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A Clever Workaround For Uniform Currents In Cell Cultures

Lab cultureware like petri dishes are circular, but the electric fields in them are not; researchers have now managed to get around this problem.

Technology

Need A Personalized Pill? Just 3D Print One!

A team of engineers created a tablet fabrication system where they can customize pills for desired release profiles.

In the Lab

Testing Knee Replacements With Egg Proteins

Albumin and globulin could prove to be effective lubricants when testing replacement hip and knee joints in a laboratory setting.

In the Lab

Rubber Plantations Contribute To Reduced Ant Biodiversity

At a rubber plantation in China, researchers not only found a striking decrease in the number of ant species, but also in the ants’ functional and phylogenetic diversity.

Academia

Singaporean Elected As 2016 Associate Member Of EMBO

Professor Ng Huck Hui, executive director at the Genome Institute of Singapore, is currently the only Singapore-based associate member of the prestigious organization.

In the Lab

Macromolecule Packs Three-Hit Combo Against Viruses

Just a small amount of this macromolecule could potentially neutralize an entire room infected with viruses such as Ebola.

In the Lab

Helping Lab-On-A-Chip Devices To ‘Swallow’ With Electro-Osmosis

Mimicking how muscles push food down the esophagus allows microdevices to move fluids; adding an electric field helps to further control this motion.

In the Lab

Two Genes Linked To Skull Abnormalities Identified

Mutations in two genes—Cdh1 and Wwp2—have been shown to cause facial malformation in mice.

In the Lab

How Prehistoric Birds Dealt With Fish Bones

Scientists in China have found a bird fossil including a gastric pellet containing fish bones—evidence of modern avian digestive features.

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