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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 07, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Rice University researcher Zachary Wright has discovered a previously unknown compartment inside cellular organelles cal ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 03, 2020Chemistry & Physics
New research from a team at the Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics within the Institute of Basic Science (IB ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 29, 2020Microbiology
Pathogenic bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to standard antibiotics, for a variety of reasons. Scientists ar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 22, 2020Microbiology
Rotaviruses are the biggest reason why young children get diarrhea. It's estimated that 215,000 kids die every year from ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 16, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
The demand for diagnostic technologies to track COVID-19 infections and control community spread of the disease has only ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 15, 2020Microbiology
Hubrecht Institute researchers observe a virus as it invades a cell and competes with the host for control of the host c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 09, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Wine comes in a wide range of flavors and prices. Wine fraud, in which cheaply produced wine is passed off as the expens ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 09, 2020Microbiology
Camelids, which include llamas, alpacas and camels have immune systems that generate two kinds of antibodies when confro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 02, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells have to be flexible and move with each other and our bodies. When cells get overstretched, they have to be able to ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 01, 2020Genetics & Genomics
When light levels are low, the rod cells of our eyes go to work to help us see.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 24, 2020Immunology
A team of researchers at Duke University have developed an imaging technology for tagging structures at a cellular level ...Written By: Tara FernandesOCT 20, 2020Genetics & Genomics
In this photo by OceanX, researchers off the coast of Brazil collected Pyrosoma atlanticum specimens with a special robo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 19, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Analyzing nucleic acids through gel electrophoresis has been a staple of genetic research for decades. But using traditi ...OCT 12, 2020Neuroscience
Oxytocin has gained its reputation as the 'love hormone' for its role in regulating prosocial behaviors like emp ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 09, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Just like animals, plants are made of cells that are full of proteins. The proteins in plant cells are often only found ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 07, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers from MIT have found that when the brain forms a new memory, neurons known as 'engram cells' encode t ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 13, 2020Chemistry & Physics
A new device has been developed by researchers at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology in Korea that can diag ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 26, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
There is a lot more to the genome than just genes that code for proteins.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 16, 2020Microbiology
Bacteria in the gut have a powerful influence on our health, in part because all of those microbes have genes of their o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 11, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells rely on a network of tiny filaments to give them form and support their structure. One crucial filament is a prote ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2020Microbiology
Tuberculosis is caused by a bacterium, and it can infect immune cells called macrophages in the lungs that would normall ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2020Cancer
Diagnostics is one of the essential tools in a physician’s toolkit. A good diagnostic test can identify whether a ...Written By: Jasper CantrellAUG 02, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Using the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool, researchers have knocked out a gene in a cephalopod for the first time.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 28, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
In order to generate immunity against invaders, some immune cells have to get to the lymph nodes. So how do they know ho ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
DEC 07, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Rice University researcher Zachary Wright has discovered a previously unknown compartment inside cellular organelles cal
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 03, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
New research from a team at the Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics within the Institute of Basic Science (IB
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 29, 2020
Microbiology
Pathogenic bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to standard antibiotics, for a variety of reasons. Scientists ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 22, 2020
Microbiology
Rotaviruses are the biggest reason why young children get diarrhea. It's estimated that 215,000 kids die every year from
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 16, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
The demand for diagnostic technologies to track COVID-19 infections and control community spread of the disease has only
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 15, 2020
Microbiology
Hubrecht Institute researchers observe a virus as it invades a cell and competes with the host for control of the host c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 09, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Wine comes in a wide range of flavors and prices. Wine fraud, in which cheaply produced wine is passed off as the expens
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 09, 2020
Microbiology
Camelids, which include llamas, alpacas and camels have immune systems that generate two kinds of antibodies when confro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 02, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells have to be flexible and move with each other and our bodies. When cells get overstretched, they have to be able to
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 01, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
When light levels are low, the rod cells of our eyes go to work to help us see.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 24, 2020
Immunology
A team of researchers at Duke University have developed an imaging technology for tagging structures at a cellular level
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 20, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
In this photo by OceanX, researchers off the coast of Brazil collected Pyrosoma atlanticum specimens with a special robo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 19, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Analyzing nucleic acids through gel electrophoresis has been a staple of genetic research for decades. But using traditi
...
OCT 12, 2020
Neuroscience
Oxytocin has gained its reputation as the 'love hormone' for its role in regulating prosocial behaviors like emp
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 09, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Just like animals, plants are made of cells that are full of proteins. The proteins in plant cells are often only found
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 07, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from MIT have found that when the brain forms a new memory, neurons known as 'engram cells' encode t
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 13, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
A new device has been developed by researchers at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology in Korea that can diag
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 26, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
There is a lot more to the genome than just genes that code for proteins.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 16, 2020
Microbiology
Bacteria in the gut have a powerful influence on our health, in part because all of those microbes have genes of their o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 11, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells rely on a network of tiny filaments to give them form and support their structure. One crucial filament is a prote
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2020
Microbiology
Tuberculosis is caused by a bacterium, and it can infect immune cells called macrophages in the lungs that would normall
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2020
Cancer
Diagnostics is one of the essential tools in a physician’s toolkit. A good diagnostic test can identify whether a
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
AUG 02, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Using the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool, researchers have knocked out a gene in a cephalopod for the first time.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
In order to generate immunity against invaders, some immune cells have to get to the lymph nodes. So how do they know ho
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch