The latest short science news items from C&EN. Watanabe and coworkers tested the probe with colon cancer tissue samples in 96-well plates. The probe revealed the presence of colibactin-producing ...

Subtle cognitive decline in early Alzheimer’s disease is often indistinguishable from normal aging; as a result, the disease readily goes undiagnosed for two to three years after symptom onset. By ...

Thanks to a recent study by researchers at IOCB Prague, it is now possible to monitor processes in living cells more ...

NUS chemists have developed a novel ratiometric fluorescent probe for studying cellular activity of the clinically important anticancer drug cisplatin for next generation drug development. Since its ...

Recent advances in dual-emission ratiometric fluorescence probes have been addressed in a review by researchers at Qingdao University, China. They discuss the applications of biomarker detection and ...

Researchers have developed a new, more accurate method for determining the degree of labeling in fluorescence microscopy. An international collaboration of researchers led by the University of ...

How clean are the cooking oils we use in our homes? What about the cooking oils used at restaurants? Recently, a team of researchers at POSTECH – often called ‘fluorescent alchemists’ – has developed ...

The secret behind 'NeuO (Neuronal selective fluorescent probe)', which accurately identifies and fluorescently stains only 'neurons', has finally been unveiled. A research team led by Professor ...

A research team develops a fluorescent molecular sensor for detecting bad cooking oils. The novel technology enables anyone to easily measure the cooked time for all kinds of cooking oils. How clean ...