Researchers watch amyloid plaques form
Researchers at the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) and Osaka University applied a new approach to take a close look at amyloid plaque formation, a process that plays important roles in Alzheimer's disease. The technique ...
Oct 03, 2011 |
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Fossilized beetles are redder than they were in life
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B shows that the colors of fossilized beetles do not represent the colors they sported in life. From what researchers can de ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 29, 2011 |
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Dinosaur detectives put themselves on display
Putting itself on display through a clear glass window, the Cornell-affiliated Museum of the Earth's fossil preparation laboratory has opened to visitors, who can now watch paleontologists -- including several ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 26, 2011 |
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3-D microscope opens eyes to prehistoric oceans and present-day resources
A University of Alberta research team has turned their newly developed 3-D microscope technology on ancient sea creatures and hopes to expand its use.
Sep 20, 2011 |
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Researchers create first human heart cells that can be paced with light
In a compact lab space at Stanford University, Oscar Abilez, MD, trains a microscope on a small collection of cells in a petri dish. A video recorder projects what the microscope sees on a nearby monitor. The cells in the ...
Sep 20, 2011 |
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In immune cells, 'super-res' imaging reveals natural killers' M.O.
Making use of a new "super resolution" microscope that provides sharp images at extremely small scales, scientists have achieved unprecedented views of the immune system in action. The new tool, a stimulated ...
Sep 13, 2011 |
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Stanford group creates miniature self-contained fluorescence microscope
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers working at Stanford University have devised a means for building the smallest self-contained fluorescence microscope ever. Weighing just under 2 grams and slightly larger ...
Sep 12, 2011 |
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Taking a closer look at cancer
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a unique combination of biology and physics techniques, Swinburne University of Technology researchers are improving our understanding of cancer on a microscopic scale.
Sep 12, 2011 |
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Innovative nanoparticle purification system uses magnetic fields
A team of Penn State University scientists has invented a new system that uses magnetism to purify hybrid nanoparticles -- structures that are composed of two or more kinds of materials in an extremely small ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 06, 2011 |
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Submerged atomic resolution imaging of calcium carbonate crystal surface
Hard tissues of organisms, such as bones and shells, are composed of inorganic minerals (biominerals). While these substances are created by biomineralization, which will be discussed later, many uncertainties ...
Sep 05, 2011 |
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World's smallest electric motor made from a single molecule
Chemists at Tufts University's School of Arts and Sciences have developed the world's first single molecule electric motor, a development that may potentially create a new class of devices that could be used ...
Sep 04, 2011 |
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Microscopy, quantum-style: Atomic stacks imaged in real space
(PhysOrg.com) -- Since the first optical microscopes appeared in the late 1600s – an exact date and original inventor elude precise identification – microscopy has evolved dramatically. Scanning ...
Aug 31, 2011 |
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Microscope on the go: Cheap, portable, dual-mode microscope uses holograms, not lenses
To serve remote areas of the world, doctors, nurses and field workers need equipment that is portable, versatile, and relatively inexpensive. Now researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles ...
Aug 30, 2011 |
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Tiny wires change behavior at nanoscale
Thin gold wires often used in high-end electronic applications are wonderfully flexible as well as conductive. But those qualities don't necessarily apply to the same wires at the nanoscale.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 29, 2011 |
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New microscope might see beneath skin in 4-D
A new type of laser scanning confocal microscope (LSCM) holds the promise of diagnosing skin cancer in a single snapshot.
Aug 29, 2011 |
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