Monitoring protein-tissue interactions in real time
02 January, 2010
Ridgeview Instruments AB’s LigandTracer Grey facilitates kinetic measurements on living cells by enabling researchers to follow protein-cell interactions in real time.
Poo power and disease diagnosis
01 January, 2010
Researchers have taken high-tech gas sensors normally used to test components for premium cars and applied the same techniques to human blood, human urine and even cow dung samples. The results could lead to a new high-tech medical tool that could provide a fast diagnosis for some of the most difficult gastrointestinal illnesses and metabolic diseases.
The science of the sleigh
16 December, 2009
Some of the secrets of Santa's sleigh are revealed by Prof Larry Silverberg.
2010 CRC Program selection round opens
16 December, 2009
Manufacturing and social innovation are the focus of the latest Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Program selection round.
Champagne is good for your heart
16 December, 2009
University of Reading researchers suggest that two glasses of Champagne a day may be good for your heart and circulation.
Christmas cholesterol epiphany
16 December, 2009
Laboratory experiments suggest that myrrh, a resin obtained from several species of Commiphora and Balsamodendron trees, may have cholesterol-lowering properties.
Vaccine to treat gum disease on the way
14 December, 2009
CSL has announced that a vaccine to treat severe gum disease is being developed in a new collaboration with Sanofi Pasteur.
Votsch Industrietechnik Climate 3000 Series test chambers
05 December, 2009 | Supplied by: Pacific Laboratory Products
The Climate 3000 Series from Vötsch Industrietechnik has a large 12″ LCD colour touch panel for in-depth analysis of environmental test conditions and test profiles can be stored on the chamber’s hard drive.
Votsch Industrietechnik environmental test chambers
04 December, 2009 | Supplied by: Pacific Laboratory Products
Vötsch Industrietechnik environmental test chambers can be integrated into a business network for secure remote operation and monitoring.
Blood tests for gastrointestinal cancer diagnosis
02 December, 2009
Promising results from two new blood tests will make gastrointestinal (GI) cancer detection simpler, cost effective and more acceptable to patients than current methods, researchers say.
Freeze-drying for foam fabrication
01 December, 2009
Chemists and engineers at the University of Warwick have found that exposing particular mixtures of polymer particles and other materials to sudden freeze-drying can create a high-tech armoured foam that could be used for a number of purposes, including a new range of room-temperature, low-power gas sensors.
Water in orbit
01 December, 2009 by University of Utah
Space is not a fun place to get a stomach bug. To ensure drinking water is adequately disinfected, University of Utah chemists have developed a two-minute water quality monitoring method that just started six months of tests aboard the International Space Station.
Chlamydia that avoids diagnosis
01 December, 2009
New sequencing and analysis of six strains of Chlamydia will result in improved diagnosis of the sexually transmitted infection. This study provides remarkable insights into a new strain of Chlamydia that was identified in Sweden in 2006 after spreading rapidly across the country by evading most established diagnostic tests.
Why do people with Down syndrome have less cancer?
01 December, 2009
Most cancers are rare in people with Down syndrome, whose overall cancer mortality is below 10% of that in the general population. Since they have an extra copy of chromosome 21, it’s been proposed that people with Down syndrome may be getting an extra dose of one or more cancer-protective genes.
Science and the global food crime fight
01 December, 2009
Australian Earth Scientists have joined forces with food scientists and chemists in an international effort to fight global food crime using new tamper-proof technology that pinpoints exactly where in the world particular foods have been produced.
