Abstract: A measurement assembly for determining a torque applied to a shaft including a disk coupled to a motor such that the motor is to drive rotation of the disk about a central axis. The measurement assembly also includes a first ring and second ring coupled to the disk and the shaft, respectively, and a sensor unit to measure a rotational displacement between the first and second rings about the central axis. The measurement assembly further includes one or more deformable members coupled between the disk and the shaft, each including a pair of ends and a body extending therebetween. For each deformable member, one of the ends is coupled to the shaft and the other end is coupled to the disk such that a rotation of the shaft relative to the disk about the central axis is to cause the deformation of the body.

Abstract: A hollow machine element for transmitting a force and/or a torque is provided. The hollow machine element forms a component of an assembly for measuring the acting force and/or torque by using inverse magnetostrictive effect. The hollow machine element extends along an axis and has a cavity that extends along the axis. The machine element includes at least one magnetization region for magnetization, and which includes a magnetostrictive material. A magnetic field measurable via the assembly can be caused by the magnetization and by the force and/or by the torque. The magnetization region is directed toward the cavity and has an axially central segment, in which the magnetization region is arranged at a radial distance from a ferromagnetic region of the machine element to define a gap therebetween. The gap may be empty or filled with insulation, to provide magnetic insulation.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for detecting an external magnetic field and/or a product-related magnetic field on a ferromagnetic component, which has a magnetization in the form of magnetic tracks. The apparatus comprises at least two magnetic field sensors which can detect an external magnetic field acting on the ferromagnetic component. Each magnetic field sensor comprises two coils, wherein each coil is assigned at least one magnetic track. Each two coils are configured so that they have a different sensitivity to one another, wherein one coil which has a higher sensitivity with respect to the other coil. The coil having the higher sensitivity ensures that the effect of an external magnetic field is amplified.

Abstract: A system for reproducing a dry friction torque applied to an actuator on a valve of a hydraulic line including a disc coupled to a power transmission shaft; a disc brake including a caliper mounted on a frame and plates adapted to be put into contact with the disc; and an electric actuator configured to control the force of application of the plates onto the disc so as to apply a controlled resistive torque to the power transmission shaft, is provided.

Abstract: A guide carriage for use with a guide rail includes a main body and a separate raceway insert. A first carriage raceway that extends parallel to a longitudinal axis is disposed on the raceway insert. The first carriage raceway is assigned a first lateral face, which is disposed on that side of the raceway insert that is opposite the first carriage raceway. The first carriage raceway is assigned a row of rolling bodies capable of being brought into rolling engagement with the first carriage raceway and an assigned first rail raceway on the guide rail. The raceway insert is supported in a force-transmitting manner on the main body by way of the first lateral face. The raceway insert has a sensory layer which in the direction of the longitudinal axis extends across at least 80% of the length of the raceway insert.

Abstract: The invention has the objective of offering a sensor that allows for measuring the pressure force of the springs on the carbon brushes as well as the actual brush pressure on its contact surface. This is obtained by measuring between the carbon brush, and there is limited space through its holder, and the contact surface and is therefore characterized by the fact that the sensor is thinner than 4 mm, and that it is provided with a target (4) which is suspended in the sensor (1) by means of a mechanically deformable section (3), and where the sensor is fitted with one or more strain gauges (2) that is/are set up as such that it can detect the shearing of the mechanical deformable measuring section under pressure. In contrast to the existing measuring sensors, the measuring strips also connect the suspension points of the mechanically deformable elements with the sensor and/or the suspended target or measuring point through which sensitivity increases and makes the sensor useful for such applications.

Abstract: A pressure sensor includes a pressure sensor element, a joint provided to a target member, and an attachment member that is fitted into the joint through the connection section and connected to the target member. Each of the pressure sensor element and the joint is formed of a material that is not embrittled upon being in contact with a fluid to be measured that embrittles a material, and more rigid than the attachment member. The connection section is subjected to a plastic deformation connection (metal flow). An expensive hydrogen embrittlement resistant material is used for the pressure sensor element and the joint that are brought into contact with the fluid to be measured, and an inexpensive material is used for the attachment member that is not brought into contact with the fluid to be measured, thereby reducing the production cost of the pressure sensor.

