Studies find $1 test using gold nanoparticles outperforms PSA screen for prostate cancer

A test that costs less than a $1 and yields results in minutes has been shown in newly published studies to be more sensitive and more exact than the current standard test for early-stage prostate cancer. The simple test developed by University of Central Florida scientist Qun "Treen" Huo holds the promise of earlier detection of one of the deadliest...

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Femto-snapshots of reaction kinetics

Following six years’ work, an international team comprising eleven research institutions has been successful in observing precisely how light affects the outer electrons of a metallic compound and activates this compound as a catalyst. They developed their own experiment for this investigation at the Linac Coherent Light Source X-ray laser at SLAC...

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Oxford Instruments Asylum Research Presents 'Piezoresponse Force Microscopy: From Theory to Advanced Applications'

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research will host a two-part webinar series on Piezoresponse Force Microscopy (PFM), May 4 and May 6, 2015. Presenters include Dr. Sergei V. Kalinin, Director at the Institute for Functional Imaging of Materials and Theme Leader at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Asylum Research...

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