17+ hour, 55+ min ago  (101+ words) Overview of the experiment. Participants wore a head-mounted display and observed objects whose material appearance varied continuously from metal to glass in a VR environment. While freely exploring and manipulating the objects, they judged whether each object appeared more metallic…...

23+ hour, 2+ min ago  (413+ words) Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a fast, sensitive method for identifying proteins. It works by amplifying the weak vibrational signals of proteins near special metal surfaces. SERS has been an important tool in proteomics, the study of proteins" structure, function,…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (293+ words) The Analytical Scientist recently interviewed Jennifer Van Eyk, Ph D, the Erika J. Glazer Chair in Women's Heart Health at Cedars-Sinai and director of the Advanced Clinical Biosystems Research Institute, about how single-cell proteomics'the study of proteins in individual cells'is bringing…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (207+ words) SPECTRO Analytical Instruments has introduced the SPECTROPORT LIBS PXL01 portable OES metals analyzer for metals analysis in the field. The SPECTROPORT LIBS PXL01 portable OES metals analyzer has no such limitations. It delivers reliable, on-site identification and concentration of these three key…...

1+ day, 13+ min ago  (506+ words) At the 74th American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Conference in San Diego, the obvious story was hardware. Vendors showcased faster acquisition, higher sensitivity, alternative fragmentation, spatial workflows, and software ecosystems. New or highlighted platforms and workflows came from Waters, Thermo…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (31+ words) image Eurek Alert! The observation of variance of outputs on non-target classes, which can illustrate dark knowledge. More on this News Release Key findings illustrating dark knowledge to facilitate powerful distillation...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (86+ words) Fig. 1 (IMAGE) Eurek Alert! Adding a one-sentence "matching-difficulty" message to the HLA match letter raised the share of donors reaching confirmatory typing (CT) from 22. 2% to 23. 9% (+1. 63 points; +7. 3% relative). 2026 Kato H. & Ohtake F. et al. , The University of Osaka (Ci DER). Original graphic created…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (85+ words) Fig. 2 (IMAGE) Eurek Alert! Estimated effect of each message on the CT-reaching rate. Only the matching-difficulty (scarcity) message was statistically significant; combining messages cancelled the effect (95% confidence intervals shown). 2026 Kato H. & Ohtake F. et al. , The University of Osaka (Ci DER). Original…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (24+ words) Figure 1 (IMAGE) Eurek Alert! Identification of epitope candidates from PCSK9antibody complexes. More on this News Release Structure-guided PCSK9 vaccine shows preclinical promise...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (133+ words) Technology Networks High-sensitivity elemental analysis is becoming critical across biomedical research, from biomarker discovery to toxicological assessment As studies demand lower detection limits, higher throughput, and the ability to handle complex biological matrices, laboratories face increasing pressure to deliver precise,…...