BMG Labtech Launches the Pherastar FSX Microplate Reader
BMG Labtech is about to launch the PHERAstar® FSX, a high-throughput plate reader based on their FS platform. The FSX is considered the most sensitive reader...
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A New Technique Makes Nanopore Detection 1000 Times Faster
Researchers from the Imperial College London and the University of Minnesota have developed a technique that accelerates nanopore single-molecule detection 1000 fold. Single-molecule dielectrophoretic trapping,...
Bioengineering
Microfluidics Device Close to Predict Clots in Real Time
Researchers from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have developed a device that allows to predict if a blood sample will...
Biomedicine
Global Seaweed Shortage Forces Companies to Ration Agar
A global shortage of red algae seaweed has forced Thermo Fisher Scientific to ration supplies of agar, the growth medium used in laboratories to culture...
Lab Consumables
VirScan Detects All Past and Present Viral Infections
Researchers from Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have developed a new method to detect a person’s viral history. VirScan tests for more than 1000...
Biomedicine
Pancreatic Cells Originated from Human Skin Revert Diabetes in Mice
Researchers from the Gladstone Institutes and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have created for the first time functional pancreatic cells from human skin...
Biomedicine
IUPAC Verifies the Discovery of Four New Chemical Elements
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) has reviewed the literature for elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 and has concluded that the...
Basic Chemistry
PLOS Launches Research-on-Research Section to Increase Transparency
The open-access scientific journal PLOS Biology has launched a section dedicated to research on research. The new section will analyze how research is designed, executed,...
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