News articles tagged with 'microscopic'
Tiny early-stage ovarian tumours define early detection challenge
— 28 Jul 2009 10:55 | HealthA new study by Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers shows that most early-stage ovarian tumours exist for years at a size that is a thousand times smaller than existing tests... — full story
Multiple PVI: A poor prognostic factor for hepatocellular carcinoma
— 15 Jun 2009 20:13 | HealthThe prognostic factors for HCC with microscopic PVI have remained elusive and no therapeutic strategy has been established in patients with HCC accompanied by microscopic PVI. A research... — full story
Manipulating light on a chip for quantum technologies
— 10 Jun 2009 08:52 | TechnologyA team of physicists and engineers at Bristol University has demonstrated exquisite control of single particles of light - photons - on a silicon chip to make a major advance towards... — full story
New method for detecting explosives
— 19 Mar 2009 15:12 | TechnologyA group of researchers in Tennessee and Denmark has discovered a way to sensitively detect explosives based on the physical properties of their vapours. Their technology, which is currently... — full story
Vanderbilt scientists invent world's smallest periscopes
— 26 Feb 2009 14:30 | TechnologyA team of Vanderbilt scientists have invented the world's smallest version of the periscope and are using it to look at cells and other micro-organisms from several sides at once... — full story
Nanoscopic changes to pancreatic cells reveal cancer
— 13 Feb 2009 09:20 | HealthA team of researchers in Chicago has developed a way to examine cell biopsies and detect never-before-seen signs of early-stage pancreatic cancer, according to a new paper in the Optical... — full story
Microscopic 'hands' for building tomorrow's machines
— 14 Jan 2009 10:10 | ChemistryIn a finding straight out of science fiction, chemical and biomolecular engineers in Maryland are describing development of microscopic, chemically triggered robotic 'hands' that can... — full story
How inner ear's sensors are made
— 30 Nov 2008 19:02 | HealthA UCLA study shows for the first time how microscopic crystals form sound and gravity sensors inside the inner ear. Located at the ends of cilia - tiny cellular hairs in the ear that... — full story
Scientists build 'roach motel' for nasty bugs of the bacterial variety
— 25 Nov 2008 22:14 | BiologyThe vacancy sign is on, but the lowlifes who check in never check out. Scientists at the University of Florida and the University of New Mexico have created tiny microscopic spheres... — full story
Sperm size isn't everything
— 25 Nov 2008 20:07 | BiologyContrary to common scientific belief, the length of a sperm's tail does not always determine how fast it can swim. Research published in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology... — full story