News articles tagged with 'fluorescent'
Synthetic biology: TUM researchers develop novel kind of fluorescent protein
— 9 Mar 2011 18:23 | BiologyProteins are the most important functional biomolecules in nature with numerous applications in life science research, biotechnology and medicine. So how can they be modified in the…
Improving microscopy by following the astronomers' guide star
— 18 Feb 2011 18:02 | AstronomyA corrective strategy used by astronomers to sharpen images of celestial bodies can now help scientists see with more depth and clarity into the living brain of a mouse. Eric Betzig,…
A second pathway for antidepressants
— 8 Feb 2011 16:51 | HealthUsing a unique and relatively simple cell-based fluorescent assay they developed, scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley…
Fluorescent peptides help nerves glow in surgery
— 7 Feb 2011 15:16 | HealthAccidental damage to thin or buried nerves during surgery can have severe consequences, from chronic pain to permanent paralysis. Scientists at the University of California, San Diego…
New UCLA-designed microscope records firing of thousands of individual neurones in 3-D
— 12 Jan 2011 17:31 | HealthSome disorders of the brain are obvious - the massive death of brain cells after a stroke, the explosion in the growth of cells that marks a tumour. Other disorders, such as autism,…
New microscopy tracks molecules in live tissue at video rate
— 3 Dec 2010 17:17 | TechnologyA novel type of biomedical imaging, made possible by new advances in microscopy from scientists at Harvard University, is so fast and sensitive it can capture 'video' of blood cells…
Mount Sinai researchers discover origin of immune cells in the brain
— 23 Oct 2010 17:33 | HealthMount Sinai researchers have discovered that microglia, the immune cells that reside in the brain, have a unique origin and are formed shortly after conception. It was previously thought…
DNA puts Stanford chemists on scent of better artificial nose
— 22 Oct 2010 15:22 | ChemistryA new approach to building an 'artificial nose' - using fluorescent compounds and DNA - could accelerate the use of sniffing sensors into the realm of mass production and widespread…
Carnegie Mellon researchers turn up brightness on fluorescent probes
— 10 Aug 2010 08:26 | BiologyResearchers from Carnegie Mellon University's Molecular Biosensor and Imaging Centre (MBIC) are turning up the brightness on a group of fluorescent probes called fluoromodules that…
Help from the dark side
— 9 Aug 2010 07:01 | ChemistrySpectroscopic techniques are among the most important methods by which scientists can look inside materials. They exploit the interaction of light waves with a given sample…