News tagged with glass pipette
Nanoneedle is small in size, but huge in applications
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a membrane-penetrating nanoneedle for the targeted delivery of one or more molecules into the cytoplasm or the nucleus of living cells. ...
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Apr 28, 2009 |
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How plants sense touch, gravity and other physical forces
(PhysOrg.com) -- At the bottom of plants' ability to sense touch, gravity or a nearby trellis are mechanosensitive channels, pores through the cells' plasma membrane that are opened and closed by the deformation ...
Oct 21, 2011 |
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Giant flakes make graphene oxide gel
(PhysOrg.com) -- Giant flakes of graphene oxide in water aggregate like a stack of pancakes, but infinitely thinner, and in the process gain characteristics that materials scientists may find delicious.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 20, 2011 |
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Sperm discoveries shed light on infertility and birth control
(Medical Xpress) -- For a sperm cell, a lot has to go right before it can fertilize an egg. And despite biblical stories of barren women and cultural traditions of blaming the female, fertility experts now ...
Oct 12, 2011 |
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Researchers create early disease detection and drug delivery device for single living cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- Actual nano-needles able to interrogate small cells without causing cellular damage have not become reality until now.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 14, 2010 |
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Manipulating cells with a micro-suction cup
Researchers at the Institute for Biomedical Engineering have devised a novel method to pick up and relocate individual cells with a microtip without damaging them. In the future this could be used to verify ...
Aug 12, 2010 |
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New method reveals how individual nerve cells process visual input
Pioneering a novel microscopy method, neuroscientist Arthur Konnerth and colleagues from the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM, Germany) have shown that individual neurons carry out significant aspects of sensory processing: ...
Apr 29, 2010 |
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Light instead of current: Activation of neurons with light by means of semiconductor photoelectrodes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Understanding the mechanisms by which the brain functions is one of the most complex challenges in science. One important aspect is the electrical conduction of stimuli in nerve cells. In order to study neuronal ...
Feb 20, 2009 |
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New cheaper method for mapping disease genes
Scientists at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have developed a new DNA-sequencing method that is much cheaper than those currently in use in laboratories. They hope that this new method will make it possible ...
May 27, 2008 |
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'Nanodrop' Test Tubes Created with a Flip of a Switch
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated a new device that creates nanodroplet “test tubes” for studying individual proteins under conditions that mimic the crowded ...
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Apr 15, 2008 |
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Penn engineers create carbon nanopipettes that are smaller than cells and measure electric current
University of Pennsylvania engineers and physicians have developed a carbon nanopipette thousands of times thinner than a human hair that measures electric current and delivers fluids into cells. Researchers ...
Jan 15, 2008 |
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