http://www.labautomation.org/ Brought to you by the Association for Laboratory Automation http://nanotechwire.com/news.asp?nid=9528 Fictional candy maker Willy Wonka called his whimsical device to sort good chocolate eggs from bad, an eggucator. Likewise, by determining what enzymes and compounds to keep and which to discard, scientists are aiming to find their own golden eggs: more potent drugs and cleaner sources of... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:48:15 GMT Nano TechWire http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2010/03/10/way_to_go_mbl_scientists_identify_driving_forces_in_human_cell_division.html If you can imagine identical twin sisters at rest, their breath drawing them subtly together and apart, who somehow latch onto ropes that pull them to opposite sides of the bed—you can imagine what happens to a chromosome in the dividing... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:52:20 GMT Biology News Net http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/jf903448w Abstract Simple and rapid methods for the analysis of pesticides in produce samples have been developed. The current study involves analysis of nonpolar and polar pesticides using GC-ECD and GC-NPD,... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:11:45 GMT Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry http://topics.treehugger.com/article/0h06dSp7im1Ml?q=%22beauty+treatment%22+OR+%22beauty+products%22+OR+%22spa+treatment%22+OR+spa+OR+%22beauty+salon%22+OR+%22hair+salon%22+OR+manicure+OR+pedicure+OR+facial "We want robots to operate in our human world but they need to be safe," says Chris Melhuish of the Bristol Robotics Laboratory in the UK. "It's no good if they fall over on a 2-year-old or poke someone in the... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:11:23 GMT Tree Hugger http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/03/harvards-tiny-pocket-laboratory-could-speed-discovery-of-new-biofuels-medications-video.php by Jaymi Heimbuch, San Francisco, California on 03. 9.10 Science & Technology Image via Eurekalert, Credit: Courtesy of Jeremy Agresti, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Just a bit smaller than an iPod Nano, a new pocket-sized laboratory could revolutionize the way biofuels are... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:06:29 GMT Tree Hugger http://www.rdmag.com/Tools-And-Technology/2010/03/Automation-Systems-Genetic-Databases-For-Forensics-Hamilton-Robotics/ Scientists from Hamilton Robotics and Institut National de la Police Scientifique in Lyon, France have published an article in the December issue of Forensic Science International describing the protocols and three-year track record of a large-scale system they... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:00:52 GMT R & D Magazine http://www.rdmag.com/News/2010/03/Life-Sciences-Medical-Technology-Next-Wave-Of-Electronic-Biomedical-Devices-MIT/ In the past several decades, microchips have transformed consumer electronics, enabling new products from digital watches and pocket-sized calculators to laptop computers and digital music... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:51:23 GMT R & D Magazine http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/prnewswire/press_releases/national/Florida/2010/03/08/NY66695 iGPS All-Plastic Pallets with RFID Technology Can Slow Spread of Foodborne... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:25:08 GMT East Bay Business Times http://www.reportlinker.com/p0180845/Lab-Automation-Markets-2nd-Edition-Systems-Key-Companies-Forecasts-and-Trends-.html Lab Automation Markets, 2nd Edition (Systems, Key Companies, Forecasts and Trends) This report, Lab Automation Markets analyzes the current and potential world markets for medical laboratory automation systems and equipment - both for clinical diagnostics and drug discovery research... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:20:27 GMT ReportLinker http://digg.com/gadgets/Kojiro_humanoid_goes_musculoskeletal_in_a_big_way_Engadge engadget.com — We just found a new friend. Kojiro, a humanoid being built by the University of Tokyo's JSK Robotics Laboratory, has a detailed musculoskeletal syste email this story share this story on facebook tweet this story Bury Who dugg this? submitted by winslet21 2 hr 14 min ago 19... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:51:46 GMT Digg