2013-08-31, 07:15
Tiny Thermometer Takes Temperature of a Single Cell
How can you tell if an amoeba's running a fever? No it's not the setup of a cheesy joke---it's a legitimate scientific problem. How do you measure the temperature of things so small you can't stick a thermometer in them?
Researchers have come up with a solution, creating the first-ever thermometer capable of measuring the temperature within a single cell.
The thermometer doesn't look much like the glass rod the school nurse shoved under your tongue. Instead, it is a tiny diamond that m
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How can you tell if an amoeba's running a fever? No it's not the setup of a cheesy joke---it's a legitimate scientific problem. How do you measure the temperature of things so small you can't stick a thermometer in them?
Researchers have come up with a solution, creating the first-ever thermometer capable of measuring the temperature within a single cell.
The thermometer doesn't look much like the glass rod the school nurse shoved under your tongue. Instead, it is a tiny diamond that m
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DiscoverT...e8VPxHvOc/