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• Method of the future uses single-cell imaging to identify gene interactions (09 Feb 2010)
  Cellular imaging offers a wealth of data about how cells respond to stimuli, but harnessing this technique to study biological systems is a daunting challenge. In a study published in Genome Research, researchers have developed a novel method ...
  
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• Probing exoplanet chemistry without the need for space telescopes (09 Feb 2010)
  A group of astronomers, which includes researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, has successfully tested a new method for probing the chemical composition of the atmospheres of planets that orbit distant stars. The technique can ...
  
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• Yale-developed test can help predict and diagnose preeclampsia (08 Feb 2010)
  Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have developed a simple urine test to rapidly predict and diagnose preeclampsia, a common, but serious hypertensive complication of pregnancy. Dubbed the "Congo Red Dot Test" by the research team, the test ...
  
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• Tecan and Enigma Diagnostics sign global manufacturing and supply agreement for point-of-care Molecular Diagnostics instruments (08 Feb 2010)
  The Tecan Group and Enigma Diagnostics Limited announced the signing of a manufacturing and supply agreement for Enigma's ML instruments. Under the agreement, Tecan will industrialize and deliver commercially manufactured ML instruments for ...
  
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• Nano imagining takes turn for the better (08 Feb 2010)
  Photothermal technique provides new way to track nanoparticles
  Stephan Link wants to understand how nanomaterials align, and his lab's latest work is a step in the right direction. Link's Rice University group has found a way to use gold nanorods as orientation sensors by combining their plasmonic ...
  
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• Accredited Analysis Laboratory for Micro and Nanotechnology at Fraunhofer IISB (05 Feb 2010)
  The Analysis Laboratory for Micro- and Nanotechnology at the Fraunhofer In-stitute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology IISB in Erlangen was accredited by the ‘Deutsche Gesellschaft für Akkreditierung’ following DIN EN ISO/IEC ...
  
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• Change in Management at InProcess Instruments after Twelve Years (05 Feb 2010)
  Dr. Andreas Pickuth succeeds Wolfgang Hrosch in the management at InProcess Instruments Gesellschaft für Prozessanalytik mbH, Bremen (Germany). Twelve years after founding the company Wolfgang Hrosch is retiring from operative management, but ...
  
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• Iowa State, Ames Lab chemists discover how antiviral drugs bind to and block flu virus (05 Feb 2010)
  Antiviral drugs block influenza A viruses from reproducing and spreading by attaching to a site within a proton channel necessary for the virus to infect healthy cells, according to a research project led by Iowa State University's Mei Hong and ...
  
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• Neuronal microchip helps identify neurotoxins (04 Feb 2010)
  Scientists from Dortmund/Germany have invented an analytical method for the rapid neurotoxicity screening. They grow neurons on a microchip and check for substances that inhibit the formation of a network between the cells. Scientists from the ...
  
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• Ocean Optics Names Winner of 2010 Young Investigator Award (03 Feb 2010)
  Ocean Optics announced that Cheng-An J. Lin, Ph.D., is the winner of the SPIE 2010 Young Investigator Award sponsored by the company. The Young Investigator Award is presented to the researcher who is no more than five years out of school and ...
  
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