Asynt has published a case study describing how the Frosyn Cooling Station has enabled John Bower’s Group at the University of Liverpool, UK, to reproducibly conduct low temperature enantioselective catalytic reactions, over an extended period of time.

A study from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has yielded new answers to fundamental questions about the relationship between the size of an atom and its other properties, such as electronegativity and energy. The results pave the way for advances in future material development.

Amyloid plaques are pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) — clumps of misfolded proteins that accumulate in the brain, disrupting and killing neurons and resulting in the progressive cognitive impairment that is characteristic of the widespread neurological disorder. In animal models, a new compound modulated a key enzyme, reducing or eliminating production of these problematic protein fragments.

Electronic textiles offer revolutionary new opportunities in various fields, in particular healthcare. But to be sustainable, they need to be made of renewable materials. A research team led by Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, now presents a thread made of conductive cellulose, which offers fascinating and practical possibilities for electronic textiles.

A team of researchers led by scientists from the Interface Science Department of the Fritz-Haber-Institute have found out that the important industrial process of methanol production can be positively influenced if the copper catalyst used in the reaction comes into contact with zinc oxide.

Thermo Fisher Scientific has expanded its extensive line of Class II biological safety cabinets with an advanced device that meets the product and personnel protection needs of bioprocessing, clinical diagnostics and biopharmaceutical laboratories

Physicists from Itmo University have discovered an accessible method that makes it possible to use transparent materials for solar cells while preserving their efficiency. The new technology is based on the method of doping — the modification of properties of materials by way of adding impurities — but without the use of expensive special-purpose equipment.

An international team led by MIT researchers has now come up with a way of imaging what goes on at the boundary between 2D and 3D materials. Their findings could help lead to improved kinds of junctions in some microchips.

When most people hear “food contamination,” they think of bacteria present on unwashed fruits or vegetables, or undercooked meat. However, there are other ways for harmful contaminants to be present in food products.

Qiagen announced the addition of kits for wastewater testing to its growing portfolio of Covid-19 products. The use of dPCR in the worldwide surveillance of Covid-19 is an additional step towards making digital PCR (dPCR) an affordable and standard instrument for a host of applications in molecular-testing laboratories worldwide.