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Top 6 laboratory design trends
Westlab, a manufacturer of laboratory equipment and consumables, outlines recent industry trends that are changing the face of the modern lab. [ + ]
Coffee and testosterone could help slow prostate cancer
The 2019 congress of the European Association of Urology saw scientists from all over the world share new insights into prostate cancer treatment. [ + ]
'Antibiotic envelope' cuts infection risk from cardiac devices
Encasing implantable cardiac devices such as pacemakers in a mesh sleeve embedded with antibiotics reduces the risk of major infection by 40%. [ + ]
Multiple links between stress and breast cancer progression
Scientists have previously demonstrated that stress can exacerbate cancer’s progression, but it wasn't clear how. Now it appears we finally have some answers. [ + ]
Winemaking under the electron microscope
Electron micrographs provide a highly detailed view of structures relating to winemaking, revealing features that are largely invisible to winemakers and wine lovers alike. [ + ]
Pharmaceutical manufacturing and obsolescence management
For many pharmaceutical manufacturing processes, often very old equipment or technology is still being used. [ + ]
Physicists reverse time with a quantum computer
Russian physicists have found a way to wind back the clock, returning the state of a quantum computer a fraction of a second into the past. [ + ]
New drug developed to treat heart attack damage
UK researchers are working to develop drugs that could be given in the first few hours following a heart attack to minimise heart muscle death caused by the stress signals. [ + ]
Diabetes detection with a smartphone camera
A popular smartphone application, designed to measure heart rate using the phone's built-in camera, may help detect diabetes. [ + ]
The science of sleep
Two separate studies published in recent weeks have revealed how sleep strengthens the immune system and cleans the brain — so long as you get enough of it. [ + ]
Lab-on-a-chip detects ovarian cancer with a liquid biopsy
Researchers have developed an ultrasensitive diagnostic device that could allow doctors to detect cancer quickly from a droplet of blood or plasma. [ + ]
HIV remission achieved in second ever patient
The second recorded case of a patient experiencing remission from HIV-1 infection after stem cell transplantation has been reported by UK scientists. [ + ]
Antibiotic resistance: adaptation, transmission and prevention
Recent studies into antibiotic resistance have revealed how this phenomenon occurs in the first place, how it spreads between bacteria and how to stop it in its tracks. [ + ]
Keep your HCA under control
An important but commonly overlooked aspect of image-based assay design for high content analysis (HCA) is the use of appropriate controls. [ + ]
Nanoparticles switch phases in flight
Researchers have discovered a phenomenon known as inorganic isomerisation, in which inorganic materials are able to switch between discrete states almost instantaneously. [ + ]
