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'MasSpec Pen' could help distinguish between cancerous and healthy tissue during surgery

A major challenge for cancer surgeons is to determine exactly where a tumor starts and where it ends. Removing too much tissue can impair normal functions, but not taking enough can mean the disease could recur.

28 Aug 2019

Empa researchers aim to gain a better understanding of bone failure

Can analytical methods from materials science help us better understand human bones? A research team at Empa in Thun is pursuing precisely this approach.

28 Aug 2019

Simple smartphone-based method for detecting extremely low levels of norovirus

A little bit of norovirus - the highly infectious microbe that causes about 20 million cases of food poisoning in the United States each year - goes a long way. Just 10 particles of the virus can cause illness in humans.

27 Aug 2019

Sensing temperature inside cells using a fluorescent nano-thermometer

How do you know a cell has a fever? Take its temperature.

23 Aug 2019

Researchers unlock mysteries surrounding maternal/fetal cellular communication during pregnancy

Researchers have unlocked mysteries surrounding how a pregnant mother's cells and her fetus' cells communicate throughout pregnancy.

22 Aug 2019

Molecular mechanism of enterovirus infection uncovered

Researchers from the Nanoscience Center at the University of Jyväskylä in collaboration with those at the University of Helsinki have found that body proteins called albumin and certain ions within the attacked host cells can affect the genetic workings of enteroviruses and enhance their infection.

19 Aug 2019

Vision Engineering launches world's first digital stereoscopic 3D-view microscope

Vision Engineering, a manufacturer of high quality visual inspection and measurement technologies, launches its latest, innovative flagship product Deep Reality Viewer (DRV-Z1) microscope.

From Vision Engineering Limited 16 Aug 2019

Researchers examine how superbug fights last-resort antibiotics

Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health, food security, and development today. A new study shows how superbugs adapt to combat 'last-resort antibiotics'.

13 Aug 2019

Microneedling helps decrease the appearance of acne scars

It turns out creating tiny injuries on your face with needles actually helps decrease the appearance of acne scars.

9 Aug 2019

Electromagnetic fields may prevent spread of breast cancer cells, study finds

Electromagnetic fields might help prevent some breast cancers from spreading to other parts of the body, new research has found.

8 Aug 2019

Olympus launches first Global Image of the Year Life Science Light Microscopy Award

Inspired by the beauty and breadth of images submitted for the 2018 Image of the Year Life Science Light Microscopy Award held in Europe, Olympus has launched its first Global Image of the Year Life Science Light Microscopy Award, recognizing the best in life science imaging worldwide.

From Evident Corporation - Life Sciences 8 Aug 2019

New virtual emergency consultation program for eye patients speeds up treatment times

A trial virtual emergency consultation programme for eye patients has led to quicker treatment times and removed the need for follow up hospital appointments in more than half of cases, according to researchers.

7 Aug 2019

Thermo Fisher Scientific unveils new Krios solution at Microscopy and Microanalysis 2019

Today at Microscopy and Microanalysis 2019, Thermo Fisher Scientific unveiled a new Krios solution designed to break down the barriers to cryo-EM adoption through improved ease-of-use, faster results and the most compact 300kV cryo-EM microscope design on the market.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific – Electron Microscopy Solutions 6 Aug 2019

New blood test can detect clinically significant prostate cancer in high-risk patients

An international research team at Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand, has developed a new blood test capable of detecting clinically significant prostate cancer in high-risk patients, as reported in the medical journal Cancers on 27 July 2019.

6 Aug 2019

New biomarker can identify patients with symptoms of kidney rejection

A group of European scientists led by KU Leuven has found a biomarker that can identify patients with symptoms of kidney rejection symptoms after a transplant as a result of antibodies.

2 Aug 2019

Congo’s Ebola outbreak continues rampant

It was a year ago that the Ebola virus outbreak in the Congo became official. And far from subsiding, just two weeks ago it became “a public health emergency of international concern”. More than 2,600 cases have been confirmed and over 1,800 deaths in the affected provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A third of these are children.

1 Aug 2019

Scientists redesign chemotaxis by creating artificial nanoswimmers from gold nanoparticles

Bacteria can actively move towards a nutrient source—a phenomenon known as chemotaxis—and they can move collectively in a process known as swarming.

1 Aug 2019

Smartphone ‘virus scanner’ could help governments contain viral outbreaks

Researchers have created and tested a miniature virus-scanning device for smartphones that is 100 times more sensitive than commercial influenza testing kits.

31 Jul 2019

Preventing parasites from adhering to mosquito guts could stop disease transmission

A group of microorganisms known as kinetoplastids includes the parasites that cause devastating diseases such as African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease, and leishmaniasis.

31 Jul 2019

Smartphone virus scanner could help tackle the spread of diseases

The current leading method to assess the presence of viruses and other biological markers of disease is effective but large and expensive. It is prohibitively difficult for use in many situations, especially due to certain economic and geographic factors.

31 Jul 2019

Microscope News and Research

'MasSpec Pen' could help distinguish between cancerous and healthy tissue during surgery

Empa researchers aim to gain a better understanding of bone failure

Simple smartphone-based method for detecting extremely low levels of norovirus

Sensing temperature inside cells using a fluorescent nano-thermometer

Researchers unlock mysteries surrounding maternal/fetal cellular communication during pregnancy

Molecular mechanism of enterovirus infection uncovered

Vision Engineering launches world's first digital stereoscopic 3D-view microscope

Researchers examine how superbug fights last-resort antibiotics

Microneedling helps decrease the appearance of acne scars

Electromagnetic fields may prevent spread of breast cancer cells, study finds

Olympus launches first Global Image of the Year Life Science Light Microscopy Award

New virtual emergency consultation program for eye patients speeds up treatment times

Thermo Fisher Scientific unveils new Krios solution at Microscopy and Microanalysis 2019

New blood test can detect clinically significant prostate cancer in high-risk patients

New biomarker can identify patients with symptoms of kidney rejection

Congo’s Ebola outbreak continues rampant

Scientists redesign chemotaxis by creating artificial nanoswimmers from gold nanoparticles

Smartphone ‘virus scanner’ could help governments contain viral outbreaks

Preventing parasites from adhering to mosquito guts could stop disease transmission

Smartphone virus scanner could help tackle the spread of diseases

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