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‘Fingerprinting’ research improves brain tumour diagnosis
Added: 20 Sep 2012
UK scientists have made a significant advance in brain tumour diagnosis using infrared and Raman sp…

Researchers pioneer world’s first HIV nanomedicines
Added: 4 Sep 2012
The project claims to be the first step towards taking nanomedicine options out of the lab and into…
Shedding light on fibre optic imaging
Added: 4 Sep 2012
An advance in fibre optic research could allow doctors to see inside some of the hardest to reach p…

Surface-sensitive spectroscopy
Added: 3 Sep 2012
The interaction between proteins and pharmaceuticals can now be analysed in detail.

Microscope able to create images 100 times faster
Added: 28 Aug 2012
University of Leicester scientists have developed a rapid-scanning microscope with no loss of quali…

Universities collaborate on novel MS technology
Added: 23 Aug 2012
Purdue and Harvard University haved teamed up to develop new applications for desorption electrospr…

Method localises molecules 200 times faster than existing techniques
Added: 9 Aug 2012
Isis Innovation, a company owned by Oxford University, has developed a method of rapidly and accura…
London 2012 to leave phenomenal legacy
Added: 3 Aug 2012
The London 2012 anti-doping facility in Harlow will be developed into a world-class phenome researc…

Researchers adapt inductively-coupled mass spectrometry
Agilent Technologies | Added: 31 Jul 2012
Scientists are reconfiguring Agilent’s MS technology to improve understanding of how trace metals a…

The world's smallest chromatography columns
Added: 30 Jul 2012
Engineers have demonstrated the use of individual carbon nanotubes to force two differing molecules…

Nano-FTIR enables nanoscale chemical identification
Added: 30 Jul 2012
An optical technique that combines s-SNOM and FTRI could significantly improve non-invasive chemica…

Online tool provides deeper analysis of microarray data
Added: 19 Jul 2012
A new software program designed by scientists at the Stanford University enables researchers to see…

Super-resolution microscopy shows details of biofilm structure
Added: 13 Jul 2012
A new imaging technique discovered at the University of California, Berkeley, reveals a possible pl…
Micrscope probe-sharpening to improve imaging technology
Added: 10 Jul 2012
A simple new improvement to an essential microscope component has been developed to greatly improve…

'Trophy molecule' created by Nottingham scientists
Added: 3 Jul 2012
Experts at Nottingham University are the first to create a stable version of a ’trophy molecule’ th…

Microscopy technologies to identify pollen grains
Illinois University | Added: 13 Jun 2012
Evaluation of microscopy techniques by Illinois University aims to help scientists better understan…

ORNL microscopy reveals workings behind inexpensive catalyst
US Department of Energy | Added: 12 Jun 2012
A newly developed carbon nanotube material could help lower the cost of fuel cells and catalytic co…

Structure of bacterial chainmail discovered
BBSRC | Added: 11 Jun 2012
Scientists has uncovered the structure of the protective protein coat which surrounds many bacteria…

Microscopy technique provides better understanding of human tissue
North Carolina State University | Added: 8 Jun 2012
A novel microscopy technique can be used to improve the understanding of human tissue.

Team solves 40-year-old MS problem
Added: 23 Apr 2012
Scientists at the Warwick University have developed a computation which simultaneously doubles the …