Seeing how the malaria can withstand fever’s warmth Kumar Jeetendra | October 6, 2020 Even when a man suffering from malaria is burning up with fever and too ill to operate, the little blood-eating parasites lurking inside them continue to flourish, relentlessly growing and multiplying as they gobble up the host’s red blood cells. The single-celled Plasmodium parasites that cause 200 million cases of malaria annually can withstand feverish …
Designers develop plant-based splash that could be utilized in N95 mask filters Kumar Jeetendra | October 7, 2020 Engineers have invented a way to spray extremely thin wires made of a plant-based material that might be used in N95 mask filters, devices that harvest energy for electricity, and potentially the production of human organs. The procedure involves spraying methylcellulose, a renewable plastic material derived from plant cellulose, on 3D-printed and other objects ranging …
New Particle Analysis module introduced by Renishaw Kumar Jeetendra | October 17, 2020 The module simplifies the inVia microscope so that it can identify particles on pictures and then analyse them using Raman spectroscopy. Renishaw’s inVia Raman system has a high quality microscope that’s great for producing optical images of particles on surfaces. These images are utilized to direct Raman spectroscopy measurements that quickly give chemically specific, high …
Bruker presents Vutara™ VXL tbest-in-class super-resolution magnifying lens and spatial science investigation abilities Kumar Jeetendra | October 23, 2020 Vutara VXL serves as a biological microscopy workstation for research on DNA, RNA and proteins, from macromolecular complexes and super-structures, to chromatin structure and chromosomal substructures, to studying functional connections in genomes and in various subcellular organelles. This novel system supports innovative spatial biology research in extracellular matrix structures, extracellular vesicles (EV), virology, neuroscience, and …
New Artificial Intelligence Sample Finder lessens time to explore altogether Kumar Jeetendra | October 24, 2020 ZEISS presents the new AI Sample Finder for optimal user guidance and operation. With this feature, the open and flexible inverted microscope platform ZEISS Axio Observer makes sample placement easier than ever and significantly reduces the time to experiment. For researchers, it offers a completely different way to operate a microscope, greatly boosting both productivity …
Oregon scientists uncover sub-atomic instruments that produce DNA harm in sperm Kumar Jeetendra | October 25, 2020 University of Oregon biologists have used the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans to identify molecular mechanisms that produce DNA damage in sperm and contribute to male infertility following exposure to heat. In humans, the optimal temperature for sperm production is just below body temperature, in a range of approximately 90-95 degrees F. Human studies have found …
Cell scientists and bioimaging master collaborate to settle fourth measurement insider facts Kumar Jeetendra | October 29, 2020 Cell biologists at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and Bar-Ilan University in Israel and a bioimaging expert at the University of Central Florida are teaming up in what they expect may result in a major breakthrough in the understanding of the three-dimensional organization of the nucleus over their role in certain diseases. The dream …
CRISPR-based test could give fast, affordable testing to help control COVID-19 spread Kumar Jeetendra | December 7, 2020 Imagine swabbing your nostrils, putting the swab in a device, and obtaining a read-out on your mobile phone in 15 to 30 minutes which tells you if you’re infected with the COVID-19 virus. This has been the vision for a group of scientists at Gladstone Institutes, University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), and University of …
IGC analysts get three out of six European Research Council grants Kumar Jeetendra | December 11, 2020 Since the establishment of the European Research Council in 2008, the IGC has secured 17 of the competitive grants (7 Beginning, 8 Consolidator and two Advanced). In 2021, with the beginning of the new grants awarded this month, it will have ten active grants. The year of 2020 marks a total of 327 researchers chosen …
New fluorescence microscopy strategy produces nanoscale 3D pictures of living cells Kumar Jeetendra | January 12, 2021 A new fluorescence microscopy technique has produced the world’s first nanoscale 3D images of molecules in a whole, living cell, researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology reported. Ilaria Testa, an associate professor at KTH and researcher at the Science for Life Laboratory, says the technique is capable of generating images with precision that until …
Bacteria responsible for seafood related stomach disturbs can go torpid and “wake up” Kumar Jeetendra | January 20, 2021 Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a marine bacterium that can lead to gastroenteritis in humans when eaten in raw or undercooked shellfish such as oysters and mussels. Some of these bacteria have the ability to turn dormant in poor growth conditions such as cold temperatures – and can stay in that state of hibernation for long periods …
Gene panel test empowers exceptionally exact diagnosis of liposarcomas Kumar Jeetendra | February 5, 2021 Scientists have leveraged the latest advances in RNA technology and machine learning methods to develop a gene panel evaluation which allows for highly accurate diagnosis of the most frequent kinds of liposarcoma. The new assay is described in The Journal of Molecular Diagnosis, published by Elsevier. Liposarcomas are a type of malignant cancer that is …
