In this episode: a fluorometer boosts water quality monitoring, a method IDs multiple diseases via single blood drop, and laser traps may unlock living cells’ mysteries.
Clean drinking water is a basic need. It’s not always accessible to everyone, though, nor is quick water quality testing, particularly in developing countries and areas hit by natural disasters. But a lensless fluorometer tool could be key to addressing the problem.
As many of the mechanical properties of living cells are hidden, their innerworkings are largely a mystery. But a new method looking at random fluctuating movement via optical laser traps may help researchers see what’s inside these most basic units of life.
Justine Murphy is the multimedia director for Endeavor Business Media's Digital Infrastructure Group. She is a multiple award-winning writer and editor with more 20 years of experience in newspaper publishing as well as public relations, marketing, and communications. For nearly 10 years, she has covered all facets of the optics and photonics industry as an editor, writer, web news anchor, and podcast host for an internationally reaching magazine publishing company. Her work has earned accolades from the New England Press Association as well as the SIIA/Jesse H. Neal Awards. She received a B.A. from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.
