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Bottling light
Light can be 'bottled' or confined to a very small space by controllably inserting light into a microscopic container surrounded by reflective walls.
[ + ]Atomic force microscope for London’s Natural History Museum
Asylum Research and the Natural History Museum of London have announced that the museum’s mineralogy department has acquired Asylum’s MFP-3D Stand Alone Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) to expand on their range of research tools to study nanomaterials.
[ + ]Scripps acquires Rigaku UV crystal imaging system
Rigaku Americas is working with the Joint Center for Structural Genomics (JCSG) on an automated ultraviolet (UV) imaging and protein crystal monitoring system to accelerate identification of crystals to be harvested for X-ray crystallographic structure determination.
[ + ]Not all blood and tissue cells are created equal
Important questions have been raised about genetic research based only on blood samples with the discovery of major differences between BAK genes in blood cells and tissue cells coming from the same individuals.
[ + ]New map of human genomic variations
Benchmarking copy number variations in healthy people will assist with diagnosis and studies of gene disorders.
[ + ]Where there’s a wee there’s a way
Chemical analysis of the wastewater in 96 communities in Oregon has been used to map methamphetamine, cocaine and ‘ecstasy’ drug use. This methodology could be used as a proactive tool by health authorities.
[ + ]New method produces better biological factories
Parallel gene manipulation speeds up creation of lycopene-producing bacteria. [ + ]
Unravelling the haplotype
July/August 2009 issue of Australian Life Scientist is out now! [ + ]
iSOFT has luck of the Irish
iSOFT wins $17.4m in contract extensions in Northern Ireland for Clinicom patient management system. [ + ]
Making sense of the transcriptome
Transcriptomics is a fast moving field, although Sean Grimmond and his lab are helping to lead the way. [ + ]
Improving medical device development
New model aims to streamline medical device development and aid in gaining regulatory approval. [ + ]
A quicker, cheaper way to sort isotopes
Stanford chemists have developed a new method of isotopic analysis that does not use mass spectroscopy so it is much less expensive.
[ + ]Gender equity in science
An international study involving more than half a million participants in 34 countries has revealed that 70% harbour implicit stereotypes associating science with males more than with females.
[ + ]Cytogenetics: from the microscope to the microarray
Clinical and research cytogeneticists are still using technology predominantly developed in the 1970s for their work, so the emergence of microarrays specifically for cytogenetics is coming as a welcome relief. [ + ]
Unraveling microRNA and gene expression
Mean new microRNA data analysis method gives sharper results. [ + ]
