The development of an easy to use, low cost method of detecting dengue virus in mosquitoes based on gold nanoparticles is reported in BioMed Central’s open access journal Virology... Read more
Open-access scientific publishing is gaining ground AT THE beginning of April, Research Councils UK, a conduit through which the government transmits taxpayers’ money to academic r... Read more
Microwave tomography was able to distinguish between breast cancer, benign growths, and normal tissue. Microwave imaging can be used to monitor how well treatment for breast cancer... Read more
IN THE world of academic publishing, it is hard to get more traditional than Nature. The British scholarly weekly has been reporting scientific breakthroughs since 1869. It hews to... Read more
These results from this study provide hope that a viable alternative to fossil fuels may soon be available. With increasing demands for sustainable energy, being able to cost-effic... Read more
Products from genetically modified crops can be identified at low concentration It is important to be able to monitor genetically modified (GM) crops, not only in the field but als... Read more
Plastic Fantastic Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) is a thermoplastic polyester which occurs naturally in bacteria as Ralstonia eutropha and Bacillus megaterium. Even though PHB is bio... Read more
