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New, Nanoparticle-Based Multi-Probe Systems for New Generation of Medical Imaging

Since X-rays were discovered more than a century ago, triggering a revolution in medical imaging, clinicians have sought more powerful ways to "see" into the human body.

13 Jul 2007

High Resolution 4Pi Microscopy Reaches the Nucleus

Confocal light microscopy has been an important tool for biomedical scientists as they work to unravel molecular events occurring within human cells.

13 Jul 2007

Ultralight, Handheld Terahertz Spectrometer

"T-rays" have been touted as the next breakthrough in sensing and imaging, but the need for bulky equipment has been an obstacle to reaching the field's potential.

13 Jul 2007

Cylindrical Gold Nanorods Detect and Kill Cancer Cells

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of California, San Francisco, have found an even more effective and safer way to detect and kill cancer cells.

13 Jul 2007

Georgia Tech Expands it's Global Horizons into Ireland

The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), the applied research arm of the Georgia Institute of Technology, will establish a research enterprise in Athlone, Ireland to focus on industry research and development needs.

13 Jul 2007

New Technology to Improve Spectrometers

Being the delicate optical instruments that they are, spectrometers are pretty picky about light.

13 Jul 2007

Fiber-Based Light Source Promises Improvements In Food Inspection

A new light source based on fiber-optic technology promises to improve the inspection of food, produce, paper, currency, recyclables and other products.

13 Jul 2007

Optical Cloaking Device

Researchers using nanotechnology have taken a step toward creating an "optical cloaking" device that could render objects invisible by guiding light around anything placed inside this "cloak."

13 Jul 2007

Dual-Modality Microbeads Identify Disease Biomarkers

Analyzing human blood for a very low virus concentration or a sample of water for a bioterrorism agent has always been a time-consuming and difficult process.

13 Jul 2007

Systematic Method for Directed Synthesis of 3D Nanocrystals

University of Arkansas researchers have examined the mechanisms underlying the synthesis of three-dimensional nanocrystals in solution and have created a systematic method for the directed synthesis of such nanocrystals.

13 Jul 2007

Conference on Space Electronics and Photonics

Harnessing its influence as a national center of research in space technology, the University of Arkansas will host the Advanced Microelectronics and Photonics for Space Conference and Small Business Innovation Research Forum this week at the Arkansas Research and Technology Park.

8 Jul 2007

New X-ray Microscope Technique Observes Nano-Scale Features

Argonne National Laboratory scientists in collaboration with Xradia have created a new X-ray microscope technique capable of observing molecular-scale features, measuring less than a nanometer in height.

8 Jul 2007

New Biophotonics Center

A new science 'biophotonics' has a new center of operations. Quarters for the National Science Foundation-funded UC Davis Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology were dedicated Monday in the Oak Park Research Building at 2700 Stockton Blvd.

8 Jul 2007

Wavefront Technology Benefits Patients with Presbyopia

For those who've reached the age when reading a newspaper means holding it at arm's length or fumbling for reading glasses, wavefront-optimized lens technology may offer a better solution, according to data presented at the recent American Academy of Ophthalmology's 2006 Joint Meeting.

8 Jul 2007

Optical-Electrical-Optical Problem Turned into All Optical Solution

The Internet is often called the information superhighway, but the real superhighway is the optical fiber that connects computers around the world at the speed of light, according to John Badding, Penn State associate professor of chemistry.

8 Jul 2007