ACD/Labs, a provider of scientific informatics technologies for molecular characterization, has announced a partnership with Science Data Experts (SDE). Together, ACD/Labs and SDE will use their experience and expertise to enable life sciences organizations to implement a variety of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to accelerate innovation in R&D. The partnership will…
Argonne’s turning 75!
On July 1, 1946, a new laboratory was born with a single purpose: to kick-start the field of nuclear energy. Seventy-five years later, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory has grown into one of the country’s largest science laboratories, with thousands of employees working with partners in industry and academia to tackle pressing challenges in…
108Labs is building the world’s first cell cultured human milk factory in North Carolina
Eighteen months after creating the world’s first cell cultured human milk, 108Labs is now focused on accelerating the field from lab to factory by building and programming the world’s first autonomous Cellufacturing facility and artificial intelligence platform for production of cell cultured human milk in the birthplace of biosynthetic human milk, Hillsborough, N.C. With an…
Bruisable artificial skin could help prosthetics, robots sense injuries
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces When someone bumps their elbow against a wall, they not only feel pain but also might experience bruising. Robots and prosthetic limbs don’t have these warning signs, which could lead to further injury. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces have developed an artificial skin that senses force…
What is Gas Chromatography
Gas chromatography (GC) is a common type of chromatography used in analytical chemistry for separating and analyzing compounds that can be vaporized without decomposition. These chemical compounds are usually organic molecules or gases. For the GC to be successful in their analysis, these compounds need to be volatile, usually with a molecular weight below 1250…
3D-printed air: a cool solution to help tackle global warming
BVN Architecture and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia, have teamed up to design the world’s first robotically 3D-printed air-diffusion system, called ‘Systems Reef 2’ (SR2). SR2 reinvents air distribution: replacing steel with recycled plastic, square corners with aerodynamic curves and large vents with fine pores. The building sector is responsible for nearly 40%…
LLNL-Tyvak space imaging payload has taken more than 4,500 pictures of Earth and space
Thousands of images of Earth and space have been taken by a compact space imaging payload developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers and its collaborator Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems. Known as GEOStare2, the payload has two space telescopes that together have taken more than 4,500 pictures for space domain awareness, astronomy and Earth observations…
NSF announces major investment in spectroscopy to advance critical imaging technologies
The U.S. National Science Foundation is advancing biomolecular research through the establishment of a geographically distributed Network for Advanced Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. This investment of $40 million is made through NSF’s Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure II program, an NSF-wide effort to meet the research community’s needs for modern research infrastructure to support science and engineering research.…
Ultra-Low Temperature Freezers sustainably protect vaccines and other sensitive materials
The state-of-the-art Thermo Scientific TSX Series Ultra-Low Temperature (ULT) Freezers have been fully upgraded to include additional functionality to provide research, pharmaceutical manufacturing, clinical, biorepository and industrial laboratories with safeguards to deliver environmentally sustainable protection of materials, such as vaccines, cell culture media, biologics and reagents. The advanced TSX Series ULT Freezers from Thermo Fisher…
New US-Canada partnership announced for collaboration in research and innovation
The U.S. National Science Foundation and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, or NSERC, announced the first formal partnership between the agencies that support fundamental discovery research in the U.S. and Canada. The partnership paves the way for new collaborations between researchers in both countries to build inclusive partnerships at the frontiers…
MOBIE accelerates biotherapeutic drug development and multiomic biomarker discovery
MOBILion Systems has launched MOBIE, the first commercial High-Resolution Ion Mobility (HRIM) product that addresses characterization challenges faced during biopharmaceutical drug development and quality monitoring. MOBIE provides fast, efficient separations with superior resolution and reproducibility, faster, simpler method development and greater instrument uptime. This highly anticipated new technology will help accelerate and simplify the workflows…
Singapore-UK team to develop a novel device to reduce chemotherapy side-effects
A team of clinicians and scientists from the National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS) at the National University Hospital (NUH) and the N.1 Institute for Health at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has partnered Paxman Coolers (UK) to develop a device that may prevent or reduce numbness and pain caused by certain types of…
Formedix and CDISC unite to provide free access to CDASH-Compliant eCRFs for accelerated clinical trial set-up
