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New Method to Study Single Cells using Laser Tweezers

The unique method, where a set of laser tweezers move the cell around in a microscopic channel system, allows the researchers to study how single cells react to stress induced by a constantly changing environment.

15 May 2009

How New Research Technologies Are Changing the Rules of the Game

Dramatic advances in the tools needed to conduct life science research are enabling researchers to undertake studies they could formerly only dream of-the studies that will drive the next wave of advances in science and ...

13 May 2009

QMDx Signs License Agreement with Nanosys for Patents Applications Related to the Use of Nanowires for Biosensors

Nanosys Inc. and QuantuMDx Group (QMDx) today announced that QMDx has signed a non-exclusive license agreement with Nanosys for several patents and patent applications related to the use of nanowires for biosensors. T...

From Shoei Electronic Materials, Inc 11 May 2009

NCKU Announces Collaborate with ITRI on Biomedical-Device Related Technology

With the launch of "Biotechnology Takeoff Package" by the Executive Yuan, biotechnology-related industry has been specially selected for intensive development in the southern Taiwan. Meanwhile, the economic value added on the industry of biomedical technology and medical device has skyrocketedly soared.

7 May 2009

Harvard Professor Awarded $250,000 for Revolutionizing Chemistry of Soft Materials

The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation announced today that George M. Whitesides, the Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University, has won the inaugural Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences.

6 May 2009

Summit Hightlights Nanotechnology, Energy and Environment

Technology experts from over 20 countries are in Edmonton, Alberta, for discussions on energy and the environment, topics of global importance and immediacy. The 15th Annual World Micromachine Summit is an international ...

6 May 2009

NCKU Distinguished Professor Honored with CIE ngineer Award

Distinguished Professor Gwo-Bin Lee from Department of Engineering Science of National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) will be honored with the 2009 Distinguished Engineer Award from the Chinese Institute of Engineers (CIE)...

4 May 2009

SpectraFluidics Expands Relationship with U.S. Army to Develop Next Generation Handheld Explosive Detectors

SpectraFluidics Inc., a company that specializes in developing trace level chemical detection technology, recently expanded its relationship with the U.S. Army to develop the next generation of handheld explosive detecto...

30 Apr 2009

Researchers Using Nanotechnology to Develop Low-Cost Disposable Blood-Testing Kits

Professor Peter Ashburn is leading a team of University researchers who are developing low-cost, disposable blood-testing kits that can be made available in GPs' surgeries.

23 Apr 2009

New Lab on a Chip Capable of Being Programmed to Perform Variety of Jobs

Researchers have designed a lab on a chip capable of being programmed to perform a variety of jobs, a step toward more widespread use of the miniature analytical tools used to measure everything from blood glucose to viruses, bacteria to genes.

21 Apr 2009