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What is Controlled Environment Agriculture?

The pressure of urbanization and population growth has resulted in the spread of agricultural areas and the intensification of food demand. To address such demands, controlled environment agriculture (CEA) over recent years has provided a new pathway towards food security and resource circularity.

21 Nov 2023

How is Flow Cytometry Used in Biotechnology?

Flow cytometry is a critical player in the world of biotechnology, allowing scientists to peer into the inner workings of cells, sorting and analyzing them with incredible precision.

19 Nov 2023

Understanding Animal Diversity with Zoological Proteomics

Zoological proteomics is an interesting branch of science that is dedicated to the study of the proteome - the complete set of proteins expressed by an individual (human or animal), tissue, or cell type, in the context of zoology.

13 Nov 2023

Biotechnology and Biofuels: Is This the Future of Greener Energy?

Energy needs still need to be met; could sustainable, renewable alternatives sourced from biotechnology and biofuel alleviate the dependence on fossil fuels?

13 Nov 2023

Analytical Chemistry in Personalized Medicine

Analytical chemistry techniques have become increasingly valuable to personalized medicine. Read more here.

10 Nov 2023

X-ray Crystallography for Molecular Structure Determination

This article will discuss the function and applications of X-ray crystallography and some of its specialized variations.

9 Nov 2023

Exploring Liquid Handling Solutions for Laboratory Developed Tests

This article explains the challenges and solutions of liquid handling solutions for lab developed testing.

From SPT Labtech 7 Nov 2023

How is Automated Liquid Handling Utilized for Efficient Laboratory Developed Testing?

This article discusses how labs can utilize automated liquid handling for more efficient laboratory developed testing.

From SPT Labtech 7 Nov 2023

NMR Spectroscopy in Structural Analysis of Organic Compounds

This article will discuss the basics of NMR spectroscopy, along with some of its variations and their specialized application.

7 Nov 2023

Bacteriophages as Biosensors for Food and Water Safety

This article focuses on different types of bacteriophage-based biosensors that ensure food and water safety.

2 Nov 2023

Chemical Analysis in Cultural Heritage: Preserving the Past with Modern Techniques

The scientific contribution in support of cultural heritage preservation is vast and complex, often relying on multidisciplinary approaches. Together with other fields, such as engineering and material science, over the years, analytical chemistry has played a significant role in analyzing and preserving artifacts.

31 Oct 2023

Drug Repurposing: Sustainably Accelerating Drug Discovery

Drug repurposing is a sustainable way to develop new drugs because it does not require the creation of new compounds, something that has become increasingly relevant to the pharmaceutical industry’s growing environmental impact.

30 Oct 2023

Using GC-MS to Analyze Human Metabolites

The analysis of metabolites allows the understanding of the physiological, pathological, and biochemical status of a biological system. Metabolomics can provide insights into disease mechanisms and drug effects or help identify potential biomarkers.

26 Oct 2023

Unlocking the Past: Exploring Human History with Multi-Isotope Analysis

Multi-isotope analysis has the potential to provide insights into various scientific disciplines, such as the understanding of human populations of the past. Read more here.

24 Oct 2023

The Importance of Robust Automation-Friendly Library Preparation for Handling Precious Samples

Automation of the library preparation process not only increases throughput but also minimizes variability of performance.

From SPT Labtech 23 Oct 2023

Exploring DNA Library Preparation Miniaturization for Illumina Sequencing Technology

Advancements in next-generation illumina sequencing have led to considerable improvements in throughput as well as decreases in costs.

From SPT Labtech 23 Oct 2023

Engineering Bicyclic Small Molecule Heterocycles as Anti-Malarial Therapeutics: Design, Synthesis and Biological Studies

This poster from TCG Life Sciences and presented at ELRIG Drug Discovery UK discloses the identification of four different series as anti-malarial Hits.

From ELRIG (UK) Ltd. 20 Oct 2023

Probing Life's Electrochemical Mysteries: An Overview of Cyclic Voltammetry in the Life Sciences

This article will discuss some of the applications of cyclic voltammetry within the life sciences and reflect on the future potential of the technique in clinical diagnostics.

19 Oct 2023

Infection Detection: Raman Spectroscopy's Role in C. Difficile Testing

This article will discuss Raman spectroscopy and some of its sub-types, with a view to their specific application towards the detection of C. Difficile infection.

17 Oct 2023

Unlocking Speed and Precision: Magnetic Beads in Protein Isolation

For many years, magnetic beads have been used in nucleic acids purification, obtaining high yields in a short amount of time; the same method is being applied in protein isolation from cell mixture samples.