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Fluorescent dyes are molecules that are widely used in fundamental research, industrial R&D and manufacturing, medicine, and other industries. To successfully implement all advantages of usage of ...

Researchers have developed a simple method for making fluorescent dyes of many colors that can be activated by visible light. The method involves switching out a single oxygen atom in existing ...

Scientists at HHMI’s Janelia Research Campus have developed a new method for fine-tuning the structure of rhodamine dyes, and can now create a colorful palette of fluorescent molecules. Janelia Senior ...

Researchers at Hokkaido University have engineered a fluorescent dye that keeps glowing even when submerged in superacidic media, a class of chemicals so aggressive they can protonate methane, and ...

Fluorescent dyes are non-protein molecules that absorb light and re-emit it at a longer wavelength. They are often used in the fluorescent labelling of biomolecules and can be smaller or more ...

Fluorescent dyes are tools used throughout biotechnology and medicine that offer a unique method of detecting and quantifying the presence of a target molecule, cell, or tissue within an even more ...