Credit: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Like memories in computers, quantum memories are essential components for quantum computers – a new generation of data processors that obey quantum mechanics laws and can overcome the limitations of classical computers. They may push boundaries of fundamental science and help create new drugs, explain cosmological mysteries, or enhance accuracy of...

Credit: Children’s National BALTIMORE – Measuring a number of biomarkers over time that are produced as the body responds to inflammation and injury may help to pinpoint newborns who are more vulnerable to suffering lasting brain injury due to disrupted oxygen delivery and blood flow, according to research presented during the Pediatric Academic Societies 2019 Annual Meeting. Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) happens...

Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University’s Department of Chemistry have found a way to control the lifetime of the quantum states of gold nanoclusters by three orders of magnitude, which could lead to improvements in solar cell and photocatalysis technologies. Their study is published in the April 18 issue of Science. Excited quantum states occur when light is...

The old nature-versus-nurture idea is getting a new dimension, courtesy of proteomics, a scientific discipline devoted to the comprehensive characterization of the proteome, the protein universe within individual organisms or cells. Unlike the genome, which is a static repository of genetic information, the proteome is dynamic, fluctuating depending on environmental or lifestyle influences. Since the proteome may fluctuate into...

Roche said today it will extend for a second time its tender offer for shares of Spark Therapeutics, the gene therapy developer it wants to acquire for $4.8 billion, as the pharma giant falls further short of the number of shares it needs to pull off the deal. Roche acknowledged that as of yesterday, shareholders representing just approximately 26.1% of...

Some of us lose our appetites when under stress, whereas some of us might overeat. Whichever tendency we show, when the pressure is on we’re likely to pick high-sugar, high-fat “comfort” foods. Rodent studies led by Herbert Herzog, PhD, head of the Eating Disorders laboratory at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, have now shown that animals put on...

In sunny Turkey, the company Episome Biotech is developing a fermentation technique that digests paper waste and turns it into useful products such as biogas, biofuel, and fertilizer. Mission: To transform paper waste from garbage into a metaphorical gold mine. The company’s enzyme-based method is designed to make it easy for paper mills to cut their waste and become more...

ISTANBUL Istanbul has a new biotechnology research and development laboratory as a result of a partnership which includes Sabancı University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center (SUNUM) “The studies to be carried out here will contribute to Turkey’s vision of becoming a country which has important pharmaceutical R & D centers and production hubs,” according to a news release on April 26. The...

Mark Van Scyoc / Shutterstock.com Most of the luxuries that we enjoy are the result of patented developments, especially in the field of biotechnology. Every time we take a medication, enjoy a food or beverage, or undergo a surgical procedure, we benefit from advances in biotechnology that might not have been available for public use without patents. Biotechnology, more so than...

We spend a lot of time focusing on specific developments in biotechnology, but sometimes it’s good to take a step back and look at the bigger picture. With this in mind, I asked three experts at our recent Refresh event in Vienna to share what is hot in European biotech right now and what trends they think we will...