Scientists are working on improving the sensitivity, compactness and cost of surface plasmon resonance devices by changing the materials used to make them.

Sulfur content is a key quality determinant for many petroleum products

This technique can detect trace amounts of molecules in a solution at very low concentrations, some 10,000 times more diluted than can be seen by the naked eye

Authentication of edible oils has been a long-term issue in food safety, and becomes particularly important with the emergence and widespread use of gutter oils in recent years

University of Missouri-Columbia researcher has recently published studies outlining a new, relatively inexpensive imaging platform that enables single molecule imaging

Getting clean water to communities in parched areas of the planet remains an ongoing challenge. Recent developments that harvest water from air have been proposed as a solution

The researchers fabricated plastic sheets the same size as the traditional microplates, but instead of wells, they dotted them with 1-millimeter tall pillars

“This will give us a better understanding of how life evolved”

“Our work turns the tiniest of particles from inflexible, Lego-like pieces into ones that can transform themselves into a range of shapes,” researcher says

Rice University technique could aid agriculture, wastewater, greenhouse gas studies

Researchers' work proposes an approach that challenges conventional wisdom

With a mission to improve worldwide health, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation put out a call to researchers around the world to build a better condom