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Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) for Early Lymphoma Diagnosis
Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) for Early Lymphoma Diagnosis
A collaborative research team from Harbin Medical University and Harbin Institute of Technology present a promising alternative to detect lymphoma in blood samples in their recently published paper. The ...
New Optical Tweezers Technique Revamps Single Cell Experimentation
New Optical Tweezers Technique Revamps Single Cell Experimentation
Researchers at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, UK have developed a new design for optical tweezers using a single diode-coupled multicore fiber. The novel method promises a much more flexible ...
Diode Laser: The Most Versatile and Convenient Coherent Light Source
Diode Laser: The Most Versatile and Convenient Coherent Light Source
Introduction to the Diode Laser Researchers have been developing different types of coherent light sources to fit a larger span of applications since 1960. Present-day lasers vary in size, power-range, and ...
Prisms: A General Overview
Prisms: A General Overview
Introduction to Prisms Even as early as in the 13th century, six-sided crystals of natural quartz were used to generate rainbows. In the late 1660s, people believed that color was a mixture of lightness ...
Interferometers: Small Measurements with Big Technology
Interferometers: Small Measurements with Big Technology
Introduction A single human hair is approximately 80,000-100,000 nanometers wide. Now, imagine a distance that measures several hundred times smaller than a human hair. Such small distances are often ...
Human Breath Analysis: What Do You Exhale?
Human Breath Analysis: What Do You Exhale?
Introduction to Human Breath Analysis Linus Pauling discovered modern human breath analysis in 1971 when he demonstrated that human breath has more than 200 different volatile organic compounds, proving ...