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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…
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…
