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Fluorescence
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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NOV 12, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists at the Imperial College London and DNA Electronics have developed a portable USB device that detects the pres ...NOV 11, 2016Microbiology
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the bacterium Francisella tularensis is highly infectious, and can s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 10, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Living organisms, from plants to fungi to animals, have a circadian rhythm – a 24 hour cycle of physiological even ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 04, 2016Microbiology
Electron microscopy is a powerful tool that produces images of things magnified up to ten million times, but the images ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 31, 2016Immunology
Immune responses can be unequal and misguided, resulting in certain conditions like allergies and autoimmune disorders. ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 31, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have described a new kind of probe that improves investigators’ abilities to monitor the interactions o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 25, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
For the first time, researchers have taken recordings of the behavior of cells in the epidermis as adult limbs regrow fo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 24, 2016Cardiology
New imaging technology developed at Stanford University could help prevent strokes and heart attacks caused by severe at ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 21, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Epigenetics - the study of how genetic modifications, instead of the genetic code itself, affects the expression of gene ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 21, 2016Microbiology
Biofilms form when microbes attach to a surface and adhere to each other, often inside of a matrix created by the cells ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 10, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A new technique under Phase 1 clinical trial gave surgeons the ability to see a brain tumor glow like they’ve neve ...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
Food poisoning sickens many people, and can lead to outbreaks of disease. Rapid detection of a common strain of pathogen ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 18, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have created a new, fluorescent probe that detects a specific methyl group on histones in living cells. This ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 13, 2016Microbiology
Iron is important to bacteria. Really important. It’s so important that bacteria secrete special molecules called ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 06, 2016Cardiology
The proteins that make some species of deep sea jellyfish glow are helping scientists study human heart cells. While it& ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 24, 2016Cardiology
Of all the different cell types circulating through the bloodstream, platelets are the cells we have to thank for instig ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 23, 2016Microbiology
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
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 LeitchAUG 10, 2016Microbiology
The gut microbiome, the complex community of bacteria carried in the gastrointestinal tract, is increasingly linked to h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 30, 2016Videos
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
NOV 12, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists at the Imperial College London and DNA Electronics have developed a portable USB device that detects the pres
...
NOV 11, 2016
Microbiology
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the bacterium Francisella tularensis is highly infectious, and can s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 10, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Living organisms, from plants to fungi to animals, have a circadian rhythm – a 24 hour cycle of physiological even
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 04, 2016
Microbiology
Electron microscopy is a powerful tool that produces images of things magnified up to ten million times, but the images
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 31, 2016
Immunology
Immune responses can be unequal and misguided, resulting in certain conditions like allergies and autoimmune disorders.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 31, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have described a new kind of probe that improves investigators’ abilities to monitor the interactions o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 25, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
For the first time, researchers have taken recordings of the behavior of cells in the epidermis as adult limbs regrow fo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 24, 2016
Cardiology
New imaging technology developed at Stanford University could help prevent strokes and heart attacks caused by severe at
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 21, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Epigenetics - the study of how genetic modifications, instead of the genetic code itself, affects the expression of gene
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 21, 2016
Microbiology
Biofilms form when microbes attach to a surface and adhere to each other, often inside of a matrix created by the cells
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 10, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new technique under Phase 1 clinical trial gave surgeons the ability to see a brain tumor glow like they’ve neve
...
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