June 2018

Medical Sensors Design Conference

June 24, 2018

Rapid advances in medical technology, and the increasing need to store and rapidly access data are making sensors an important part of the medical landscape. At the Medical Sensors Design Conference June [more...]

Low-Cost Plastic Sensors Could Monitor a Range of Health Conditions

June 24, 2018

A low-cost sensor made from semiconducting plastic could be used to diagnose or monitor a wide range of health conditions, such as surgical complications or neurodegenerative diseases. (Image Credit: KAUST) [more...]

Creating Precision Optical Components with Inkjet Printing

June 24, 2018

Researchers at the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM) have developed an inkjet printing technique that can be used to print optical components, such as waveguides. The printing approach [more...]

Chip-Scale Broadband Optical System that Can Sense Molecules in the Mid-Infrared

June 10, 2018

Researchers at Columbia Engineering have demonstrated, for the first time, a chip-based dual-comb spectrometer in the mid-infrared range, that requires no moving parts and can acquire spectra in less than 2 microseconds. [more...]

Sensera’s MEMS Devices Mimic Human Organs

June 10, 2018

Sensera is adapting its MEMS technology for new applications in bioengineering. The company’s MEMS technology is now being used at Harvard University for the creation of microfluidic devices which mimic the functionsof living [more...]

Precision NanoSystems raises US$6 Million to Accelerate Product Innovation and Global Expansion

June 10, 2018

Precision NanoSystems (PNI) today announced that it has closed a US$6M Series B investment. The funds will be used to expand PNI’s products and services globally and to provide a [more...]

Interview with Vortex Biosciences’ Microfluidic Technology

June 10, 2018

Personalized medicine is a term we’ve heard for years. The ability to tailor a patient’s treatment type and dosage to obtain the best response is a holy grail for cancer [more...]

Next-Generation Sequencing Sheds Light on Rotavirus in Indonesia

June 10, 2018

Figure Rotaviruses in the faeces of an infected child. By Dr Graham Beards Rotavirus A causes acute diarrhea in young children, and infects both animals and humans worldwide. A Japanese [more...]

Cell Cycle Analysis Market Prophesied to Grow by 2025

June 10, 2018

Cell proliferation regulation is a central part of the tissue morphogenesis process during the development of multicellular organisms. Moreover, the loss of control of cell proliferations is one of the [more...]