Abstract: A micro electrochemical multiplex Real-Time PCR platform which can be widely used to rapidly amplify, examine, and quantify target nucleotides in real-time, and can be used in sepsis diagnosis, rapid detection of animal/plant viral or bacterial infections, plant disease control, real-time environmental monitoring, food industry contamination prevention, and improvement of agricultural varieties.

Abstract: A skin whitening composition and a method for the same are provided. The skin whitening composition comprises a far-infrared ray releasing substance having a primary component of an oxide mineral, wherein the skin whitening composition achieves a whitening effect via an irradiation of the far-infrared ray releasing substance. In another aspect, the method comprises the steps of administering a far-infrared ray releasing substance to a subject and reducing melanogenesis of the subject by inhibiting growth of a pigment cell, wherein the far-infrared releasing substance has an oxide mineral.