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Big energy from small spores
Added: 1 Feb 2013
A novel atomic force microscope could help identify materials that use energy from bacterial spores.
‘Comet water’ ions found in bacterial protein
Added: 30 Jan 2013
Novel sample preparation processes and diffractometers have uncovered hydronium ions in rubredoxin.
Scientists unravel the mysteries of spider silk
Added: 29 Jan 2013
A laser light scattering technique has helped uncover the properties of spider silk.
Solid improvement in battery power
Added: 28 Jan 2013
ORNL research has paved the way for larger and safer lithium ion batteries.
Three-photon microscopy improves biological imaging
Added: 23 Jan 2013
Scientists may be a step closer to understanding the complexity of the brain and its billions of ne…
Metamaterials help create lens-less imaging system
Added: 22 Jan 2013
A new metamaterial acts as a “lens” to image scenes using fewer components.
A light switch inside the brain
Added: 21 Jan 2013
Scientists from Freiburg have created a microimplant capable of controlling individual nerve cells.
Combining active and passive IR imaging
Added: 18 Jan 2013
Northwestern University has found a way to integrate active and passive infrared (IR) imaging capab…
Separating substances with a 100-year-old idea
Added: 16 Jan 2013
Dutch researcher Wijnand Germs has built an electronic variant of a Brownian ratchet that allows mi…
Scientists discover structure of protein essential for quality control
Added: 15 Jan 2013
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has pushed the boundaries of electron microscopy to determine…
Technique to snip DNA could alter gene therapy
Added: 14 Jan 2013
A new method of precisely targeting and cutting DNA in bacteria could remove research bottlenecks i…
Living Lab aims to advance protein research
Added: 10 Jan 2013
The Living Lab is using advanced imaging technology to tackle previously unanswered questions in st…
Advanced X-Ray imaging for identification of contraband, corrosion or cancer
Added: 8 Jan 2013
Manchester University has developed a camera that can be used to take 3D colour X-ray images, in ne…
Microscopy technique views viruses in their natural habitat
Added: 7 Jan 2013
Scientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute have invented a way to image biological…
Compact MRI to improve imaging of joints
Added: 19 Dec 2012
A new system that enables medics to image difficult areas of the body is being developed by researc…
Diamond-like coating improves electron microscope images
Added: 18 Dec 2012
Researchers have found that coating materials with diamond-like crystals greatly improves images of…
Virus enables heart cells to become 'biological pacemakers'
Added: 17 Dec 2012
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute researchers have reprogrammed ordinary heart cells to become exact rep…
Scientists solve mysterious enzyme structure
Added: 13 Dec 2012
Spectroscopic techniques have helped solve a long-standing puzzle in photosynthesis research.
Raman analysis to improve medical diagnosis
Added: 12 Dec 2012
An international team is using laser-based methods to create better diagnosis tools in medicine.
Seeing colour at the nanoscale
Added: 10 Dec 2012
A new microscopy tool developed by Berkeley Lab scientists could allow colour nanoscale imaging.
