Cases of variant CJD (vCJD) infection through blood transfusion have to date been rare but the threat of person-to-person transmission of vCJD remains. Thus a rapid and reliable method for detecting the abnormal prion protein in blood samples is needed.

Cancer is one of the biggest killers world wide and it’s prevalence is only set to increase due to the aging population and changes in lifestyle. The major problem, in terms of successful treatment of cancer, is the development of resistance by the cancer cells which results ...

The Centre for Timber Engineering (CTE) is unique in the UK and is a focus for providing education, research and consultancy regarding use of timber in construction. Timber is a versatile and sustainable material whose use is increasing.

This configuration description for a computing engine delivers the capability to process complex financial models in a fraction of the time required by existing software approaches.

This new field programmable gate array (FPGA) core provides a high performance and versatile computing solution for generic pairwise sequence alignment. The technology facilitates application of FPGA technology for the efficient and accurate comparative analysis of large sequence datasets (for examp...

Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh, Scotland) has a high-repetition-rate, femtosecond Yb: fibre laser available for license or purchase. Developed within the ultrafast laser group, this fibre laser is suitable for use in applications such as self-referenced optical frequency combs, OPO pumping, time-...