Biotechnology & Medical News
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Nanoparticles Can Limit Inflammation By Distracting The Immune System
11/8/2017
A surprise finding suggests that an injection of nanoparticles may be able to help fight the immune system when it goes haywire, researchers at the University of Michigan have shown.
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Crystals In A Pink X-Ray Beam
11/2/2017
A newly developed experimental set-up allows the X-ray structure determination of biomolecules such as proteins with far smaller samples and shorter exposure times than before. At so-called synchrotron sources, protein crystal can be studied considerably more efficiently and quickly by using broad-spectrum X-rays.
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Biocompatible Photonic Crystals Expand Their Use From Optics To Medicine
11/2/2017
Researchers at ITMO University developed a new approach for obtaining non-toxic magnetic photonic crystals, expanding their applications from mainly photonics to biomedicine.
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Scientists Create Most Powerful Micro-Scale Bio-Solar Cell Yet
10/17/2017
Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York have created a micro-scale biological solar cell that generates a higher power density for longer than any existing cell of its kind.
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Mantis Shrimp’s Sophisticated Eyes Guide Novel Camera Design
10/16/2017
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have built a unique point-and-shoot color-polarization camera inspired by the highly-complex visual system of the mantis shrimp. This new imaging system with a little-understood mechanism of polarization can be used in many ways, including the monitoring of underwater species and detecting early signs of cancer.
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Chemical Treatment Improves Quantum Dot Lasers
10/16/2017
One of the secrets to making tiny laser devices such as opthalmic surgery scalpels work even more efficiently is the use of tiny semiconductor particles, called quantum dots.
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Penn State's Biodegradable Optical Fiber Delivers Light Safely Into Human Body
10/12/2017
Engineers at Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) have fabricated a new biodegradable optical fiber made of citrate-based polymers that can be implanted safely in the body to image deep tissue or deliver drugs.
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Scientists Create Nanophotonic Device For Enhanced Single Cell-Based Sensing
8/31/2017
Scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have successfully demonstrated a fully-integrated nanoscale photonic device that can analyze a single fluorescent bacterial cell. Such a unique system could result in the creation of on-chip sensors with the capability of analyzing cells and chemicals in real-time.
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Water-Repellent Nanosheet Wrapper Enhances Biological Microscopy
8/24/2017
Japanese scientists have developed a unique water-repellent nanomaterial that can be wrapped around biological tissue to visualize high-quality images for a longer period of time.
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Vision Systems 101: Start With The Video Interface
8/7/2017
Choosing the right video interface may mean the difference between success and failure for vision system designers. Although the video interface is a small part of the overall vision system, it has a large impact on the cost and usability of the final product.