Abstract: A diaphragm pressure gauge, in which a measuring spring is monitored in regard to integrity in that on the side, facing away from the process pressure, of the measuring spring a vacuum chamber is formed to which vacuum is applied and which is controlled by means of a vacuum monitoring device to maintain the vacuum.

Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) device includes a pressure sensor die, a flexible gel covering a least a pressure-sensing region of the die, and a flexible diaphragm covering the gel. The IC device has encapsulant and a lid that define a cavity above the diaphragm. The lid has an aperture that enables proximate ambient air pressure outside the device to be sensed by the pressure-sensing region through the flexible diaphragm and the flexible gel. The diaphragm protects the gel material from potentially harmful ambient materials. The diaphragm may be a part of the lid.

Abstract: A cylinder internal pressure sensor includes: a housing; a diaphragm having flexibility and being joined to one end of the housing; a sensor element configured to change an output signal according to deformation of the diaphragm; and an opposed member housed inside the housing so as to face the diaphragm. The opposed member defines a housing room between the diaphragm and the opposed member, and includes: a cylindrical tube part being a layered structure with an inner tube and an outer tube; and a seal part provided inside the tube part. The sensor element is fixed to the seal part. The tube part is provided with a spring rate reducing portion that is provided between the diaphragm and a position where the inner tube and the outer tube are joined together.

Abstract: A tennis player needs multiple playing racquets available for their use, and the mass proportions of every racquet in their bag needs to match, otherwise players will likely experience a degradation of their swing mechanics, BOC provides an accurate measurement of player racquets mass proportions by comparator testing of any 2 racquets, thus providing a simplified solution for accurate measurement, and then equalization process of player racquets mass proportions.

Abstract: A system for determining load distribution of pieces of cargo in a cargo hold of a vehicle may include a plurality of tags, each of the plurality of tags mounted on a different piece of the pieces of cargo in the cargo hold and carrying information indicative of a weight of the different piece of cargo on which it is mounted; a plurality of sensors mounted in a spaced array along a length of the cargo hold, each of the sensors capable of reading from the tags the information indicative of the weights of the pieces of cargo; and a computer connected to receive from the plurality of sensors the information indicative of the weights and information indicative of the locations of the pieces of cargo in the cargo hold, the computer programmed to calculate therefrom a weight and/or center of gravity of the plurality of the pieces of cargo.

Abstract: An apparatus (40) for assessing treatment effectiveness of tooth sensitivity with an oral care product comprising a tooth shaped member (50) comprises an outer layer (60) simulating an enamel, wherein the outer layer (60) at least partially covers an exterior surface of an inner layer (70) simulating a pulp, and a liquid sensor (80) contained either between the outer layer (60) and inner layer (70), or within the inner layer (70); and a plurality of holes (90), simulating open dentin tubules, configured through the outer layer (60) to the inner layer (70), and in fluid communication with the liquid sensor (80); wherein the liquid sensor (80) is configured to sense liquid passing through at least one of the plurality of holes (90) as simulating the treatment effectiveness of tooth sensitivity of the oral care product.

Abstract: A leak detection system for a refrigerant circuit is provided. The refrigerant circuit is sealed and circulates a working fluid having a refrigerant (e.g., flammable refrigerant) and an oil. A reducing tag component is solubilized within the refrigerant. The leak detection system also includes a sensor for detecting the tag component if the refrigerant should leak from the refrigerant circuit. The sensor is highly sensitive to the tag component and thus enhanced detection is enabled. The tag component is stable in the working fluid and does not affect the flammability rating or performance of the refrigerant or oil. The tag component is present at a concentration of from about 50 ppm to about 35,000 ppm in the refrigerant. Methods of detecting leaks from refrigeration systems are also provided.

