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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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DEC 30, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
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DEC 30, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
An effective treatment for Type 1 diabetes is to transplant new pancreatic islet cells into the patient. While this ther
...
DEC 11, 2015
Microbiology
Ever had jet-lag? This woe of long-distance travelers strikes when your circadian rhythm (or, biological clock) is
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 10, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new study, led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), shows how different pharmaceutical drugs hit ei
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
DEC 10, 2015
Immunology
Superior technology brings us novel images of cancer cells and lymphocytes this week, and now scientists can learn more
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 06, 2015
Microbiology
New research from the University of Pennsylvania suggests that herpesviruses might play a role in neurological disorders
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 01, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Injury, cell death, and disease to the nerve cells in the eye can cause irreversible vision loss and blindness. But rese
...
NOV 13, 2015
Videos
In the future, fertility treatments may include a "Sperm Olympics" event to select the ones that are not only the fastes
...
OCT 24, 2015
Immunology
"Patrolling monocytes" are white blood cells in the bloodstream that continuously check for cellular debris an
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 20, 2015
Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s disease effects millions of people worldwide. According to Alzheimer’s Disease International the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 30, 2015
Plants & Animals
You may have heard of bioluminescent animals, which are able to produce their own light in dark conditions by using a ch
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 30, 2015
Neuroscience
Memory is an amazing thing. The brain has to process so much information that comes in, decode it and then store it some
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 29, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers at the University of California Santa Cruz want to make it easier to diagnose Ebola in the field, where few
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 22, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A modular system of proteins can detect a particular DNA sequence in a cell and then trigger a specific response, such a
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 28, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Microbial consortia are described as assemblages of different species of microbes in physical as well as biochemical con
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
JUL 21, 2015
Microbiology
You just stumbled upon the first installment of "Better Know a Microbe", a series of articles that highlights the world
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 10, 2015
Videos
Plankton are known to have a broad palate, including pretty much anything smaller than themselves. So, it may come as no
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 29, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Scanning one of those strange, square QR codes with your phone looks like a quaint invention compared to a new developme
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
EPFL scientists discover that certain cell structures, the centrioles, could act as information carriers throughout cell
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 21, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Tiny structures made of lipid molecules and proteins have been believed to wander within the membrane of a cell, much li
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 20, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
By combining two highly innovative experimental techniques, scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 27, 2015
Videos
Last June, scientists at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC) report that a new class of tumor-targ
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 13, 2015
Chemistry & Physics
Researchers in Japan have created a protein that fluoresces and assembles into large crystals when placed inside a livin
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 12, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A team of researchers has sequenced the genome of classical Hodgkin lymphoma, illuminating exactly which proteins are al
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 09, 2015
Neuroscience
A University of Otago researcher is part of an international collaboration that has developed an exciting and expansive
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider