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Company News...
CapWave Sensors, Inc. and Phasiks, Inc. receive a $50k NSF grant to develop a portable device for food safety testing
Universal Biosensors, Inc. has commenced a new research and development project for Cilag GmbH International to determine the feasibility of an innovative blood glucose product; Universal Biosensors will receive US$4.5 million against a series of milestones
Newly released Worldwide Edition of the COMSOL Conference CD 2011, engineers and researchers from around the globe share technical papers, presentations and animations on Multiphysics simulation; request a free CD
Ortho-tag Inc. has announced the appointment of Ken Laing as chief execuive officer; Ortho-tag manufactures smart orthopedic implants transcutaneous near field communication chips (TNFC) and biosensor technologies
Merck Millipore has announced the launch of new lentiviral biosensors for use in the real-time visualisation of proteins in live cells
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Technology News...
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have created a biosensor that measures membrane lipid levels which may open up new pathways to disease treatment
Biosensors are making a large impact in environmental, food, biomedical, and other applications, in comparison to standard analytical detection methods, claims a new book, Portable Chemical Sensors, to be published in Feb '12
An “electronic nose” developed at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, has been proven to detect lung and other cancers from breath; It has also succeeded in diagnosing in the same way multiple sclerosis
Belgian nanotechnology research organisation Imec has released this e-Newsletter
MIT researcher Nicholas Fang and colleagues at the University of Illinois have developed a cheaper approach to printing lab-on-a-chip biosensors using a glass stamp
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No sign of any very encouraging news of an upturn in the world economy, and doom and gloom stories of struggling early stage (sensor) companies are legion. But positive stories do exist: Atlas Genetics Ltd completed a £16.9 million series B financing round led by Novartis Ventures in July.
Please continue to send us press releases on similar positive developments; building confidence in the global economy is a necessary (but not sufficient) component of restoring growth
Best regards,
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