US researchers claim to have developed a new type of lighting that could replace compact fluorescents. It is made from layers of plastic that is said to provide efficient lighting as well improved quality. The scientists behind it say ...
Tags: lighting, compact fluorescents, efficient lighting, new light source
Swiss food firm Nestléis conducting experiments using zero gravity to enhance its understanding of the foam technology used in its products. According to the comapny,the study could help its scientists create better air bubbles in ...
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Aushon is planning to launch its new multiplex protein biomarker platform, which the company says incorporates several engineering breakthroughs to deliver ELISA-level performance. Aushon's microarray printing, novel assay design, ...
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Ames Laboratory have discovered new ways of using a well-known polymer in organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), which could eliminate the need for an increasingly problematic and ...
Tags: LEDs Display, Conducting Polymer, Organic Light Emitting Diodes
Pfizer has won US FDA approval for its rheumatoid arthritis (RA) therapy, Xeljanz (tofacitinib citrate) 5mg twice daily, indicated for patients who failed to respond to methotrexate. Xeljanz can be used as a single treatment regime or as ...
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In ancient China, engagement was an important social rite where man and woman confirm marital ties, next only to official marriage in significance. Marital ties were made by following "parents' order and on the matchmaker's word". However, ...
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Israel-based nutraceutical ingredients company LycoRed has announced that it has witnessed high sales growth of its natural tomato complex Lyc-O-Mato in Japan over the past few years, and plans to hold a seminar to discuss its latest ...
Tags: natural tomato complex Lyc-O-Mato, latest finding on the complex
SQI Diagnostics has introduced SQiDlite multiplexing system for pharmaceutical drug development and contract research organizations performing bioanalytical and immunogenicity testing. The SqiDlite system, which can run on the company's ...
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NineSigma has partnered with The Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science at the New York Academy of Sciences, and Sight and Life, DSM's nutrition think tank to help Scientists Without Borders find more sustainable packaging for ...
Tags: Sustainable Micro, cost-effective packaging, packaging solution
The Humboldt University in Berlin was founded in 1810, inspired by the ideas of Wilhelm von Humboldt. The institution soon became a meeting place for famous scientists from all over Europe and developed into Germany's biggest and most ...
Genetically modified (GM) potatoes are set to be grown for the first time in Ireland, after Environmental Protection Agency Ireland (EPA) has given its approval to carry out trials. The plants will be modified to be resistant to Late ...
Tags: genetically modified potatoes, the death of plant tissues, potato crops
KineMatik has formed a strategic alliance to embed Scilligence's new cross-platform, mobile cheminformatics, and bioinformatics software tools into its electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) Scilligence's informatics products usage will ...
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Advances in molecular biology could transform the investigation of foodborne disease outbreaks, enabling faster and more accurate identification of the organisms responsible, according to the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA). The Agency ...
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Janssen Research & Development company has submitted bedaquiline (TMC207) new drug application (NDA) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval. Bedaquiline,an investigational drug administered orally,is used as part of ...
Tags: FDA, new drug application, investigational drug, pulmonary
Cancer Therapeutics CRC has selected Dotmatics' enterprise platform for data querying and analysis across its multiple research sites in Australia. CRC implemented Browser, Dotmatics' enterprise query platform, and Vortex, a premium data ...
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