Formedix, a provider of clinical trial software solutions, has collaborated with CDISC, a clinical research data standards development organization, to create a novel portal providing free access to ready-to-use, CDASH-compliant, annotated electronic case report forms (eCRFs). As part of this partnership, Formedix’s innovative all-in-one cloud-based clinical metadata repository (CMDR) and study automation platform — ryze…
SwRI forms Joint Industry Program to investigate safety, longevity of grid-connected energy storage systems
Southwest Research Institute has launched a new Joint Industry Program (JIP) to investigate energy storage systems for the grid. JIP efforts will include developing new test cycles for batteries employed in grid applications, estimating the life span of batteries and their potential for failure, and reducing likelihood of battery fires. “I’m delighted that the Institute…
DOE scientists deploy creativity, speed to disrupt COVID-19
by Oak Ridge National Laboratory An ORNL-led team comprising researchers from multiple DOE national laboratories is using artificial intelligence and computational screening techniques – in combination with experimental validation – to identify and design five promising drug therapy approaches to target the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Michelle Lehman/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy. In early 2020, when the…
Bacteria-sized robots take on microplastics and win by breaking them down
From ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces Small pieces of plastic are everywhere, stretching from urban environments to pristine wilderness. Left to their own devices, it can take hundreds of years for them to degrade completely. Catalysts activated by sunlight could speed up the process but getting these compounds to interact with microplastics is difficult. In…
JUMP-CP consortium creating world’s largest public cell painting dataset, using PerkinElmer’s PhenoVue kit
PerkinElmer has announced that it is providing its PhenoVue Cell Painting Kits to the Joint Undertaking in Morphological Profiling-Cell Painting (JUMP-CP) consortium. The consortium, spearheaded by the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and including leading pharmaceutical companies and non-profit research organizations, is focused on creating and sharing the world’s largest public cell imaging data…
The Biden administration launches the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Task Force
The U.S. National Science Foundation and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy have announced the formation of the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Task Force. As directed by Congress in the “National AI Initiative Act of 2020,” the task force will serve as a federal advisory committee, developing an implementation roadmap for…
Selux Diagnostics receives additional $14.6M in BARDA funding after successfully completing first clinical trial
Selux Diagnostics, specialists in personalized diagnostics to combat superbug infections and fight antibiotic resistance, has been awarded an additional $14.6 million in funding from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. BARDA modified the…
Thermo Fisher Scientific launches novel flow cytometer with imaging capability
Thermo Fisher Scientific introduces the Invitrogen Attune CytPix Flow Cytometer, an imaging-enhanced flow cytometer, that combines acoustic focusing flow cytometry technology with a high-speed camera. The Attune CytPix allows users to collect high-performance fluorescent flow cytometry data from cells while simultaneously capturing high-resolution brightfield images, allowing users to match images with their flow cytometry data…
Purdue researchers receive Amazon Research Award for streaming video analytics method on IoT devices
Written by Kristin Malavenda, Purdue University Purdue University researchers received an Amazon Research Award for their development of a method to perform analytics on streaming video running on small devices linked together in the Internet of Things (IoT). This method can perform computationally expensive tasks, such as object detection and face recognition, in real time…
Key to carbon-free cars? Look to the stars
By Theresa Duque, Berkeley Laboratory For nearly half a century, astrophysicists and organic chemists have been on the hunt for the origins of C6H6, the benzene ring – an elegant, hexagonal molecule comprised of 6 carbon and 6 hydrogen atoms. Astrophysicists say that the benzene ring could be the fundamental building block of polycylic aromatic…
The biodegradable battery
by Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology The fabrication device for the battery revolution looks quite inconspicuous: It is a modified, commercially available 3D printer, located in a room in the Empa laboratory building. But the real innovation lies within the recipe for the gelatinous inks this printer can dispense onto a…
Workplace culture hinders women in STEM, according to half of conference attendees
The Pistoia Alliance, a global, not-for-profit alliance that advocates for greater collaboration in life sciences R&D, has announced the findings of a survey conducted at its spring conference. The results show that almost half (47%) of respondents believe that workplace culture is the biggest barrier for women embarking on a STEM career. This is followed…
ORNL names new Innovation Crossroads cohort of manufacturing, building and clean energy technology entrepreneurs
Six science and technology innovators from across the United States will join the fifth cohort of Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Innovation Crossroads program in June. As the Southeast’s only research and development program for entrepreneurs based at a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory, Innovation Crossroads provides unique support to science-based startups to help advance…