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WebinarRobots in the lab – learn how automation can streamline your workflow
The future of lab automation is promising. Join us to find out answers to the most important questions, and to contribute your knowledge and experience to the discussion.
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The robots revolutionising chemistry
Researchers working with automated systems are pushing the boundaries of what chemists can achieve in the lab, reports James Mitchell Crow
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How to automate your lab
Whether it’s robots, automation or software hacks, Nessa Carson finds ways for everyone to improve how they work in the lab
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Second Theranos executive convicted of fraud
Blood testing startup president Ramesh ‘Sunny’ Balwani defrauded both investors and patients
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What Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes’ conviction means for chemistry
Holmes faces up to 65 years in prison for defrauding investors while running her now defunct blood testing startup
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Touchpad technology offers precise droplet control for microfluidics
User interface is step towards a smart and sustainable cell-free biology reaction platform
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NMR findings suggest solution to enhanced diffusion dispute
Energy release rate may solve the puzzle of why the phenomenon is seen in some systems but not others
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Algorithm predicts mortality of Covid-19 patients from blood biomarkers
Artificial intelligence tool to help doctors prioritise treatment
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Microfluidic electrochemistry delivers radical coupling breakthrough
Interelectrode gap engineered so that diffusion outpaces radical decomposition
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Respiratory viruses detected in 30 minutes with the help of a smartphone
$50 smartphone accessory could be adapted for Covid-19
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Test for antibiotic resistance genes provides answers within an hour
Whole blood method for diagnosing bacterial infections has unprecedented speed and sensitivity
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Smartphone setup could put a stop to norovirus outbreaks
US researchers have created a handheld detection system that is sensitive enough to catch just a few particles of norovirus
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Wood microfluidics carve out a niche
Teflon-coated wood devices perform as well as plastic equivalents but face some challenges before they can realise their clinical and sustainable potential
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Droplet screening set to accelerate immunotherapies into the clinic
Single-cell technique eliminates inefficiencies when identifying immune cells active against specific cancers
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Sweat pore mimic unblocks perspiration theory
Microfluidic device shows that antiperspirants control sweating by forming pore-plugging aggregates with perspiration proteins
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Micromotors navigate tiny biochemical lab
Resistant layer protects micromotors from protein-induced breakdown when swimming through biological fluids on lab-on-a-chip device
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Tiny bubbles made easier
Shrinking the microbubbles needed for ultrasound with microfluidics
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Lab on skin can perform health check on athletes
New device analyses sweat biomarkers and communicates health data wirelessly to smartphone
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Polymer ‘artery’ makes light work of microfluidic pumping
Photo-responsive deformable tube can move liquids in microreactors without the need for external pumps
