As oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico this summer, the National Science Foundation (NSF) responded with lightning speed to fund proposals for research related to the spill.
The Spectral Reflectance Imaging Biosensor (SRIB) is a multiplexed immunoassay platform that identifies specific protein biomarkers in blood, urine or saliva, and enables many...
A simple synthesis method, developed by X. Nancy Xu and her research group AT Old Dominion University (ODU), is able to produce silver and gold nanoparticles in an array of shapes...
Ed Davis, DPM, FACFAS, a podiatrist based in the San Antonio, TX, area, has boosted his treatment options in his practice with Multiwave Locked System (MLS) therapy for treating...
Scientists at the University of Bonn (Germany) have succeeded in altering cardiac muscle cells to make them controllable with light, and then causing conditions such as arrhythmia...
Topical photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been increasingly used in recent years, and its main indication is for superficial non-melanoma skin cancer. This approach can offer several...
Discovery by researchers at Queen's University (Kingston, ON, Canada) about how molecules in glass or plastic are able to move when exposed to laser light could facilitate the...
A new imaging system that uses six different wavelengths to illuminate the eye's interior (ocular fundus) may pave the way for doctors to easily screen patients for common diseases...
Hitching a ride on an HIV protein known for its ability to penetrate human cells, silver nanoparticles have proven able to enter cell nuclei and report on their surroundings using...
