Recent studies have found that Gires-Tournois (GT) biosensors, a type of nanophotonic resonator, can detect minuscule virus particles and produce colorful micrographs (images taken through a microscope) of viral loads. But ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 17, 2023
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(Phys.org) —Identify the type of cancer for patients with breast cancer in a few minutes. This is the challenge that EPFL researchers successfully met by presenting their new "microfluidic chip." Their research is written ...
Engineering
Apr 2, 2013
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In life, we sort soiled laundry from clean; ripe fruit from rotten. Two Johns Hopkins engineers say they have found an easy way to use gravity or simple forces to similarly sort microscopic particles and bits of biologicalmatter ...
General Physics
Jun 12, 2012
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It's a big step forward in using extracellular vesicles (EVs) as a diagnostic tool. Lead study author, J. Nathaniel Diehl, Ph.D., at the UNC School of Medicine, led research showing how a new protocol in handling extracellular ...
Bio & Medicine
May 8, 2023
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Brookhaven researchers have developed a device that acts like a high-tech stopwatch for speedy packs of electrons just trillionths of a second long. This new diagnostic tool could aid in the development of ...
General Physics
Jul 30, 2010
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A bioengineering research team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) team led by Associate Professor Zhang Yong has developed a novel microfluidic device for efficient, rapid separation and detection of non-spherical ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 15, 2013
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Blood tests are important diagnostic tools. They accurately tease-out vanishingly small concentrations of proteins and other molecules that help give a picture of overall health or signal the presence of specific diseases. ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 1, 2011
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A cluster of carbon nanotubes coated with a thin layer of protein-recognizing polymer form a biosensor capable of using electrochemical signals to detect minute amounts of proteins, which could provide a crucial new diagnostic ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 27, 2010
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(Phys.org) -- Scientists have developed a new diagnostic tool that will enable better understanding of global climate patterns.
Earth Sciences
May 14, 2012
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A small, portable breath monitor developed at the University of Michigan can quickly and accurately detect acute respiratory distress syndrome, an often deadly disease that causes fluid to leak into the lungs and demands ...
Analytical Chemistry
Aug 2, 2019
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