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Scientists at Naval Research Laboratory Partnering with Industry to Develop Sensor System for Biomolecules

Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) are partnering with industry to develop a sensor system for biomolecules that could make a significant contribution to a variety of fields such as healthcare, veterinary diagnostics, food safety, environmental testing, and national security. NRL has developed a highly sensitive, portable biosensor system called the compact Bead Array Sensor System.

3 Feb 2009

Lab-on-a-Chip Company Opens North American Office

Lab-on-a-chip company Micronit Microfluidics has set up a North American office in San Jose, California. The office is headed by Bob Moore, who was recently appointed as Director of North America Sales, and started its a...

28 Jan 2009

Microfluidics Techniques to Reach $1.9 Billion in Three Years

Biotechnology companies are building on what they have learned about microfluidics techniques over the past decade and are expected to drive this market toward $1.9 billion in three years, reports Genetic Engineering and...

22 Jan 2009

Credit-Card Sized Tool to Test for Malaria

Researchers have created a credit-card sized tool can be stored for months and then used to test for malaria--part of a larger project to develop high-tech tools for global health. The prototype dehydrated the reagents t...

21 Jan 2009

IVAM Product Market "Micro, Nano + Materials" Highlights Latest Trends and Applications

New trends and applications from various high-tech areas will be presented again this year by the exhibitors of the Product Market "Micro, Nano + Materials" at MicroTechnology/HANNOVER MESSE from April 20 to 24, 2009 in Hanover, Germany.

19 Jan 2009

Researchers Develop Microfluidic Devices that Capture and Analyze Cancer Cells

One of the grand goals in nanotechnology is to develop a single microfluidic device that integrates all of the components needed to perform polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based nucleic acid analyses. Experts predict tha...

16 Jan 2009

Patent Enable Companies and Researchers to Develop and Manufacture Smaller-Sized Nanoparticles

Microfluidics has filed for a patent on its Microfluidics Reaction Technology (MRT), which will enable companies and research organizations to develop and manufacture smaller-sized nanoparticles than previously possible ...

15 Jan 2009

Handheld Device Recognizes Wide Variety of Environmental or Medical Compounds

A handheld, ultra-portable device that can recognize and immediately report on a wide variety of environmental or medical compounds may eventually be possible, using a method that incorporates a mixture of biologically tagged nanowires onto integrated circuit chips, according to Penn State researchers.

15 Jan 2009

Microscopic, Chemically Triggered Robotic "Hands" that can Pick Up and Move Small Objects

In a finding straight out of science fiction, chemical and biomolecular engineers in Maryland are describing development of microscopic, chemically triggered robotic "hands" that can pick up and move small objects. They could be used in laboratory-on-a-chip applications, reconfigurable microfluidic systems, and micromanufacturing, the researchers say

13 Jan 2009

RainDance Technologies to Present "Biology in Pico-Liter Droplets"

Darren R. Link, Ph.D., of RainDance Technologies, Inc., will present "Biology in Pico-Liter Droplets," a discussion of the commercialization of the use of picoliter droplets in microfluidic channels for applica...

From Bio-Rad Laboratories India Pvt. Ltd. 12 Jan 2009