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Traffic light test to show how much caffeine is in your drink
A fluorescence test for drinks uses a microfluidics device to show the level of caffeine present displaying red for strong, yellow for medium and green for low contents.
- Published: Aug 8, 2013
- Author: Steve Down
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Combined brain imaging using oxygen-17 NMR
Oxygen-17 NMR enables the simultaneous measurement of cerebral blood flow and metabolic rate of oxygen in small animals, factors which normally require separate experiments to measure.
- Published: Aug 5, 2013
- Author: Steve Down
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Confirming fire as cause of death
Inhalation of soot particles during a fire can be confirmed by IR imaging with a digital camera, to aid forensic medical examiners in establishing cause of death.
- Published: Jul 29, 2013
- Author: Steve Down
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Dead Sea Scroll parchments were produced by different techniques
Spectroscopic examination of fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls has shown that the parchments were originally produced by at least two different techniques, contrary to popular belief.
- Published: Jul 25, 2013
- Author: Steve Down
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Crime does pay
The rising use of spectrometry in forensic and criminal work will help to drive the growth in the spectrometry market up to 2017, according to a new market research report.
- Published: Jul 23, 2013
- Author: Steve Down
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Protein for monitoring endangered turtle's reproduction cycle
French scientists have identified two forms of vitellogenin in the blood of leatherback sea turtles, which will help to assess the reproductive status of these endangered species.
- Published: Jul 17, 2013
- Author: Steve Down
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FTIR spectra of all postage stamps in a country's history
The ATR-FTIR spectra of examples of all of the postage stamps produced in Italy since 1862 have been collected.
- Published: Jul 9, 2013
- Author: Steve Down
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Latest comment
It's a great approach. Can we do the same for inks on legal papers?
Competition to find applications for new laser spectrometer
Scientists have launched a competition to find the new ways to use a novel laser spectrometer but hurry up: you only have a few days to submit your ideas.
- Published: Jul 2, 2013
- Author: Steve Down
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Scottish medical unit receives £24 million
The Medical Research Council (MRC) has awarded £24 million to the MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, based at the University of Dundee.
- Published: Jun 29, 2013
- Author: Jon Evans
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Japanese CRO chooses Thermo Scientific LIMS
The Japanese contract research organization JCL Bioassay is implementing Thermo Fisher Scientific's Watson laboratory information management system (LIMS) across its US laboratories.
- Published: Jun 28, 2013
- Author: Jon Evans
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