A novel compound might defeat multidrug-resistant bacteria common in hospitals

January 5, 2022 Scipreneur Private Limited 0

By: ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY For years, public-health experts have been sounding the alarm about the next phase in humanity’s co-existence with bacteria—a dark future where emerging strains have rendered once-powerful antibiotics useless. The United Nations recently projected that, unless new drugs are developed, multidrug-resistant infections will force up to 24 million people into extreme poverty within the next decade and cause 10 million annual deaths by 2050.   Scientists are especially [..]

4 Most Common Types of Cybersecurity Threats

There’s every indication that the pandemic is changing the nature of cybersecurity. Online threats are evolving to match our new remote-work paradigm, with 91% of businesses reporting an increase in cyberattacks during the coronavirus outbreak.  Hackers are getting more and more sophisticated and targeted in their attacks. Many of these cyber threats have [..]

Wearable circuits printed directly on human skin

January 21, 2021 Scipreneur Private Limited 0

By: AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Wearable electronics are getting smaller, more comfortable and increasingly capable of interfacing with the human body. To achieve a truly seamless integration, electronics could someday be printed directly on people’s skin. As a step toward this goal, researchers reporting in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces have safely placed [..]

Adeptrix Closes Series A Financing to Commercialize BAMS™ Bioanalytical Reagents for Life Science Research

January 11, 2021 Scipreneur Private Limited 0

January 11, 2021 11:00 AM (Eastern Standard Time) BEVERLY, MA (Scipreneur) Adeptrix Corp, the developer of advanced bioanalytical tools based on its proprietary BAMS™ (Bead Assisted Mass Spectrometry) platform technology, today announced the closing of its Series A investment round with Bruker Corporation as a new minority investor. The proceeds [..]

How Marketing and Science Go Hand in Hand

December 29, 2020 Scipreneur Private Limited 0

Science and marketing may seem like strange bedfellows, but there’s actually a lot of overlap between the two industries. For one, science doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It’s part and parcel of our society, and interacts with aspects of society in complex ways. In fact, as our previous article on [..]

Breakthrough quantum-dot transistors create a flexible alternative to conventional electronics

November 1, 2020 Scipreneur Private Limited 0

“Quantum dot logic circuits provide the long-sought building blocks for innovative devices, including printable electronics, flexible displays, and medical diagnostics” DOE/LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY LOS ALAMOS, N.M., October 29, 2020 – Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory and their collaborators from the University of California, Irvine have created fundamental electronic [..]

MIT startup wraps food in silk for better shelf life

“Cambridge Crops develops an edible, imperceptible coating that might replace plastic packaging to preserve meats and produce.” Source: Archana Apte | Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab Benedetto Marelli, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at MIT, was a postdoc at Tufts University’s Omenetto Lab when he [..]

Smart sponge could clean up oil spills

“Highly porous sponge selectively soaks up oil, sparing water and wildlife” Source: Northwestern Now Story Sponge can absorb more than 30 times its weight in oil and be reused up to several dozen times Secret lies in its oleophilic, hydrophobic, magnetic (OHM) nanocomposite coating Process can turn any cheap sponge [..]

New technology enables fast protein synthesis

“Automated tabletop machine could accelerate the development of novel drugs to treat cancer and other diseases.” Source: Anne Trafton | MIT News Office Many proteins are useful as drugs for disorders such as diabetes, cancer, and arthritis. Synthesizing artificial versions of these proteins is a time-consuming process that requires genetically [..]