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Quantum Mechanics Helps to Melt Glass at Absolute Zero

Quantum mechanics, developed in the 1920s, has had an enormous impact in explaining how matter works. The elementary particles that make up different forms of matter — such as electrons, protons, neutrons and ph...

4 Feb 2011

BWH Researchers Develop Stem Cells with Tiny Depots

In work that could jumpstart the promising field of cell therapy, in which cells are transplanted into the body to treat a variety of diseases and tissue defects, researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have engineered cells that could solve one of the key challenges associated with the procedure: control of the cells and their microenvironment following transplantation.

4 Feb 2011

New Method to Determine Biomolecule Structures Using Nanocrystals

Arizona State University builds protein beam injector; contributes nanocrystals

3 Feb 2011

Rudolph Announces Expansion into LED Market with Two Significant Orders

Rudolph Technologies, Inc. a leading provider of process characterization equipment and software that is designed to improve yield for the microelectronics and solar manufacturing industries, announced today that it has expanded into the LED (light emitting diode) market with two significant orders.

From Onto Innovation 3 Feb 2011

Scientists Measure Region of Natural Particle Accelerator Using Cluster Satellites

ESA's Cluster satellites have flown through a natural particle accelerator just above Earth's atmosphere.

3 Feb 2011

Scientists Develop New Method to Detect Formation of Oligomers in Human Proteins

Researchers from the Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine and the UAB Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology have developed and patented a method using Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast to detect in human proteins the formation of oligomers, small toxic aggregations of molecules which can initiate the assembly of amyloid fibres found in neurodegenerative diseases.

3 Feb 2011

Fluidigm Unveils New Nanofluidic Technology-Based Genome Analysis System

Fluidigm today introduced the new BioMark™ HD Real-time PCR System, the company’s most advanced instrument for genomic analysis ever.

From Standard BioTools 2 Feb 2011

Agilent Launches Bravo for Protein Purification Based on Micro-Chromatography Technology

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced the launch of the AssayMAP Bravo platform and protein purification cartridges, a fully automated solution for high-throughput protein sample preparation and purification.

From Agilent Technologies Inc. 2 Feb 2011

NanoSight Releases Latest NS200 Nanoparticle Characterization System

NanoSight, world-leading manufacturers of unique nanoparticle characterization technology announce the release of their latest NS200 nanoparticle characterization system. It will be shown and demonstrated for the first time at the renowned US Pittsburgh Conference and Exposition being held in 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia from March 14 until 17th, booth #519.

1 Feb 2011

Avantra's New Biomarker Platform to be Coupled with TD2's Molecular Analysis Tools

Avantra Biosciences (Avantra) today announced the selection of TGen Drug Development (TD2) as a key test site for Avantra's new biomarker quantitation platform. Avantra, based near Boston in Woburn, Mass., has cre...

1 Feb 2011