September 2017

New Atellica™ Solution, Advanced Diagnostics Analyzers from Siemens Healthineers

September 28, 2017

Siemens Healthineers announced today the CE Mark and global commercial availability of its Atellica™ Solution—flexible, scalable, automation-ready immunoassay and chemistry analyzers. The solution is now available across the globe in [more...]

Sensirion is Acquiring the Automotive Business from Korean Peer Auto Industrial Co.

September 25, 2017

Swiss sensor technology company Sensirion is acquiring the automotive business from Korean peer Auto Industrial Co. (AIC). The takeover includes AICs relevant business in South Korea, China, and the U.S. The move will bolster Sensirion’s [more...]

Fluorescence Microscopy on a Chip – No Lenses Required

September 25, 2017

A diagram of the on-chip fluorescence imaging platform showing how the ultra-thin glass bottom microfluidic chip sits on top of the contact CMOS fluorescence imager Fluorescence microscopy gives researchers incredible power to illuminate [more...]

One Vaccine Injection Could Carry Many Doses

September 17, 2017

Microparticles created by new 3-D fabrication method could release drugs or vaccines long after injection (Image Credit : MIT) MIT engineers have invented a new 3-D fabrication method that can generate a novel type of drug-carrying [more...]

Engineers Receive $1 Million for Implantable System to Detect Lung Cancer

September 17, 2017

Future medical diagnostic tools may get under your skin — literally. An interdisciplinary team of UB engineers, working with Intel Corp. and Garwood Medical Devices, has received a $1 million National Science Foundation grant to develop [more...]

New Device Zooms in on Microbe Behaviour at the Right Scale

September 17, 2017

A scientist operates a new compact device for studying the behaviour of marine microbes. (Image Credit: Marea Martlew) Marine microbes play an important role in the productivity and functioning of our oceans but scientists studying their [more...]

Nanoscale Chip System Measures Light from a Single Bacterial Cell to Enable Portable Chemical Detection

September 17, 2017

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have created a nanophotonic chip system using lasers and bacteria to observe fluorescence emitted from a single bacterial cell. To fix the bacteria in place and to route light toward [more...]

Microfluidics and Nanotechnology: Biosensing to the Single Molecule Limit

September 17, 2017

Book Description Amazon Link | CRC Press Link Author: Liang-Yin Chu, Wei Wang ISBN: 978-3-527-34182-5 336 pages June 2017 Summary An increasing number of technologies are being used to detect minute quantities of biomolecules and [more...]

Microfluidics for Advanced Functional Polymeric Materials

September 17, 2017

Book Description Amazon Link | Wiley Link Author: Liang-Yin Chu, Wei Wang ISBN: 978-3-527-34182-5 336 pages June 2017 Summary A comprehensive and systematic treatment of our current understanding of the microfluidic technique and its [more...]

Diagnostic Devices with Microfluidics

September 17, 2017

Book Description Amazon Link | CRC Press Link Author: Francesco Piraino, Šeila Selimovic June 14, 2017 by CRC Press Reference – 257 Pages ISBN 9781498772938 – CAT# K29532 Summary This book provides a current view of the [more...]

Veterinary Chemistry Analyzer Market by Product Application & Animal – Global Forecast to 2022

September 10, 2017

The global veterinary chemistry analyzers market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 8.7% from 2017 to 2022, to reach USD 1,205.2 million by 2022 from USD 795.8 million in 2017. The growth of this market is mainly attributed to the rising [more...]

Low-cost Wearables Manufactured by Hybrid 3D Printing

September 10, 2017

A complete hybrid 3D-printed device flexes and conforms to the body’s shap (Image credit: Alex Valentine, Lori Sanders and Human skin must flex and stretch to accommodate the body’s every move. Anything worn tight on the body [more...]

Researchers Develop 3-D-Printed Biomaterials That Degrade On Demand

September 10, 2017

Brown researchers have found a way to 3-D print intricate temporary microstructures that can be degraded on demand using a biocompatible chemical trigger. The technique could be useful could be useful in fabricating microfluidic devices, [more...]

NevadaNano and University of Utah Robotics Center Successfully Complete First Demonstration of Autonomous Aerial Chemical Detection System

September 4, 2017

NevadaNano today announced that the U.S. Army has awarded the company and the University of Utah’s DARC Lab the next round of funding for the “Autonomous Broad Spectrum Environmental Sentinels” Small Business Technology [more...]