East Lansing, MI (Scicasts) – Researchers at Michigan State University have identified a test that can determine which children with malaria are likely to develop cerebral malaria, a much more life-threatening form of the disease.
Norwich, UK (Scicasts) – Scientists from the Institute of Food Research (IFR) on the Norwich Research Park have been test-driving a prototype instrument that promises to revolutionize access to a potent laboratory analysis technique called NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance).
Berkeley, CA (Scicasts) – A dramatic leap forward in the ability of scientists to study the structural states of macromolecules such as proteins and nanoparticles in solution has been achieved by a pair of researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).
West Lafayette, IN (Scicasts) – Researchers have married two biological imaging technologies, creating a new way to learn how good cells go bad.
Singapore (Scicasts) – The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and Veredus Laboratories, a supplier of molecular diagnostic tools, announced the launch of VereTrop, a biochip that can identify 13 different major tropical diseases from a single blood sample.
Boston, MA (Scicasts) – Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for drug discovery and life science research, has announced the release of Genedata Screener 11, a single-platform screening data analysis system with built-in business logic for standardizing and automating screening workflows.
Atlanta, GA (Scicasts) – A new separation process that depends on an easily-distinguished physical difference in adhesive forces among cells could help expand production of stem cells generated through cell reprogramming.
Welwyn Garden City, UK (Scicasts) – Cresset, a provider of chemistry software and services, has announced the release of a new version of its computational chemistry workbench forgeV10.
Shenzhen, China (Scicasts) – BGI Tech has introduced its novel assembly solution for facilitating heterozygous genomes research.
Chapel Hill, NC (Scicasts) – In an article published as the cover story of the March 2013 issue of Nature Chemical Biology, Dr. Lindsey James, research assistant professor in the lab of Stephen Frye, Fred Eshelman Distinguished Professor in the UNC School of Pharmacy and member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, announced the discovery of a chemical probe that can be used to investigate the L3MBTL3 methyl-lysine reader domain.
Coralville, IA (Scicasts) – Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has released the latest edition of their DECODED newsletter, which discusses IDT gBlocks Gene Fragments and their role in biological factories.
Troy, NY (Scicasts) – A new study from engineers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of California, Berkeley, pairs light and genetics to give researchers a powerful new tool for manipulating cells.
Santa Clara, CA (Scicasts) – Agilent Technologies has announced the availability of real-time spectrum analysis (RTSA) for its PXA X-Series signal analyzers.
Lausanne, Switzerland (Scicasts) – In the world of microscopy, this advance is almost comparable to the leap from photography to live television. Two young EPFL researchers, Yann Cotte and Fatih Toy, have designed a device that combines holographic microscopy and computational image processing to observe living biological tissues at the nanoscale.
Santa Clara, CA (Scicasts) – Agilent Technologies has announced the 34450A 51/2 digit Benchtop Digital Multimeter, designed to turbocharge electronic test and measurement applications for industrial and educational use.
Santa Clara, CA (Scicasts) – Agilent Technologies has introduced its Infiniium 9000 H-Series high-definition oscilloscopes. The four new models come in bandwidths of 250 MHz, 500 MHz, 1 GHz and 2 GHz. They offer up to 12-bit vertical resolution, which represents 16 times the quantization levels of traditional oscilloscopes with 8 bits of resolution.
Berkeley, CA (Scicasts) – Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California, Berkeley, have developed an elegant and powerful new microscale actuator that can flex like a tiny beckoning finger.