China-US team stabilizes PLA by simple heating

A joint team of Jiangnan University in Wuxi and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln found that when PLA fiber is first heated to 200 C followed by slow cooling, the heat resistance of the resulting intertwined complex has improved to > 200 C, and structural integrity...

Shenzhens’s Direct Genomics Co. introduces GenoCare genome sequencer

The machine is based on the Helicos technology, using sequencing by synthesis and detection of single-molecule fluorescence using total reflexion microscopy. In a test on E. coli genome sequencing where the GenoCare device was tested against Illumina’s MiSeq, reading...