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Publié le 06/07/2016

What if there was less fat in fried food products?

Software simulating oil absorption has been developed and tested. It reveals the dynamics of oil penetration into food according to the level of damage in the tissues and cooling conditions (see also...

Publié le 24/02/2016

Tryptophan and gold nanoparticles: A winning duo for deep ultraviolet imaging of...

Researchers from the University of Belgrade successfully demonstrated the utility of tryptophan-functionalized gold nanoparticles as fluorescent probes for imaging of microbial cells. In the study,...

Evolution de la fonction rénale donnée par le sérum de créatinine

Publié le 07/01/2016

Kidney biopsy studies: a combination of several techniques that improves their accuracy

A new step towards more accurate diagnosis for severe or acute renal failure just has been achieved. In a recent study published in Comptes Rendus Chemistry, scientists combined field effect scanning...

Publié le 22/06/2015

Deep photodynamic therapy: a nanoflash-light to activate drugs in solid tumors

Although light has been used in medicine for decades, until now, researchers faced a major limitation: only the reachable zones can be treated (skin, esophagus, lungs…). Scientists from SOLEIL...

Publié le 06/03/2015

Radiotherapy : a new method to localize unlabeled nanoparticles in tumor cells

To improve radiotherapy techniques, several studies have looked at the possibility of adding nanoparticles, especially when treating certain aggressive tumors, such as glioblastoma cells (the most...

Publié le 28/10/2014

Bacteria used to feed on arsenic 2.7 billion years ago

2.72 billion years ago, in very salty volcanic lakes, microorganisms were able to metabolize arsenic, according to the work of researchers from the Institut de physique du globe of Paris (CNRS/IPGP/...

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Publié le 23/07/2014

The behaviour of foie gras during cooking

During the festive season, duck foie gras is a product particularly appreciated by French people. Cooked in verrine before being arranged in (unflattened!) slices, or fried, it is being consumed in...

Publié le 08/07/2014

Study of lettuce exposed to nanoparticles

A team from Grenoble studied the growth of lettuces, under nanoparticles exposure. In addition to soil contamination, the study focused on airborne contaminants for the first time. Nanoparticles are...

Publié le 06/02/2014

Near-infrared for improved detection of luminescent nano-compounds in living cells

Fluorescence imaging is an emerging technique for biomedical applications. It can be used to observe and track a specific target (constituents of the cell, pathogen, active ingredient, etc.) in real...

Publié le 06/02/2014

Green chemistry: infrared light reveals the cellular metabolism of yeasts, mini-factories...

Combination of SMIS beamline synchrotron radiation and ZnSe hemisphere has allowed INRA researchers to obtain single yeast infrared spectra. The comparative analysis of infrared spectra of yeasts...

Publié le 21/01/2014

X-ray Phase Imaging

X-ray radiography based on absorption contrast is one of the efficient techniques allowing probing matter in depth. However, its analysis capabilities are strongly limited, when the elementary parts...

Publié le 06/12/2013

Tracking the accumulation of antibiotic molecules in resistant bacteria

The Joint Research Unit UMR-MD1, Aix-Marseille University, has been working with the DISCO beamline for several years to develop a non-invasive, non-perturbing method of determining the concentration...