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Introducing the OpenStand Motorized Optical Stand

Introducing the OpenStand Motorized Optical Stand, the latest from Prior Scientific

From Prior Scientific Instruments Ltd. 16 Oct 2020

Monkey study shows a causal link between white patch and vocal behavior

It's not a coincidence that dogs are cuter than wolves, or that goats at a petting zoo have shorter horns and friendlier demeanors than their wild ancestors.

16 Oct 2020

Tech Spotlight honors ISSCR's stem cell based clinical trials guide

The ISSCR's Stem Cell-Based Clinical Trials: Practical Advice for Physicians and Ethics/Institutional Review Committees was honored today by Tech Spotlight at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center.

16 Oct 2020

Researchers discover a new way to isolate critical neurons in zebrafish

By exposing larval zebrafish to a well-known optical illusion, researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology and National Institute of Genetics in Japan have found a clever way to isolate key clusters of neurons critical to processing the direction of motion in the zebrafish's environment.

16 Oct 2020

Researchers discover novel protocol to detect lipid production in microalgae

Dietary supplementation of fatty acids produced from microalgae have wide-reaching health benefits for humans, including the ability to reduce obesity, diabetes and fatty liver disease, preventing hair loss, and assisting wounds to heal.

16 Oct 2020

UofSC scientists identify biological triggers that promote quicker nerve regeneration

University of South Carolina scientists are exploring ways to make nerve regeneration happen faster and more successfully.

15 Oct 2020

Early trauma leads to changes in blood metabolites, study finds

A study by the Brain Research Institute at UZH reveals that early trauma leads to changes in blood metabolites - similarly in mice and humans.

15 Oct 2020

NIH grants 4D Nucleome award to support research by Gladstone scientists

The National Institutes of Health has granted a 4D Nucleome award to support research by a group of scientists at Gladstone Institutes led by Benoit Bruneau, PhD, and Katie Pollard, PhD.

15 Oct 2020

Moffitt study uncovers how specific molecules promote cancer progression

The development of cancer is a highly complicated process, involving multiple genes and signaling pathways that become upregulated or downregulated throughout different stages of tumor growth and spread.

15 Oct 2020

Small molecule restores normal heart development in animal model with rare genetic disorder

A research team at the Greenwood Genetic Center has successfully used small molecules to restore normal heart and valve development in an animal model for Mucolipidosis II (ML II), a rare genetic disorder. Progressive heart disease is commonly associated with ML II.

15 Oct 2020

Small RNA molecule controls major pathogenicity factors of H. pylori

More than half of the world's population carries the bacterium Helicobacter pylori in their stomach mucosa. It often causes no problems throughout life, but sometimes it can cause inflammation, and in some cases, it can even lead to the development of stomach cancer.

15 Oct 2020

Dotmatics introduces a self-service, scientific visualization and analytics application for small molecule discovery

Dotmatics Ltd, a scientific informatics software and services company that is driving the automation of laboratory data workflows for scientific discovery and innovation research, today announced it has expanded its product portfolio to include Blueprint, a self-service, scientific visualization and analytics application for small molecule discovery.

From Dotmatics 15 Oct 2020

Technicians Sustainability Working Group adopts Asynt's waterless condenser

The CondenSyn waterless condenser from Asynt has been widely adopted by the Technicians Sustainability Working Group operating within the Biomolecular Science and Medicinal Chemistry Division at Nottingham University as part of their drive to make teaching and research greener.

From Asynt 15 Oct 2020

Researchers engineer cow muscle cells to produce plant nutrients

A group of researchers at Tufts University have genetically engineered cow muscle cells to produce plant nutrients not natively found in beef cells.

15 Oct 2020

Study shows how HGT can bend the rules of evolution

In a world first Monash University scientists have discovered that HGT can bend the rules of evolution. The discovery is outlined in a study published today in PNAS, which was led by ARC Future Fellow Dr Mike McDonald and PhD candidate Laura Woods, both from the Monash University School of Biological Sciences.

15 Oct 2020