Biological Sciences
Ralph Garippa, Ph.D., independent consultant and former head of cell-based high-throughput screening (HTS) and microscopic imaging-based high-content screening (HCS) at Hoffmann-La Roche, discusses the recent trends in cell culture.
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Perhaps the most buzz-worthy technology in life sciences, next-generation sequencing continues to undergo rapid changes. With vendors updating their portfolios with new instruments annually, the market remains highly competitive and dynamic.
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Sandia National Laboratories has designed and built a mobile research facility to trace and identify the origin of greenhouse gases.
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A Michigan State University team has unraveled the secret of how microbes generate electricity while cleaning up nuclear waste.
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Kansas State University researchers have been collaborating on an international project involving genomes of a model plant species.
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Scientists have developed a simple, inexpensive method for removing arsenic based on chopped-up pieces of plastic bottles.
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A research team led by Florida State University will receive about $20 million over three years to study effects of Gulf spill.
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Funding over three years will help eight teams investigate the impacts of the spill and develop new tools to respond to future spills.
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University of Florida researchers are finding new ways to thwart crop-devouring pests — by being good listeners.
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A University of Toronto professor's lab-on-a-chip automates dried blood spot analysis in a system needing only a pinprick of blood.
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Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered a molecular mechanism that allows a signal from the target to return to the cell body.
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New technology helps scientists find for the first time that cell temperatures in humans don't stick to the familiar 98.6 F norm.
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