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When is a stem cell really a stem cell?

When is a stem cell really a stem cell?

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells -- adult cells reprogrammed to look and function like versatile embryonic stem cells -- are of growing interest in medicine. They may provide a way to ...


Small nanoparticles bring big improvement to medical imaging

Small nanoparticles bring big improvement to medical imaging

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

If you're watching the complex processes in a living cell, it is easy to miss something important—especially if you are watching changes that take a long time to unfold and require high-spatial-resolution ...


NIST Calculations May Improve Temperature Measures for Microfluidics

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- If you wanted to know if your child had a fever or be certain that the roast in the oven was thoroughly cooked, you would, of course, use a thermometer that you trusted to give accurate readings at any temperature ...


Safer hair dyes and cosmetics to be made from Shetland seaweed

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists have launched a project to make hair dye out of seaweed from around the Shetland Islands.


Scientists discover a new mechanism controlling neuronal migration

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The molecular machinery that helps brain cells migrate to their correct place in the developing brain has been identified by scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The finding offers new insight into the forces ...


'Holey' Nanosheets for Wastewater Dye Removal

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered that extremely thin sheets of nickel oxide with hexagonally shaped holes can absorb hazardous dyes from wastewater nearly as well as the best traditional methods, but are recyclable. ...


Hydrocyanine Cells

Researchers create new class of fluorescent dyes to detect reactive oxygen species in vivo

Chemistry /

created Dec 15, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Researchers have created a new family of fluorescent probes called hydrocyanines that can be used to detect and measure the presence of reactive oxygen species. Reactive oxygen species are highly reactive ...