A team of researchers found an innovative way of curing ham by using plasma-treated water as an alternative to chemical curing solutions.
Bette Nijboer
Tackling Diabetes: Toward Bifunctional Glucose and Dopamine Sensors with Plasma
A plasma-treated polyethylene is used as as an affordable and easy mediator to produce enzymatic glucose sensors that could be used for diabetic patients.
Photoacoustic Computed Tomography to Help Understand the Brain
A team of American scientists used photoacoustic computed tomography to image the blood vascular network of a whole mouse brain through the intact skull, with high resolution and substantial depth.
Imaging Blood Flow with Optical Tomography and Speckle Detection
A team of Dutch scientist report the use of ultrasound modulated optical tomography (UOT) with heterodyne parallel detection to locally sense and image blood flow deep inside a highly scattering medium.
From Solar Panel To Suntan Lotion: Bright New Research on Zinc Films
Avery easy, fast, and scalable one-step process for synthesis and deposition of porous ZnO nanocrystalline film by low-temperature atmospheric pressure plasma is presented.
Organization and Transport of Cell Chain Through Optofluidics
A team of Chinese researchers demonstrated an optofluidic strategy, by implanting the microfluidic technique with a large-tapered-angle fiber probe (LTAP), to organize and transport a cell chain in a noncontact and noninvasive manner.
Predicting Kidney Transplant Outcome with Raman Spectroscopy
American scientists demonstrated the utility of SERS measurements of urine from deceased donors and associated PCA-LDA analysis as a potential tool to predict kidney transplant outcomes.
No Crying Over Spilled Milk: New Plasma Treatment To Keep Milk Fresh
Australian researchers have developed a promising new plasma treatment method to decontaminate and increase the shelf life of milk.
Safe Smiling: Bleaching Teeth Using Plasma Jet
Taiwanese scientists create a new atmospheric-pressure plasma jet tooth bleaching method that is safe, cost effective and portable.
Holographic Optical Tweezers Applied to Living Zebrafish Embryos
A complementary technique, based on the Holographic Optical Tweezers (HOT) technique, which enables several locations within the same sample to be probed simultaneously, is developed.