Lasers can help detect radioactive materials from afar

There is a new application for lasers laboratory/Alamy Lasers could become an important tool for detecting radioactive materials, such as those in covert nuclear weapons, from a greater distance than ever before. Conventional radioactivity sensing techniques involve waiting for particles produced during radioactive decay to hit a detector. The method can sense these particles from…

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Carriage Trade opens expanded boutique in Toronto

Toronto independent contemporary womenswear store Carriage Trade has opened the doors to a newly expanded and fully renovated boutique.  Toronto’s Carriage Trade opens expanded boutique. – Carriage Trade Located at 2984 Bloor Street West, the updated boutique now spans 6,000 square feet across two levels, housing contemporary womenswear, denim, accessories, jewelry and footwear. The transformed…

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Scientists just made CRISPR three times more effective

CRISPR gene-editing machinery could transform medicine but is difficult to get into tissues and disease-relevant cells New delivery system loads CRISPR machinery inside spherical nucleic acid (SNA) nanoparticles Particles entered cells three times more effectively, tripled gene-editing efficiency, and decreased toxicity compared to current delivery methods With the power to rewrite the genetic code underlying…

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