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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…
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…
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…
£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…
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…
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.
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…
The world's smallest chromatography columns
Added: 30 Jul 2012
Engineers have demonstrated the use of individual carbon nanotubes to force two differing molecules…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
RCUK unveils open access policy
Added: 16 Jul 2012
Research Councils UK (RCUK) has announced that from April 2013, publicly-funded science papers must…
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…
‘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…
