Bacterial glitter: New findings open up possibilities for sustainable color technologies

Predictions with artificial intelligence

10-Jul-2024 - An international team of researchers has investigated the mechanism that makes some types of bacteria reflect light without using pigments. The researchers were interested in the genes responsible and discovered important ecological connections. These findings were published in the current issue ...

Protecting art and passwords with biochemistry

New technology is based on a pool of one hundred million different DNA molecules and protects against counterfeiting

10-Apr-2024 - A new molecular test method helps to prove the authenticity of works of art. The new method could also help to make passwords secure against quantum computers. Instead of using algorithms, the method employs the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and DNA sequencing. Security experts fear Q-​Day, the ...

Simulation of fast, accurate DNA sequencing through graphene nanopore

19-Jan-2016 - Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have simulated a new concept for rapid, accurate gene sequencing by pulling a DNA molecule through a tiny, chemically activated hole in graphene--an ultrathin sheet of carbon atoms--and detecting changes in electrical ...

Dynamics of liquid metal particles at nanoscale

20-Aug-2013 - Two NJIT researchers have demonstrated that using a continuum-based approach, they can explain the dynamics of liquid metal particles on a substrate of a nanoscale. The results appeared in Physical Review Letters. The evolution of fluid drops deposited on solid substrates has been a focus of ...

New capabilities in single-molecule sensing

DNA origami puts a smart lid on solid-state nanopore sensors

24-Apr-2012 - The latest advance in solid-state nanopore sensors – devices that are made with standard tools of the semiconductor industry yet can offer single-molecule sensitivity for label-free protein screening – expands their bag of tricks through bionanotechnology. Researchers at the Technische ...

Eurofins announces the inauguration of its Nantes laboratory extension turning it into the largest single-site independent food testing laboratory in the world

26-Sep-2011 - Eurofins Scientific inaugurated a 3,000 m2 extension to its laboratory in Nantes, France. The extension was completed in early summer and turns Eurofins Nantes into the largest single-site independent food testing laboratory in the world, with 11,500 m2 total laboratory surface and capacity to ...

Professor Hagan Bayley named Chemistry World Entrepreneur of the Year 2008

28-Apr-2009 - Professor Hagan Bayley, Professor of Chemical Biology at the University of Oxford, was named Entrepreneur of the Year by the Royal Society of Chemistry. The award recognises Professor Bayley’s excellence in science and contribution to British industry. He is the founder of Oxford Nanopore ...

Using light to move and trap DNA molecules

06-Jan-2009 - A major goal of nanotechnology research is to create a "lab on a chip," in which a tiny biological sample would be carried through microscopic channels for processing. This could make possible portable, fast-acting detectors for disease organisms or food-borne pathogens, rapid DNA sequencing and ...

Fluorotechnics new US base with The Gel Company acquisition

10-Sep-2008 - Fluorotechnics Limited has signed a binding agreement to acquire US-based The Gel Company Inc (GelCo) . GelCo is a company providing over 250 products for applications such as proteomics, cell culture, DNA sequencing, liquid handling, microarray and PCR. Its customers are global pharmaceutical ...

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Announces License Agreement with University of California, Santa Cruz

21-Aug-2008 - Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd announced the completion of an exclusive license agreement to develop nanopore science developed at the University of California, Santa Cruz (“UCSC”), in the laboratories of Professors David Deamer and Mark Akeson. Oxford Nanopore will also fund research in the ...