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Surface-sensitive spectroscopy
Added: 3 Sep 2012
The interaction between proteins and pharmaceuticals can now be analysed in detail.
Biosensor speeds up disease diagnosis
Added: 31 Aug 2012
Ultra-sensitive biosensor capable of identifying the smallest RNA virus particle MS2, with a mass o…
£30m for biomedical engineering research
Added: 29 Aug 2012
The Wellcome Trust and EPSRC have announced the launch of a £30m initiative to find biomedical engi…
Microscope able to create images 100 times faster
Added: 28 Aug 2012
University of Leicester scientists have developed a rapid-scanning microscope with no loss of quali…
Universities collaborate on novel MS technology
Added: 23 Aug 2012
Purdue and Harvard University haved teamed up to develop new applications for desorption electrospr…
Nek9 identified as a key component in cell division
Added: 22 Aug 2012
A study has improved understanding of the first stages of cell division.
Scientists decode essential step in protein synthesis
Added: 20 Aug 2012
Researchers have revealed how a complicated set of proteins called TREX act as a passport for the t…
Seven steps to ‘billion dollar’ drugs
Added: 17 Aug 2012
A highly efficient method for making natural, hormone-like chemicals has been reported by Universit…
Glowing molecules shed light on biological processes
Added: 16 Aug 2012
Researchers have created fluorescent molecules that can be turned on and off to visualise activity …
Scientists use light to track genetic processes
Added: 14 Aug 2012
UT Dallas researchers have outlined how they used fluorescent molecules to monitor DNA looping.
Screening technique aids discovery of bacteria-resistant materials
Added: 13 Aug 2012
A process by which thousands of unique polymers can be screened has helped researchers identify a n…
Semiconductor device mimics properties of human fingertips
Added: 10 Aug 2012
The intricate properties of the fingertips have been recreated in what researchers hope will lead t…
Scientists identify evolutionary molecule
Added: 10 Aug 2012
Researchers at the University of Dundee have identified a molecule that could play a key role in ho…
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…