Abstract: A method for measuring lens distortion, comprising: providing a test card having a dot matrix pattern of K×N dots, wherein the K and the N are both positive integer; obtaining a distorted image of the test card after being distorted by a lens; establishing a planar coordinate system for the distorted image by using a dot at an upper left corner of the distorted image as a coordinate origin, a rightward direction from the origin as a positive direction of axis X, and a downward direction from the origin as a positive direction of axis Y; positioning a center dot of the distorted image and all non-center dots by scanning and searching, and determining coordinate values of the center dot and all the non-center dots in the planar coordinate system; and calculating a distortion amount of the distorted image by using the coordinate values of the center dot and all the non-center dots according to a distortion amount calculation equation for the distorted image, thereby obtaining a distortion amount of the lens.

Abstract: A lens meter includes a measurement optical system that projects measurement light to a test lens, and receives the measurement light which has passed through the test lens, a control part that calculates an optical characteristic value of the test lens based on the received measurement light, and controls the measurement optical system, a display part that displays the optical characteristic value by control of the control part, and an imaging part that obtains a lens image of the test lens, wherein the control part generates a mapping image showing distribution of the optical characteristic value of the test lens based on the optical characteristic value and position information of a measurement position of the optical characteristic value, generates a superimposed image in which the mapping image is superimposed onto the lens image, and displays the superimposed image on the display part.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a torque command generation device for generating a motor-generated-torque command that makes it possible to maximize excitation force while ensuring necessary acceleration, and the like, within a limited motor torque range.

Abstract: In the field of monitoring the aging of parts subjected to a rotary movement and, more precisely, of monitoring the deformation to which a peripheral surface of a rotating part is possibly subject, an improved method is provided. The method includes: a step of emitting a light signal at a first end of an optical fiber at least one section of which runs between two points of the surface of the part; a step of measuring a characteristic of the light signal received at a second end of the optical fiber, the characteristic varying as a function of the length of the optical fiber between its ends; and a step of comparing the characteristic of the light signal to a reference signal.

Abstract: Systems and methods of monitoring health of rotating engine components are provided. The systems and methods may receive a measurement from a speed sensor, detect the measurement from the speed sensor indicates a vibration of an engine, determine the vibration of the engine persisted for a predetermined duration, and signal the vibration of the engine is detected.

Abstract: A sampler has a sample chamber for a sample forming from a molten material, at least one lower cooling body, at least one upper cooling body, at least one inner cooling body, and at least one filling part. The sample chamber is surrounded jointly at least by the lower cooling body and the inner cooling body, such that at least the sample chamber can be cooled by at least the lower and inner cooling bodies. The filling part merges into the sample chamber by a filling opening. Between a region of the outer surface of the inner cooling body and a region of the outer surface of the upper cooling body opposite the outer surface of the inner cooling body, the sampler has at least one gap for conducting at least one gas. The volume of the respective cooling bodies is larger than the volume of the gap.

Abstract: An engine emissions test system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes a sampling conduit, at least one sample bag, a read circuit, and a fill circuit. The sampling conduit is configured to receive exhaust from an engine. The at least one sample bag is configured to store a sample of exhaust. The read circuit is configured to communicate the stored sample of exhaust between the at least one sample bag and an analyzer. The fill circuit includes a fill gas line configured to provide a fill gas to be mixed with the sample of exhaust. The fill gas line extends between a fill gas source and the read circuit.

Abstract: A sampling device and a gas curtain guide are disclosed. In one aspect, the sampling device includes a chamber body. The chamber body includes a sample inlet, located at a first end of the chamber body, configured for suction of a sample. The chamber body further includes a sample outlet, located adjacent to a second end opposite to the first end of the chamber body, configured to discharge the sample. The chamber body further includes a gas inflation inlet, in a wall of the chamber body, configured to introduce a swirl gas flow into the chamber body. The chamber body further includes a gas exhaust opening configured to discharge gas so as to, together with the gas inflation inlet, generate a tornado type gas flow in the chamber body, which moves spirally from the first end to the second end of the chamber body.

