Integrating Robotics for Automated Liquid HandlingLiquid Handling & Robotics Conference Stream at ELA 2012
Sudbury, UK (21st May 2012) ¨C Select Biosciences, organisers of European Lab Automation (ELA) 2012, has incorporated a new conference stre...
9-212022
Fossilised microbe discovered in 200 million year old leech cocoon
Palaeo biologists at the University of Kansas have discovered a ciliate fossil embedded in the wall of a fossilised leech cocoon, itself embedded in rock that has been dated back to 200 million yea...
3-212022
Real-time PCRINTEGRA has reported how a leading US clinical diagnostic laboratory has, using a VIAFLO 96 handheld electronic pipette, significantly improved the reproducibility and productivity with which it carri...
3-142022
Cooling crystals prevent computer meltdownA new efficient way to pump or extract heat using crystals has been discovered by researchers at the Carnegie Institution. The crystals can pump or extract heat at nanoscales and may have applications...
3-72022
Controlled wrinklingImages taken with a 3D microscope show wrinkled surfaces produced using a method developed by the MIT team. The size, spacing and angles of the wrinkles vary depending on how much the original underly...
2-282022
New technique shines light on nanomaterialsOn the left is the three dimensional image of a gold nanocrystal obtained previously, while on the right is the image using the newly developed method. The features of the nanocrystal are vastly impro...
2-232022
Obesity receptor structure solveThe structure of a key part of the human obesity receptor has been defined, and could help in the provision of treatments resulting from obesity and anorexia.
Using X-ray crystallography, researche...
2-172022
New nano-factory to boost graphene researchGraphene has been hailed as a wonder material which could replace silicon in microchips thanks to its strength and conductivity, and researchers in the South-West have developed a nano-factory which w...
10-112021
Safeguarding crucial genetic materialCells have evolved a risk strategy prioritising which genes to guard most closely to prevent deleterious mutation, suggests new research.
Different genes mutate at different rates in the bacterium ...
