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rssNanotech enhancement: Gold rush
Date: Aug 1, 2013
Author: David Bradley
It is possible to tune gold nanoparticles with peptides for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) in such a way as to side step the problematic stages inherent to other approaches to nanoplasmonic structures for analyte detection, according to Italian researchers.
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Heads up: American football collision course
Date: Aug 1, 2013
Author: David Bradley
A new measure of the effects of cranial impact in American football players can be used in conjunction with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and neurological testing to assess the cumulative effect on players before and after the American football season.
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Martian atmospherics: Peering into the past
Date: Aug 1, 2013
Author: David Bradley
An Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrometer will provide complementary data to the Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer (NGIMS) and other instruments aboard NASA's MAVEN spacecraft, which is destined for Mars and will measure the gas composition of the Red Planet to give us a clearer picture of its past.
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Plague detector: Sweet solution
Date: Aug 1, 2013
Author: David Bradley
Anti-carbohydrate antibodies can be used to identify the presence of the pathogen that causes the deadly disease we know as plague, Yersinia pestis.
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NIR signatures: Heart to heart
Date: Aug 1, 2013
Author: David Bradley
New imaging technology based on near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) has been used by researchers at Spectrum Health's Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute to investigate patients in treatment following a heart attack.
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Journal Highlight: Inorganic nanocrystals as contrast agents in MRI: synthesis, coating and introduction of multifunctionality
Date: Jul 22, 2013
Author: spectroscopyNOW
Methods to synthesize inorganic nanocrystals and make them biocompatible and active for MRI are reviewed, with examples of the various approaches and efforts to make them multifunctional.
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Journal Highlight: The proteomes of feedstocks used for the production of second-generation ethanol: a lacuna in the biofuel era
Date: Jul 22, 2013
Author: spectroscopyNOW
Proteomics research is reviewed for maize, sorghum, sugarcane, switchgrass and miscanthus, which are the main crops suggested as potential sources of lignocellulosic biomass for the production of second-generation ethanol.
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Eye contact: Proteins implicated in wet age-related macular degeneration
Date: Jul 15, 2013
Author: Steve Down
A number of potential biomarkers for wet age-related macular degeneration have been identified in a proteomics study on the aqueous humour of Chinese patients, which might lead to new treatments for the disease.
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Conquering the nerve gases: High-resolution mass spectrometry of chemical warfare agents
Date: Jul 15, 2013
Author: Steve Down
Nerve agents have been detected in urine by a non-targeted high-resolution mass spectrometric method that is comparable to current MS/MS methods and is not limited to a specific panel of compounds.
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Journal Highlight: On the use of biplot analysis for multivariate bibliometric and scientific indicators
Date: Jul 15, 2013
Author: spectroscopyNOW
A visualization methodology known as biplot analysis for representing bibliometric and science and technology indicators is presented and the possibilities of applying it in the research policy area are analysed.
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