Abstract: A device for managing a sample to be analyzed comprises magnetizing equipment (302) for producing magnetic field capable of interacting, when the sample is moving to or located in a sample well, with magnetically amplifying material attached to the sample, where the magnetically amplifying material has relative magnetic permeability constant greater than one. With the aid of the magnetizing element the movement of the sample to the sample well and/or the position of the sample in the sample well can be monitored and/or controlled. The device can be, for example but not necessarily, an instrument for dispensing samples to sample wells or an optical measurement instrument.

Abstract: A treatment device (1) for treating histological or cytological samples has a plurality of containers (6) for different treatment agents and a detection apparatus (2) for detecting a code which unequivocally identifies a type of a treatment agent or a type of a group of treatment agents from a package or replacement container of a treatment agent or group of treatment agents. The device furthermore has an evaluation apparatus (18) that, based on a detected code, ascertains which of the containers is or are to be replenished or replaced, and an indicating apparatus (4) which communicates to a user the ascertained container (6) or containers (6) that is or are to be replenished or replaced. The indicating apparatus may include a display (5) presenting a schematic image of the plurality of containers (6) with image(s) of each ascertained container being marked, and/or a light source (15) that illuminates each ascertained container.

Abstract: Oil-based mud cuttings are cleaned of drilling fluid and mud additives. After sorting and rinsing the cuttings with diesel, the cuttings are put in a syringe, which is repeatedly filled and emptied of diesel. The cuttings are then washed in the syringe with pentane. The cuttings are then crushed and exposed to a solvent a second time. Instead of placing the cuttings in the syringe, alternatively, the cuttings remain on a sieve and the syringe is used to spray the cuttings with diesel, followed by pentane.

Abstract: A method for increasing the optical transparency of regions of a tissue sample (1) is proposed, in which the tissue sample (1) is introduced into a process chamber (10) and is infiltrated in the process chamber (10) with at least one process fluid (2), and in which a removal of light-scattering structures in the tissue sample (1) is carried out. The method encompasses monitoring the optical transparency of the tissue sample (1), at least during a clearing time period in which the tissue sample (1) is introduced into the process chamber (10) and in which the removal of the light-scattering structures in the tissue sample (1) is carried out, by means of an optical transparency measuring arrangement (13) associated with the process chamber (10). An apparatus (100) for carrying out the method is also a subject of the invention.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a refrigerator of sensing a degree of rancidity of fermented beverage to transmit state information of the fermented beverage to a remote user, and a method of controlling the refrigerator. The refrigerator may include a storage space configured to store fermented beverage, a cooling unit configured to cool inside air of the storage space; a rancidity sensor configured to sense a degree of rancidity of the fermented beverage, and a communication device configured to transmit state information of the fermented beverage created based on the degree of rancidity to a predetermined external device.

Abstract: An example well system including a drill string extending from a surface location into a wellbore and defining an annulus between the drill string and the wellbore, a fluid circuit extending through the drill string to a bottom of the wellbore and back to the surface location within the annulus, and further extending back to the drill string from the annulus, and one or more flow imaging devices in fluid communication with the fluid circuit to monitor the wellbore fluid and track a real-time particle size distribution (PSD) of one or more particulates suspended within the wellbore fluid.

Abstract: Turbidity measurement systems and methods of using the same are described. A turbidity measurement system comprises a vessel configured to hold a wellbore fluid, wherein a porous media is positioned in the vessel; a light source positioned to direct light at the vessel; a light detector positioned to measure light intensity of light emitted by the light source and passing through the vessel; a backscatter detector configured to measure the light intensity of reflected light emitted from the light source; and a computer system communicatively coupled to at least one of the light source, light detector, or light detector.

