Foldscope: A Paper Microscope that Costs $1
A team of researchers from Stanford University has developed a paper microscope that costs one dollar. Foldscope is printed in a sheet of paper and...
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Patient iP Secures $2 Million Investment
Patient Identification Platform (PatientiP), a provider of clinical trial matching technology, has obtained $2 million in a Series A investment round. The company aims to...
Bioinformatics
Nanopore Diagnostics Raises $600000 to Develop the iNDxer
American startup Nanopore Diagnostics has raised $600000 to develop The iNDxer, a device to detect bacterial infections. The money, provided by the Missouri Technology Corporation...
Biomedicine
Fertility Could Be Controlled with a Switch
A team of German scientists is developing a new device to control fertility. The Bimek SLV is a valve that is fitted to the sperm ducts and...
Clinical Research
Illumina Accelerates Four Selected Startups
Illumina has announced the winners of the third round of its accelerator program. The genomics company will invest in four biotech startups that work on nutrition, synthetic biology, the skin microbiome...
Bioinformatics
All Standard Experiments Could be Outsourced by the End of 2016
A San Francisco based company, Emerald Therapeutics, presented last year an internet-accessible, fully automated lab: the Emerald Cloud Laboratory (ECL). The enormous success of the initiative...
Bioinformatics
Converting Roads into Solar Panels
A Dutch start-up has found a way to transform the whole road network into an enormous source of green energy. SolaRoad produces concrete modules that can...
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Drinkable Book Purifies Contaminated Water
In collaboration with a non-profit organization, an American researcher has designed a book with silver-saturated pages to filter contaminated water. The book is a cheap and...
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