New method for separation of microorganisms uses microscale electrokinetic technique

Detecting Microorganisms

A Drug Pipeline Going Dry
The number of effective anti-tuberculosis (TB) drugs continues to dwindle; can we find new agents for treating drug-resistant TB?

New Tool for Biomarker Verification
Gold electrode-based biochip has been shown to sequentially capture and focus antigens for immunoaffinity mass spectrometry testing

Overcoming Cancer Chemoresistance
The effectiveness of current cancer treatments can be improved with brusatol which also combats chemoresistance

Neutrino Detector Starts Measurement
Anti-neutrinos ready to be measured at the Double Chooz experiment in the hope of determining the third oscillation parameter

F-CELL Hydrogen World Tour
Linde selected as exclusive partner for Mercedes-Benz hydrogen world tour sending hydrogen-powered fuel-cell cars around the world

New Insights of Temperature-Sensitive Polymers
Better understanding of structure−property relationships of temperature-sensitive polymers as phase separation mechanism determined

Aluminium and Zirconium in Synergy
Fine-tuning of catalytic activity is possible with bimetallic mesoporous materials containing aluminum and zirconium

Chemical Intermediate from Biomass-derived Carbohydrate
Direct catalytic synthesis of 5-methylfurfural (MF) - an important chemical intermediate - from biomass-derived carbohydrates

Synthesis of Scyphostatin
New route to scyphostatin analogues allows the late-stage manipulation of hydrophobic chains that control N-SMase inhibition