With more than 130 research institutions from Europe and around the world on board and hundreds of scientists in a myria…

Researchers have developed a novel imaging system that replaces conventional, solid lenses with the combination of a mal…

New biological imaging system fifty times less expensive than standard equipment, suitable for imaging applications outside of the lab

Tracking blood flow is important for studying ailments such as migraines or strokes, but the equipment needed can cost a…

One of the most common life-threatening errors made in hospitals are patients receiving the wrong kind or concentration…

For decades, researchers seeking biometric identifiers other than fingerprints believed that irises were a strong biomet…

Technique offers greater-than-ever control of essential gene therapy and genetic engineering method

sing a laser and “optical tweezers,” researchers in South Korea successfully inserted a gene into an individual cell wit…

The portable, pocket-sized sensor, produced by a group of researchers in Japan, works by measuring increased levels of a…

Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have built a device that could speed up medical imaging without bre…

Test strips bearing gold nano-particles as sensor elements can detect numerous proteins simultaneously / New concept with potential applications in medicine, environmental technology, and foodstuff analysis

Chemists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have developed a new method for parallel protein analysis that is, in pr…

Layer of Nanowire “Carpet” Gives Growing Cells a Foothold on Metal Implants

In tests, the wires boosted cell growth by nearly 80 percent compared to other surfaces, which suggests that the coating…

At EPFL’s Blue Brain facilities, computer models of individual neurons are being assembled into neural circuits that pro…

The University of Southampton’s Chemistry department has been awarded a National Chemical Landmark blue plaque by the Ro…

New technique can rapidly turn genes on and off, helping scientists better understand their function

Although human cells have an estimated 20,000 genes, only a fraction of those are turned on at any given time, depending…

The UW team in collaboration with Oleg Komogortsev at Texas State University developed a new biometric authentication te…

For accurate patient positioning in X-ray or MRI typically Laser Class 1 laser modules are used. Z-LASER supplies variou…

Glial cells send 'care packages' including protective proteins and genetic information to nerve cells

Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have discovered a new form of communication between different cell ty…

Nano and laser technology packed into small device tests antibiotic treatment in minutes

Slimmed-down telescopic contact lens switches between magnified and normal vision using a modified pair of liquid crystal eyeglasses

A new contact lens design that integrates a telescope directly onto the lens, which enables switching between normal and…

Growing custom replacement tissue—cartilage, bone, blood vessels, possibly even whole organs—is one of the hot research…

Duke scientists designed a thin, flexible carbon-nanotube spear to study individual brain cells.

Neuroscientists may soon be modern-day harpooners, snaring individual brain-cell signals instead of whales with tiny spe…