Nanowerk April 20, 2020 Label-free contrasts of Quantitative phase imaging (QPI) and molecular vibrational imaging (MVI) are inherently complementary and difficult to integrate due to their reliance on different light–matter interactions. Researchers in Japan present a unified imaging scheme with simultaneous and in situ acquisition of quantitative phase and molecular vibrational contrasts of single cells in the QPI framework using the mid-infrared photothermal effect. The research may enable new analyses, especially for studying complex and fragile biological phenomena such as drug delivery, cellular disease, and stem cell development…read more. Open Access TECHNICA L ARTICLE Concept of MV-QPI. (a) Principle of […]
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Modified plants to curb climate change
Science Daily January 21, 2020 Plants are capable of taking in nearly 123 gigatonnes through photosynthesis in a year. But humans release another ten gigatonnes of carbon dioxide into this cycle, mainly by burning fossil fuels such as crude oil and natural gas per year. By performing complex calculations an international team of researchers (Abu Dhabi, Germany) found by combining two different methods to modulate the metabolism of the plant cell it can be made to absorb five times more carbon dioxide than in the normal state. They plan to experiment with tobacco plants and thale cress which are both […]