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Report Provides Insight into Challenges and Market of Microfluidic Components

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Micro Fluid Management Technology" report to their offering. Objectives of the report This report describes the market for micro pumps, valves, pre...

From Research and Markets 19 Nov 2008

Analysis and Development of SPR Sensors Using UV-Visible-NIR Microspectrophotometers

Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) effects are the basis behind many biosensors
and microfluidic device detectors currently in use or under development. Simply
put, surface plasmons are electromagnetic waves that propagate along the surface
of an interface between a metal and a dielectric.

17 Nov 2008

Canadian Scientists Reproduce Girl with a Pearl Earring with Protein Patterning Technique

Canadian researchers have created a new protein patterning technique that's enabled them to reproduce complex cellular environments and a miniature version of a masterpiece painting.

12 Nov 2008

Global Drug Discovery Technologies Market to Exceed $57 Billion by 2012

Drug discovery has become an integral and ongoing element of every pharmaceutical company's business strategy. There are a number of new technologies that are increasingly being used to enhance pharmaceutical R+D. Th...

From Global Industry Analysts 4 Nov 2008

Micralyne Recognized as Top 50 MicroNano Technology Suppliers

Micralyne Inc., a world leading independent MEMS Foundry, will be recognized this week by OnBoard Technology Magazine as one of the Top 50 MicroNano Technology suppliers.

From Micralyne Inc. 3 Oct 2008

Corning and DSM Announces Successful Demonstration of Microreactor Technology for cGMP Production

Corning Incorporated and DSM Pharma Chemicals announced publication of a joint paper at CPhI Worldwide 2008 in Frankfurt, Germany this week, describing a successful, commercially viable demonstration of Corning's microreactor technology for Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) production.

2 Oct 2008

Conducting DNA Tests Quickly and Inexpensively Using New "Lab on a Chip" Technology

Using new "lab on a chip" technology, James Landers hopes to create a hand-held device that may eventually allow physicians, crime scene investigators, pharmacists, even the general public to quickly and inexpensively conduct DNA tests from almost anywhere, without need for a complex and expensive central laboratory.

20 Sep 2008

Nanophysiometer to Study Cell-to-Cell Signaling in Immune System

Scientists have detected previously unnoticed chemical signals that individual cells in the immune system use to communicate with each other over short distances. The signals the researchers detected originated in den...

4 Sep 2008

"Lab on a Chip" to Improve Success of in Vitro Fertilization

In a finding that could boost the success rate of in vitro fertilization (IVF), researchers report development of a tiny "lab on a chip" to evaluate the fitness of embryos harvested for transfer. A report on the approach - which researchers describe as faster, easier, and more reliable than conventional embryo selection methods - is scheduled for the Sept. 1 issue of ACS' Analytical Chemistry, a semi-monthly journal.

1 Sep 2008

Centre Helps Alberta Entrepreneurs Move Nanotechnology Products to Market

Small or large companies and tech-savvy entrepreneurs that want to bring nanotechnology products to world markets can now access technical and business services thanks to a new leading-edge centre in Edmonton's Resea...

28 Aug 2008