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Fluorescence: is the emission of light by a substance that has absorbed light or other electromagnetic radiation. It is a form of luminescence. In most cases, the emitted light has a longer wavelength, and therefore lower energy, than the absorbed radiation.
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OCT 05, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
A powerful new microscopy tool has been created by researchers working at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) capable ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 26, 2016Microbiology
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By modeling microsporidia infection in roundworms, scientists have determined that the single-celled fungi replicate by ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 21, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Image Credit: J E Theriot/Flickr There’s a new way to make tiny knotted and interlocked chemical structures that h ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)AUG 17, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
It’s long been accepted that proteins, RNA and DNA have to be stained to be visualized under fluorescence; the bel ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 12, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
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Scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego have created the Benthi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 22, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Geneticists are constantly discovering new ways the genes are expressed, silenced, and altered in other ways. A new stud ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 18, 2016Videos
It may seem like sparks (the literal and figurative kind) only happen in the movies. But as it turns out, sparks are a r ...JUL 18, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Many human diseases have been linked to dysfunction in mitochondria, organelles in every cell that are responsible for g ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 13, 2016Videos
Li Gu, a post-doctoral fellow, talks about his award-winning image in this video from MIT's Koch Institute. Gu works in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 28, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Protein quality control (PQC) is incredibly important for cellular health and viability. It is critical for cell surviva ...Written By: Cassidy ReichJUN 22, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
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When you’re a pharaoh in ancient Egypt, you get the best of the best. Tutankhamun, better known as King Tut ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 03, 2016Genetics & Genomics
For the first time since 2007 when scientists were just beginning to understand the DNA manipulation capabilities of CRI ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 27, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In the wild, survival of the fittest for some plants and animals mean sporting lethal venoms and toxins to kill whatever ...MAY 20, 2016Health & Medicine
Brandeis researchers have developed a novel approach for genetically identifying and manipulating specific neuronal cell ...Written By: Julianne Chiaet
OCT 05, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
A powerful new microscopy tool has been created by researchers working at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) capable
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 26, 2016
Microbiology
Food poisoning sickens many people, and can lead to outbreaks of disease. Rapid detection of a common strain of pathogen
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 18, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have created a new, fluorescent probe that detects a specific methyl group on histones in living cells. This
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 13, 2016
Microbiology
Iron is important to bacteria. Really important. It’s so important that bacteria secrete special molecules called
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 06, 2016
Cardiology
The proteins that make some species of deep sea jellyfish glow are helping scientists study human heart cells. While it&
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 24, 2016
Cardiology
Of all the different cell types circulating through the bloodstream, platelets are the cells we have to thank for instig
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 23, 2016
Microbiology
By modeling microsporidia infection in roundworms, scientists have determined that the single-celled fungi replicate by
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 21, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Image Credit: J E Theriot/Flickr There’s a new way to make tiny knotted and interlocked chemical structures that h
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
AUG 17, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
It’s long been accepted that proteins, RNA and DNA have to be stained to be visualized under fluorescence; the bel
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 12, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The production of two cells from one, cell division, is one of the core functions in life. Cells divide many times durin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2016
Microbiology
The gut microbiome, the complex community of bacteria carried in the gastrointestinal tract, is increasingly linked to h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 30, 2016
Videos
The human brain is a complex organ made up of networks of cells and their accompanied proteins, and it directs all the p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 23, 2016
Microbiology
Scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego have created the Benthi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Geneticists are constantly discovering new ways the genes are expressed, silenced, and altered in other ways. A new stud
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 18, 2016
Videos
It may seem like sparks (the literal and figurative kind) only happen in the movies. But as it turns out, sparks are a r
...
JUL 18, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Many human diseases have been linked to dysfunction in mitochondria, organelles in every cell that are responsible for g
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 13, 2016
Videos
Li Gu, a post-doctoral fellow, talks about his award-winning image in this video from MIT's Koch Institute. Gu works in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 28, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Protein quality control (PQC) is incredibly important for cellular health and viability. It is critical for cell surviva
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
JUN 22, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
After a cold virus (rhinovirus) gets into our bodies it must get access to our cells in order to release its RNA and mul
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 08, 2016
Technology
When you’re a pharaoh in ancient Egypt, you get the best of the best. Tutankhamun, better known as King Tut
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 03, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
For the first time since 2007 when scientists were just beginning to understand the DNA manipulation capabilities of CRI
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 27, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In the wild, survival of the fittest for some plants and animals mean sporting lethal venoms and toxins to kill whatever
...
MAY 20, 2016
Health & Medicine
Brandeis researchers have developed a novel approach for genetically identifying and manipulating specific neuronal cell
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet