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Hydrogen generating enzymes

Experts synthesise bio-based hydrogen

Added: 13 Aug 2013

Researchers at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) have discovered an efficient process for hydrogen …

Cultured beef

Scientists unveil first lab-grown burger

Added: 5 Aug 2013

The burger, which is made from the muscle cells of a cow, represents the possibility to make Cultur…

Rice University graduates with James Tour

Microelectronics receive liquid boost

Added: 1 Aug 2013

University research has led to the discovery that water can be used as a means of creating graphene…

Nanostructures

Improving photodetector performance with gold

Added: 29 Jul 2013

The technique is designed to enhance the performance of electronic devices and offers an alternativ…

Measuring surface properties

Novel approach to measuring surface properties

Added: 25 Jul 2013

A study led by technology institute NIST has demonstrated an instrument capable of making sensitive…

Phthaloyl Peroxide Crab

Chemical reaction creates cost-effective compounds

Added: 24 Jul 2013

Experts at the University of Texas at Austin (UTA) believe they have discovered an organic reaction…

Urine powered mobile phone

Spend a penny to send a text

Added: 19 Jul 2013

Experts from the Bristol Robotics Laboratory have developed a novel technique that uses urine as a …

Image

Imaging technique observes single atoms

Added: 17 Jul 2013

Experts at the York JEOL Nanocentre have developed an innovative electron microscopy technology des…

Carbon nanographene

Chemically enhanced nanographene molecules

Added: 16 Jul 2013

Experts from Boston College and Nagoya University have synthesised a new form of carbon that consis…

Gold Nanoparticles

Golden nanorods mimic viruses

Added: 9 Jul 2013

A team of US researchers have successfully developed a technique to create vaccines using gold nano…

Electrochemical water chip

Membrane-free electrical desalination

Added: 2 Jul 2013

Scientists at the University of Texas at Austin and Marburg have developed a technique that electri…

Water

Testing device detects toxic algae

Added: 1 Jul 2013

Experts from the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have developed a device that detects the …

Molecular farming facility

Biomass vaccine produced from tobacco

Added: 28 Jun 2013

A team of researchers from Fraunhofer have constructed a GMP compliant plant factory for vaccinatio…

Electrochemical carbon cleaning

Electrochemical carbon cleaning

Added: 26 Jun 2013

Researchers at MIT have developed a method that ’scrubs’ the harmful emissions generated from fossi…

Dr. John Carpenter

LyoLearn webinar from SP Scientific

SP Scientific | Added: 13 Jun 2013

SP Scientific will be running a webinar covering ’ Sub-visible Particles: Impacts on Aggregation Pa…

Atom-by-atom imaging technique

Atom-by-atom imaging technique revealed

Added: 11 Jun 2013

Researchers from the University of California have developed a technique that captures atomic scale…

Agilent 4100 ExoScan Handheld FTIR spectrometer

Cambridge students employ Agilent technology

Analytik | Added: 4 Jun 2013

The Agilent 4100 was at the heart of a project that seeked to assess the uses of portable FTIR.

Bacteria

Faster production of designer bacteria

Added: 29 May 2013

A simpler and faster way of producing designer bacteria has been developed by University of Adelaid…

acoustic phonons

Billion-frames-per-second film captures gold nanocrystal vibrations

Added: 24 May 2013

A billon-frames-per-second film has captured the vibrations of gold nanocrystals in stunning detail…

Nanoantennas

Nanoantennas improve infrared sensing

Added: 22 May 2013

The University of Pennsylvania has used a pattern of nanoantennas to develop a new way of turning i…