Successful exit: Miltenyi Biotec acquires biosensor company lino Biotech

21-Mar-2023 - lino Biotech, a biosensor company and the world’s only provider of Focal Molography®, announced it has been acquired by Miltenyi Biotec, a global biotech company based in Germany, on February 22, 2023. Since its founding in 2020, lino Biotech has made significant advances in developing new ...

The bacteria powering a truly green revolution in personal electronics

UMass Amherst team engineers biofilm capable of producing long-term, continuous electricity from your sweat

08-Aug-2022 - Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently announced that they have figured out how to engineer a biofilm that harvests the energy in evaporation and converts it to electricity. This biofilm has the potential to revolutionize the world of wearable electronics, powering ...

‘Smart necklace’ biosensor may track health status through sweat

Study tested ability of device to track glucose levels during exercise

26-Jul-2022 - Researchers have successfully tested a device that may one day use the chemical biomarkers in sweat to detect changes in a person’s health. In a new study, a team from The Ohio State University demonstrated a battery-free, wireless biochemical sensor that detected the blood sugar – or glucose – ...

Automation technology facilitates large-scale biomass cultivation using artificial photosynthesis

Q.ANT and Festo agree strategic partnership

24-May-2022 - Festo and Q.ANT, a wholly owned subsidiary of TRUMPF, are entering into a strategic partnership to cultivate biomass on an industrial scale. The two companies aim to achieve this using a combination of automation technology from Festo and quantum technology from Q.ANT. Algae offers significant ...

Novel hepatitis C virus inhibitory molecules by in vitro evolution

This work could contribute to the development of new biosensors and diagnostic systems for hepatitis C

11-Mar-2022 - An interdisciplinary CSIC team, formed by researchers from the Center for Astrobiology (CAB, CSIC-INTA), the Center for Molecular Biology Severo Ochoa (CBMSO, CSIC-UAM) and the National Center for Biotechnology (CNB, CSIC), has obtained short DNA and structured RNA molecules that inhibit ...

SIM contributes to the stability of bioprocesses

21-Jan-2022 - SIM has made a valuable contribution on the way to more stabilized bioprocesses. In the process, SIM has developed methods in which samples can be taken at different time points in the cultivation process and thereafter analyzed. By taking samples during cultivation, the course of both reactants ...

New face mask prototype can detect Covid-19 infection

The sensor technology could also be used to create clothing that detects a variety of pathogens and other threats

01-Jul-2021 - Engineers at MIT and Harvard University have designed a novel face mask that can diagnose the wearer with Covid-19 within about 90 minutes. The masks are embedded with tiny, disposable sensors that can be fitted into other face masks and could also be adapted to detect other viruses. The sensors ...

Optogenetics: Light Regulates an Enzyme

New tool for cell biology: Würzburg researchers have developed a light sensor with an enzyme function that can be switched on and off with different light colours

30-Mar-2021 - The unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has already given research a massive boost: One of its light sensors, channelrhodopsin-2, founded the success of optogenetics about 20 years ago. In this technology, the alga's light sensor is incorporated into cells or small living organisms ...

Voltage from the parquet

Piezoelectric wood can generate electricity through deformation

17-Mar-2021 - Researchers at Empa and ETH Zurich have made wood compressible and turned it into a micro-generator. When it is loaded, an electrical voltage is generated. In this way, the wood can serve as a bio-sensor - or generate usable energy. The latest highlight: To ensure that the process does not ...

Novel label-free biosensor platform for innovate modern drug screening

lino Biotech closes seed financing round

19-Nov-2020 - After almost a decade of initial invention and joint research on the Focal Molography technology at Roche, a leading player in the diagnostics and pharmaceutical area, and ETH Zurich as one of Europe’s most renowned research institutes, lino Biotech AG has licensed the technology to further ...