Biotechnology & Medical News
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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.
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MIT Researchers Use Chalcogenides To Stretch And Integrate Photonic Devices
11/9/2017
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are using chalcogenide glasses to produce flexible hybrid electronics (FHE) that can stretch or conform to the shape of an object or structure without damage, and to better integrate two-dimensional (2D) materials with conventional semiconductor circuits.
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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.