Researchers discover new protocol to detect lipid production in microalgae
Dietary supplementation of fatty acids produced from microalgae have wide-reaching health benefits for humans, including the ability to reduce obesity, diabetes and fatty liver disease, preventing hair...
View ArticleExploiting CRISPR systems for the fast detection of SARS-CoV-2
A paper published on medRxiv describes a repurposed type III CRISPR-Cas system that can detect the virus from nasopharyngeal swabs in less than an hour.
View ArticleNew probe allows real-time imaging of molecular orientations in live cells
Monitoring alignments of the building blocks of cells is important to understand how the cells are built. By collaborating with imaging scientists at the MBL, researchers from Japan have developed a...
View ArticleStudy illustrates the concept of cool microscopy
Fluorescence light microscopy has the unique ability to observe cellular processes over a scale that bridges four orders of magnitude. Yet, its application to living cells is fundamentally limited by...
View ArticleBoosting Confocal Microscopy Through Artificial Intelligence
In this interview, we speak to Dr. Hari Shroff from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering about his latest research into confocal microscopy.
View ArticleEasy-to-use method quantifies exosomal miRNAs
Most cancer diagnostic procedures, like endoscopies, biopsies, and mammograms, are stressful and invasive. Although blood samples may be a less unpleasant option, only a few forms of the disease can as...
View ArticleUnique approach harnesses plant molecules like chlorophyll to harvest solar...
Our current solar panels aren't very efficient; they are only able to convert up to about 20 percent of the sun's energy into electricity. As a result, to generate a lot of electricity, the panels...
View ArticleElaborate 3D Structures of DNA That Mimics Protein Functions
According to a study from scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, a division of the National Institutes of Health, DNA can imitate protein activities by...
View ArticleFluorescence-Based Actinometers Enable Precise and Versatile Light Intensity...
Accurate measurements of light intensity provide vital data for scientists and everyday applications.
View ArticleNew Method Allows Scientists to Observe Multiple Signals in Living Cells
Living cells are bombarded with many kinds of incoming molecular signal that influence their behavior.
View ArticleNovel Imaging Technique Unveils Structural Details of Drug-Resistant Cancer...
Researchers have shown for the first time that a crucial interface in a protein that drives cancer growth could act as a target for more effective treatments.
View ArticleBio-Rad Launches Annexin V StarBright Conjugates for Apoptosis Detection via...
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIO.B), a global leader in life science research and clinical diagnostics products, today announced the launch of annexin V conjugated to eight StarBright...
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