Abstract: A method of aerosol integrity testing of filters, capable of detecting single defects that are less than 20 ?m in diameter, and even as small as 2 ?m in diameter, in liquid sterilizing grade filters such as filter cartridges. The method challenges the filter in a dry state with a particle stream of aerosol particles of the appropriate size and in the appropriate concentration, such that at least one or more of the particles in the stream will penetrate a defective region or regions within the membrane but will not penetrate in the integral region of the membrane. Wetting of the filter is not required.

Abstract: Systems and methods for high-throughput processing of assay plates include a calibration nanoparticle to facilitate automated focusing of the imaging system. An assay plate includes a base layer, a transparent layer in contact with the base layer, and at least one calibration nanoparticle having a pre-defined size immobilized on the assay plate surface. The assay plate surface can be functionalized to selectively bind to biological targets. The assay plate can be used in an imaging system for high-throughput autofocus and biological target detection.

Abstract: An optofluidic flow meter to determine a rate of fluid flow in a flow member includes: the flow member; a primary fluid conduit disposed in the flow member and that receives a fluid; a secondary fluid conduit disposed in the flow member; and a fiber optic comprising a fiber Bragg grating interposed between a first flow region of the primary fluid conduit and a second flow region of the secondary fluid conduit and that: physically distorts relative to a pressure differential between the primary fluid conduit and the secondary fluid conduit; and produces a shift in a Bragg wavelength in response to a physical distortion due to the pressure differential.

Abstract: An airborne particle-measuring device quantifies and qualifies contaminants of an air environment in clean-rooms, open spaces, and enclosed spaces such as homes, offices, industrial environments, airplanes in flight, cars and others. The device may include a sensor system, an electronics system, communications and information storage. The sensor system may include a high-power low-wavelength single-frequency continuous laser, an open-cavity high-efficiency mirror having an optical surface tuned to the laser frequency and a flow system that includes a vacuum pump to sample the air. The electronics system may be mounted on a single multilayer PC board with a microprocessor, firmware, electronics and a touch-screen LCD display. Innovations in light source, flow control, analog and digital signal processing, components integration and software allow provision of equipment in a wide range of high-complexity settings that require precise particle measurements.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for monitoring and reporting corrosion in terms recognized as conforming to an industry standard includes coating a substrate with a corrodible metallic substance of predetermined thickness, passing a current through the metallic substance, and generating a signal when electrical continuity is broken due to corrosion of the metallic substance. In one embodiment the apparatus includes a printed circuit board onto which the coated substrate is mounted, a power source for applying an electrical current across the coated substrate, and a display (such as a light or LCD panel) for providing an indication/alert that electrical continuity has been broken due to corrosion of the metallic substance.

Abstract: An apparatus 100 to estimate co-efficient of friction between a first sample member 103 and a second sample member 105 includes a housing 101, a measuring tip 104 extending from the housing 101. Further, the apparatus includes a multi-axis load sensor 107 disposed inside the housing 101 to measure components of load acting on the measuring tip 104. Further, the apparatus includes a motion and orientation measurement sensor 109 connected to the measuring tip 104 to measure components of acceleration and orientation of the measuring tip 104 with respect to a reference frame. Furthermore, the apparatus includes an output unit 111 to acquire, and process values from the multi-axis load sensor 107 and the motion and orientation measurement sensor 109 to estimate the co-efficient of friction.

Abstract: A solution for evaluating a sample gas for a presence of a trace gas, such as ozone, is provided. The solution uses an ultraviolet source and an ultraviolet detector mounted in a chamber. The chamber can include reflecting walls and/or structures configured to guide ultraviolet light. A computer system can operate the ultraviolet source in a high power pulse mode and acquire data corresponding to an intensity of the ultraviolet radiation detected by the ultraviolet detector while a sample gas is present in the chamber. Using the data, the computer system can determine a presence and/or an amount of the trace gas in the sample gas.

