Biotechnology & Medical News
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TU Wien Develops New Semiconductor Processing Technology
1/22/2018
Extremely fine porous structures with tiny holes - resembling a kind of sponge at nano level - can be generated in semiconductors.
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Novel 3D Printing Technique Yields High-Performance Composites
1/15/2018
Nature has produced exquisite composite materials—wood, bone, teeth, and shells, for example—that combine light weight and density with desirable mechanical properties such as stiffness, strength and damage tolerance.
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Magnetic Fields Of Bacterial Cells, Nano-Objects Mapped Using Electron Microscopy
12/21/2017
A research team led by a scientist from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory has demonstrated for the first time that the magnetic fields of bacterial cells and magnetic nano-objects in liquid can be studied at high resolution using electron microscopy.
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Mass Spectrometric Imaging Technique Makes Diagnosis Easier And Smarter
12/17/2017
A team of researchers at DGIST has recently developed a technology which enables to acquire a high resolution mass spectrometry imaging in micrometer size of live biological samples without chemical pretreatment in the general atmospheric pressure environment.
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Ultraviolet Microscope To Dramatically Speed Up Lab Tests
12/7/2017
A microscope using ultraviolet (UV) light to provide high-resolution histological images promises to significantly shorten the amount of time diagnostic tests are processed.
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Ultrasound Imaging Needle To Transform Heart Surgery
12/1/2017
Heart tissue can be imaged in real-time during keyhole procedures using a new optical ultrasound needle developed by researchers at UCL and Queen Mary University of London (QMUL).
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Innovative Microscope Poised To Propel Optogenetics Studies
11/29/2017
A newly developed microscope is providing scientists with a greatly enhanced tool to study how neurological disorders such as epilepsy and Alzheimer’s disease affect neuron communication.
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Princeton, Penn State Researchers Create Diode Laser From Hybrid Perovskite Material
11/22/2017
Scientists at Pennsylvania State University and Princeton University have created a diode laser from hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites – materials that have garnered attention due to their light emitting properties, useful in optoelectronic devices and solar cells.
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Ultrafast Pulses Modulate Circadian Rhythm And Blues
11/20/2017
Manipulating the spectral components of ultrafast, near-infrared pulses of light can influence neural activity, paving the way for more effective treatments of mood and circadian rhythm sleep disorders, according to a team of researchers at the University of Illinois.
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Improving The Femtosecond Ultrashort Pulse Laser
11/20/2017
MXenes, conductive materials widely used in many industries, now have one more promising application: helping lasers fire extremely short femtosecond pulses, which last just millionths of a billionth of a second.