Weapon is stadium-sized microscope
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A Calgary doctor aiming to find a way to eliminate the superbug C. difficile now has a new &quot;stadium-size microscope&quot; to use as a research weapon.
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For the first time, scientists have found that bacteria can use a Sonar-like system to spot other cells (either normal body cells or other bacteria) and target them for destruction.
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Single-stranded DNA can be used to identify explosives and other airborne compounds.
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MIT scientists perfect the use of light beams as a tweezer-like tool for manipulating microscopic objects.
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A pill-sized camera might eliminate the need for invasive techniques to screen for inflammations or obstructions in the esophagus.
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Scientists develop a device thousands of times smaller than a human hair that can turn radio waves into sound.
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The surface of one of the brightest stars in the night sky is imaged by scientists.
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Researchers at Rockefeller University make small synthetic vesicles that resemble a crude kind of biological cell.
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Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have started using a 12-foot tall microscope that they expect will one day boosts nanotechnology research.
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The UK's most powerful microscope, based at Imperial College London, moves towards full operation.
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U.S. researchers have made a very small research tool that may one day help scientists probe the activity of genes and proteins in a single cell, they said on Thursday, opening the door to a new realm of genetic research.
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They couldn't be more different. One is the prototype quarterback, seemingly built using the create-a-player function from a video game, standing tall in the pocket and firing laser beams across the field.
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A team of US scientists show off a novel device that harvests energy from human movements.
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See video and pictures of a bullet-tracking camera in action.
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Researchers have identified a protein which, when present in large amounts, might indicate that a cancer is particularly aggressive.
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A new technique measures visual clutter, creating a tool for desginers of all types.
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An idea for a portable device which can see through camouflage is to be developed with government cash.