Bruker has acquired Optimal Industrial Automation and Technologies which specializes in pharma and biopharma process analytical technology, pharma manufacturing automation and quality assurance software and systems integration. With this move, the company aims to become a vital software and solutions provider for small molecule, biologics and new drug modalities pharma companies.

Research carried out by the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) may help us better understand oscillations in blood flow that occur in the cerebrovascular network, thanks to a theoretical model that allows the flow and accumulation of fluid (in this case, blood) to be taken into account.

Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have found that people with Parkinson's disease have a clear genetic signature of the disease in their memory T cells. The scientists hope that targeting these genes may open the door to new Parkinson's treatments and diagnostics.

A new study conducted at the University of Turku, Finland has highlighted that a certain species of snakehead fish feed their offspring with rare trophic eggs, a form of parental nutrient provisioning not common in fish. This behavior could have led the fish to adapt to new environments which lack suitable food.

Exposure to environmental pollutants such as fine particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide and soot significantly increases the risk of suffering an ischaemic stroke. However, if green spaces are less than 300 meters away, the risk is 16 percent lower, a new study finds.

In a first-of-its-kind study, research from the University of Vermont Cancer Center has linked phthalates, commonly called the “everywhere chemical,” to higher incidence of specific childhood cancers.

Researchers at the Maximilians-Universität München and the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Germany have deciphered the complex genome of the potato. The success of this project will help speed up the breeding of more new varieties of potatoes.

A team of researchers at ICFO and IrsiCaixa have developed a light-based device that uses a few drops of saliva to effectively test Covid-19 patients in less than half an hour. The low-cost, portable, non-invasive device has the potential to detect very low concentrations of SARS-CoV-2 with a sensitivity of 91.2 % and a specificity of 90 %.

By providing new insight into how an amoeba called Naegleria divides, an international team of researchers, led by University of Massachusetts Amherst, adds to fundamental knowledge of evolution and diversity of life.

A group of researchers headed by the University of Tübingen’s Professor Rita Triebskorn has been investigating the effects of various wastewater treatments on the health of fish. The scientists, from the Institute of Evolution and Ecology (EvE), found that the type of wastewater treatment needs to be decided on a case by case basis, depending on the composition of toxins in the wastewater.