A group of researchers, led by Prof. Yuji Matsuura of Tohoku University’s Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, has developed a method of measuring blood glucose using far infrare... Read more
Besides identifying spoiled food, other possible applications include the analysis of drugs, cosmetics and even forgery detection. Foodies who’ve ever dreamed of having superher... Read more
Medical ‘Lightsabers’ – 5 years away Whether surgeons slice with a traditional scalpel or cut away with a surgical laser, most medical operations end up removing some healt... Read more
The result is that only cancer cells are affected by the light-activation Besides surgery, chemotherapy and radiation are the foundation of modern day cancer treatment. Although effec... Read more
“Keep your eyes on the road!” Scientists at Freie Universität working under the computer science professor Raúl Rojas have given a completely new meaning to this standard rule fo... Read more