Search results for fluorescence imaging
A guide to the invisible: Doubling the fluorescence microscopy resolution (w/Video)
May 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A crucial tool in the evolution of scientific capability in bioscience, the fluorescence microscope has allowed a generation of scientists to study the properties of proteins inside cells. Yet as human capacity ...
Sandia to Demonstrate Hyperspectral Confocal Fluorescence Microscope
Jul 23, 2008 |
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Sandia National Laboratories will demonstrate a new hyperspectral confocal fluorescence microscope Friday, Aug. 8 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. MDT in Bldg. 897 on Kirtland Air Force Base. This patent-protected and patent-pending technology ...
Researcher Finds Early Photon Imaging Detects Lung Cancer
Dec 08, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A novel, high-resolution fluorescence imaging system may be used to detect lung cancer at early stages. According to a report recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of ...
Laser technique has implications for detecting microbial life forms in Martian ice
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 01, 2009 |
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An innovative technique called L.I.F.E. imaging used successfully to detect bacteria in frozen Antarctic lakes could have exciting implications for demonstrating signs of life in the polar regions of Mars, according to an ...
Nanoparticles Image Breast Cancer
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 21, 2009 |
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Current methods of detecting breast cancer suffer from low sensitivity, limited spatial resolution, or the need to use complicated and expensive radioisotope-based technologies. A new report from investigators at the Emory-Georgia ...
An easy way to see the world's thinnest material
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 23, 2009 |
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It's been used to dye the Chicago River green on St. Patrick's Day. It's been used to find latent blood stains at crime scenes. And now researchers at Northwestern University have used it to examine the thinnest material ...
Synergy between biology and physics drives cell-imaging technology
Jun 02, 2008 |
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Developing techniques to image the complex biological systems found at the sub-cellular level has traditionally been hampered by divisions between the academic fields of biology and physics. However, a new interdisciplinary ...
Researchers demonstrate effectiveness of contrast agent Cytate in detectcing prostate cancer
Jun 26, 2008 |
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Prostate cancer accounts for approximately 29 percent of cancer occurrences among men. According to "CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians," in 2007 it was responsible for 27,000 deaths in the United States. Early detection ...
Researchers visualize complex pigment mixtures in living cells
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Mar 04, 2008 |
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In a technical advance that could allow researchers to watch cells as they act during the process of photosynthesis, scientists have developed a method that extends the power of fluorescence-mediated bio-imaging to see discrete ...
Microgrid Allows Simultaneous Study of Multiple Variables
Oct 10, 2007 |
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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a method for correlating the results of microscopic imaging techniques in a way that could lead to improved understanding, ...
Four-in-One: Targeted Gene Suppression in Cancer Cells
May 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Diagnosis and treatment in one go: Korean researchers led by Tae Gwan Park and Jinwoo Cheon have developed the basis for a four-in-one agent that can detect, target, and disable tumor cells while also making ...
Seeing the unseen with 'super-resolution' fluorescence microscopy
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Dec 16, 2008 |
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Thanks to a new "super-resolution" fluorescence microscopy technique, Harvard University researchers have succeeded in resolving the features of cells as miniscule as 20-30 nanometers (nm), an order of magnitude smaller than ...
Narrow-band imaging increases specificity of early lung cancer detection
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Research published in the September 2009 issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology has found that narrow-band imaging bronchoscopy increases the specificity of bronchoscopic early lung cancer detection and can serve as an ...
All-in-one nanoparticle: A Swiss Army knife for nanomedicine
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 27, 2009 |
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Nanoparticles are being developed to perform a wide range of medical uses - imaging tumors, carrying drugs, delivering pulses of heat. Rather than settling for just one of these, researchers at the University ...
ANSOM Microscope Achieves Sub 10nm Resolution
Jan 18, 2007 |
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The idea behind near-field microscopy is to offer a technique by which extremely small structures (at the nanometer level) can be measured and manipulated. However, 20 nanometers has been the best resolution accomplished. ...
