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How electronic pipettes can ease the transition to automation
The automation of workflows offers significant advantages over manual procedures where high throughput and reproducible results are needed in short time frames. [ + ]
Map of brain's memory hub reveals unexpected results
Scientists say they have made the most detailed map ever of the communication links between the hippocampus and the rest of the brain. [ + ]
NASA's Artemis I test flight to the Moon is finally underway
NASA's Orion spacecraft is finally on its way to the Moon, over 11 weeks after its originally scheduled launch was scrapped. [ + ]
A new approach to quantum microscopy
A prototype quantum microscope, demonstrating high-resolution sensitivity, has been developed by an Australian research team. [ + ]
Bionic pancreas simplifies type 1 diabetes management
Compared to other available artificial pancreas technologies, the bionic pancreas is designed to require less user input and provides more automation. [ + ]
Fast, open PCR platform to fight future pandemics
The world needs highly sensitive, on-the-spot tests that can indicate the presence of infections as clearly as possible in just a few minutes. [ + ]
DNA nanotransporters optimise drug delivery
Researchers have designed a new class of drug transporters made of DNA that are 20,000 times smaller than a human hair and could improve how diseases are treated. [ + ]
Strict parenting may 'hard-wire' depression risk — but brain changes are possible
Strict parenting can alter the way the body reads the DNA of children, increasing their biological risk for depression — but that doesn't make them immune to treatment. [ + ]
Asbestos testing under the microscope
Professor Akio Kuroda has been developing testing techniques to accurately pinpoint the presence of asbestos. [ + ]
Changes in breast milk composition for women with COVID-19
Infection by the SARS-CoV-2 virus modifies the supply of nutrients to infants via breast milk, researchers have shown. [ + ]
Study reveals how neurons from PTSD patients react to stress
The study could provide insights into how genetics can make someone more susceptible to developing PTSD following trauma exposure. [ + ]
The ethical challenges of working with human blastoids
Bioethicists say that research on human blastoids is ethically fraught, due to differing beliefs on whether the blastoid possesses sentience or has the potential to do so. [ + ]
Holographic microscope can see through the skull, image the brain
The microscope is reportedly capable of seeing through the intact skull and enabling high-resolution 3D imaging of the neural network within a living mouse brain. [ + ]
Human brain cells in a dish taught to play Pong
A Melbourne-led team has shown that 800,000 brain cells living in a dish can perform goal-directed tasks — in this case, the simple tennis-like computer game 'Pong'. [ + ]
How labs and vendors can work together to improve reproducibility
Across scientific disciplines, many researchers are experiencing difficulty when trying to replicate previously observed experimental results. [ + ]
