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Portable Imaging Device Detects First Signs of Cancer

Researchers have developed a medical image device that can detect the early signs of tumors that invade certain cells.

26 Mar 2020

Fluorescence-Based Optical Imaging Method may Aid in Structure-Guided Drug Design

A researcher from Clemson University’s College of Science, in association with a research team mainly from Germany-based Heinrich Heine University, has created and shown an innovative optical imaging technique to track a solitary molecule in action.

10 Mar 2020

I2MS Technology Offers a Novel Way of Studying Single Molecules of Proteins

Northwestern University has developed a novel technology that provides accurate measurements of proteins down to their atoms. This brings in some level of clarity to researchers.

3 Mar 2020

Electron Microscopes with Retrofitted Design can Ensure Ultrafast, High-Quality Movies

At the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), scientists and their colleagues have devised a new technique to retrofit the transmission electron microscope (TEM), allowing it to produce high-quality movies of ultrafast processes at both the molecular and atomic scales.

25 Feb 2020

Lens-Free Microscopy can Allow More Accurate Diagnoses of Diseases

When one looks via a microscope, any object located on the stage is enlarged to such an extent that it can hardly be imagined by the naked eye.

18 Feb 2020

New Organic Molecules-Based System Detects X-Rays at Highest Sensitivity

Researchers from Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Ikoma, Japan, and Centre National de la Recherche Scientfique (CNRS), Toulouse, France, have developed a new reaction system with the ability to detect X-rays at the highest sensitivity ever known by using organic molecules.

10 Feb 2020

Silicon Photomultiplier Device Can Help Detect Pathogens in Food

Around one in six people in the United States suffer from foodborne illnesses every year. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 48 million people in the country become sick because of one or more of 31 identified pathogens, such as E. coli O157:H7, which is known to be a particularly harsh strain of E. coli.

5 Feb 2020