Weighing individual atoms and molecules
04 August, 2008
A nanoelectromechanical system that can function as a scale sensitive enough to measure the mass of a single atom of gold has been created.
Water analysis solutions
01 August, 2008 | Supplied by: Keysight Technologies Australia Pty Ltd
Agilent Technologies has launched a water analysis solutions website at www.agilent.com/chem/australianwater.
US market forecast for stem cell technology
01 August, 2008
Market research indicates that the market for stem cell technologies will grow dramatically in the next four years.
Ancient DNA and the KFC gene
30 July, 2008
Researchers at the Universities of Adelaide and Sydney have used the prevelance of the 'KFC' gene to try to establish the migration history of the chicken.
Science, industry and government forge alliance against diseases
22 July, 2008
A new $30 million federal government-funded Cooperative Research Centre for Biomarker Translation (CRC-BT) has been launched at La Trobe University Research and Development Park. Core partners in the new CRC are La Trobe University and the Macfarlane Burnett Institute for Medical Research and Public Health in Melbourne; the Mater Medical Research Institute and Mater Health Services in Brisbane; and the Women & Children’s Health Research Institute and Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science in Adelaide. US-based biotechnology corporations Amgen and Becton Dickinson Biosciences are the commercial CRC-BT partners.
Using MS to identify dinosaur fossils proteins
18 July, 2008
Fossilomics research is being facilitated by the sensitivity, mass accuracy and resolution of modern mass spectrometry.
Combining clinical, laboratory and metabolic records with genomic data
16 July, 2008
An IT platform that can combine clinical, laboratory and metabolic information with high throughput genomic data about the same individual has been developed. By combining information in this way, researchers will be able to analyse the correlation between the gene expression profile in the blood of an individual and their risk of developing particular diseases.
Carbon nanotubes and nanoelectronics
15 July, 2008
Next generation of nanoelectronics could be based on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and the intramolecular junctions that connect CNTs for integration.
Relative success for autism gene hunt
11 July, 2008
Researchers have used larger families to identify some genes associated with autism.
Opening the Curtin on the beginning of life
03 July, 2008
A Curtin University discovery challenges fundamental understanding of the processes active in the early history of the Earth. It suggests that life may well have appeared on Earth long before the period of heavy-meteorite bombardment believed by some to have initiated the emergence of life on Earth.
Electrostatic detection technique for DNA and RNA microarrays
03 July, 2008
Dispersing a fluid containing thousands of electrically charged microscopic silica beads across the surface of a DNA microarray and then observing the Brownian motion of the spheres provides measurements of the electrical charges of the DNA molecules. These measurements can be observed and recorded with a simple handheld imaging device and used to interrogate millions of DNA sequences at a time.
Three sequencing companies join 1000 Genomes Project
13 June, 2008
Three firms that have pioneered development of new sequencing technologies — 454 Life Sciences, Applied Biosystems and Illumina Inc — have joined the 1000 Genomes Project to build the most detailed map to date of human genetic variation.
Nobel winner finds complication for stem cell therapy
11 June, 2008
A single organ may contain more than one type of adult stem cell — a discovery that complicates prospects for using stem cells as a treatment for disease, according to a study by Nobel Laureate Prof Mario Capecchi.
Why most cells fail to reprogram
02 June, 2008
US researchers have uncovered critical molecular events that undermine the reprogramming of somatic human cells back to a pluripotent state.
CRC innovation and commercial success
02 June, 2008
The prestigious CRC STAR Award has been awarded to two separate CRCs this year, for their high-level achievement in developing successful enterprises through the transfer of CRC innovation.
