicians find possible solution to microRNA mystery

Added: 1 Aug 2012

Mathematicians have proposed a new solution to a puzzle that has confounded molecular biologists.

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Researchers adapt inductively-coupled mass spectrometry

Agilent Technologies | Added: 31 Jul 2012

Scientists are reconfiguring Agilent’s MS technology to improve understanding of how trace metals a…

Smallest ever chromatography column

The world's smallest chromatography columns

Added: 30 Jul 2012

Engineers have demonstrated the use of individual carbon nanotubes to force two differing molecules…

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Nano-FTIR enables nanoscale chemical identification

Added: 30 Jul 2012

An optical technique that combines s-SNOM and FTRI could significantly improve non-invasive chemica…

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Replacing and reducing the use of animal experiments

Added: 26 Jul 2012

A record amount has been awarded for research to reduce animal experiments and improve animal welfa…

Genes

Method aims to find novel connections between genes

Added: 25 Jul 2012

A new algorithm is expected to change how scientists build networks from data to help predict gene …

Jellyfish

Rat cells used in creation of artifical swimming jellyfish

Added: 23 Jul 2012

Scientists have created a freely-swimming artificial jellyfish by combining silicon with heart cell…

Plant

Sequencing technology helps determine how plant genes are organised

Added: 23 Jul 2012

Researchers have used a new technique to understand what plant genomes really encode.

Research

Scientists call for improved innovation policy across Europe

Added: 20 Jul 2012

A new report assesses why a clearer understanding of the science of innovation will be crucial to t…

Microarray Analysis

Online tool provides deeper analysis of microarray data

Added: 19 Jul 2012

A new software program designed by scientists at the Stanford University enables researchers to see…

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Hydrogen release from storage materials

Added: 18 Jul 2012

Scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara, have shed new light on the kinetics of h…

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German scientists develop world's lightest material

Added: 18 Jul 2012

A network of porous carbon tubes interwoven at nano and micro level has been identified as the ligh…

DW

RCUK unveils open access policy

Added: 16 Jul 2012

Research Councils UK (RCUK) has announced that from April 2013, publicly-funded science papers must…

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Super-resolution microscopy shows details of biofilm structure

Added: 13 Jul 2012

A new imaging technique discovered at the University of California, Berkeley, reveals a possible pl…

Neuron

‘Stoned’ gene key to maintaining normal brain function

Added: 12 Jul 2012

Scientists have found that a protein produced by a gene identified in fruitflies is responsible for…