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Low-cost material for lighting and diagnostics produces white light imitating sunlight

08-Jun-2017 - Researchers at the University of Turku, Finland, have developed a synthetic material based on the natural hackmanite mineral which produces broad spectrum white light in lamps. The hackmanite created by the Inorganic Materials Chemistry research group is a low-cost material emitting luminescence ...

diagnostics fluorescent lamps functional materials +6

Earlier unknown molecular-level mechanism may contribute to the growth rate of breast cancer

21-Oct-2014 - Researchers at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the University of Turku and the University of Oslo have discovered a previously unknown molecular-level mechanism that may partly explain the increased growth of cancer cells. The study, published in the British Journal of Cancer, showed ...

breast cancer diagnostics

Sensor technology for efficient and portable gas detection devices

25-Jan-2013 - Gas sensors developed in a European project now enable the implementation of cheaper and smaller instruments with equal or higher speed and sensitivity than current laboratory-grade instruments. Production of super-sensitive and portable measuring devices is made possible by a photo-acoustic gas ...

carbon dioxide Dräger gas +3
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Tuning silica nanoparticles for cell specific biotargeting

15-Jun-2009 - Researchers from Abo Akademi University and the University of Turku in Finland have discovered that the stability of functionalised nanoparticles is crucially dependent on all functional groups present on the surface. Using the sensitive nanoscale particle sizing and zeta potential measurement ...

Bio-Medical Science cancer therapy cytotoxicity +8