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Non-invasive diagnosis of melanoma
Melanomas have been diagnosed with high sensitivity and specificity by a non-invasive procedure involving NIR and skin impedance spectroscopy.
- Published: Sep 17, 2012
- Author: Steve Down
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How soft X-rays reveal the hydrogen bonds in liquid water
The application of soft X-ray techniques to the study of the hydrogen bonding network in liquid water has been reviewed by scientists in Germany.
- Published: Sep 7, 2012
- Author: Steve Down
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Learn how to drive Curiosity on Mars
The Royal Society of Chemistry is offering an insight into what it's like to drive Nasa's Curiosity Mars rover, by hosting a live online question-and-answer session with rover driver Paolo Bellutta on Friday 7 September at 16:00BST.
- Published: Sep 6, 2012
- Author: Jon Evans
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Fingerprints yield gender of suspects
The peptides and proteins left behind in latent fingerprints can be analysed by a mass spectrometric imaging technique to predict the gender of the suspect.
- Published: Aug 27, 2012
- Author: Steve Down
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No more queues for LC/MS
A team of scientists has optimised an LC/MS system to make full use of the mass spectrometer when connected to any number of LC units, using a unique parallel staggering setup.
- Published: Aug 22, 2012
- Author: Steve Down
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Boron NMR without a background
Measuring boron-10 in the NMR spectra of solutions of boron compounds eliminates the troublesome background signals that are associated with boron-11.
- Published: Aug 21, 2012
- Author: Steve Down
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Blood markers for Alzheimer's disease
A series of proteins in blood could form the basis of a test for Alzheimer's disease in the future.
- Published: Aug 13, 2012
- Author: Steve Down
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Coupling SEC with medium-resolution NMR
The capabilities of a new SEC-medium-resolution NMR system for polymer analysis have been demonstrated in various modes of operation with proton and deuterated solvents.
- Published: Aug 10, 2012
- Author: Steve Down
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Ancient frankincense excavated from Chinese temple
An ancient resinous incense excavated from the ruins of the Bao’en Temple in Ninjang, China, is shown to be frankincense by a combination of IR and Raman techniques.
- Published: Aug 8, 2012
- Author: Steve Down
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Searching for biotech apps
Rainbow BioSciences, a new Florida-based biotechnology company, is looking to commercialize promising new biotech-related hardware and software applications for tablet computers and smartphones, especially Apple's iPad and iPhone devices.
- Published: Aug 6, 2012
- Author: Jon Evans
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