Abstract: A flow cell for differential refractive index detection. The flow cell includes a transparent body that extends from a first end to a second end along a longitudinal axis. The transparent body defines a sample prism chamber and reference prism chamber. The sample prism chamber is configured to allow fluid flow between the first and second ends of the transparent body along the longitudinal axis. The reference prism chamber is configured to receive a reference fluid. The sample and reference prism chambers each include a grating comprising a plurality of grooves extending along the longitudinal axis in the direction of fluid flow.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems, apparatuses, and methods for fluid analysis. Embodiments include a removable and replaceable sampling system and an analytical system connected to the sampling system. A fluid may be routed through the sampling system and real-time data may be collected from the fluid via the sampling system. The sampling system may process and transmit the real-time data to the analytical system. The analytical system may include a command and control system that may receive and store the real-time data in a database and compare the real-time data to existing data for the fluid in the database to identify conditions in the fluid.

Abstract: A method of comparison of spectra from the spectrum of a sample and at least one spectrum of a reference library is provided. The method involves: obtaining at least one relevant spectral peak from the sample spectrum and comparing each of the relevant spectral peaks obtained with the spectra in the reference library. Methods are also described for: comparison of spectra from the second derivative of the sample spectrum and the second derivative of the reference library spectra; and comparison of spectra with the previous identification of the major component of a sample, which involves correlating triangularly the spectra of the sample, the reference and the major component.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for identifying and characterizing compounds conjugating at least one polylysine and at least one other molecule chosen from the acids, fatty acids, vitamins, amino acids, amino acid derivatives having a neurotransmitter activity and the active substances having a therapeutic effect, the method including at least: a step of identification, by infrared spectroscopy, and at least one characterization step chosen from: ultraviolet-visible absorption spectroscopy, gas phase chromatography, high-performance liquid phase chromatography.

Abstract: A gas inlet system 20 for an isotope ratio spectrometer 1 and a method for coupling analyte gas to an isotope ratio spectrometer 1 are disclosed. A variable volume reservoir 5 is located between a supply of analyte gas 9,11 and a spectrometer 1. The reservoir's internal volume is controllably adjusted at a pre-determined rate to generate a defined flow of analyte gas or mixture to or from the reservoir 5. Analyte gas and carrier gas are taken up by the reservoir 5 on increasing the reservoir's internal volume and then expelled from the reservoir to the spectrometer 1 on decreasing the reservoir's internal volume. An open split 3,8 can be used together with the reservoir 5 to facilitate splitting away and hence dilution of analyte within the reservoir 5. A method for cleaning the gas inlet system 20 is provided, which involves flushing the system with carrier gas.

Abstract: To provide a gas sensor kit and a gas measurement system in which a problem in arrangement of a signal processor and an atmospheric pressure sensor at the time of measuring a gas is solved. A gas sensor kit includes a sensor and a connector. The connector includes an atmospheric pressure sensor measuring an atmospheric pressure and a signal processor. The signal processor receives a measurement signal indicating a transmitted light quantity of a target gas from the sensor and obtains a measurement value of a concentration or a partial pressure of the target gas based on the measurement signal. The signal processor corrects the measurement value of the concentration or the partial pressure of the target gas by using an atmospheric pressure value measured by the atmospheric pressure sensor.

Abstract: A method for dispensing a product from an interior volume of a container to which a power assembly is secured, which includes rotating an actuator sleeve of the power assembly in one direction relative to the container to draw an amount of the product from the interior volume into a pump chamber and to pressurize the pump chamber, and temporarily depressing an actuator of the power assembly to dispense a portion of the product from the pump chamber through a nozzle for a duration of time during which the actuator is temporarily depressed. During the duration when the product is dispensed from the container, the power assembly does not rotate relative to the container, and the power assembly is never rotated in an opposite direction.

Abstract: A photoelectric smoke sensor includes a housing having a circuit accommodation chamber, an inflow chamber provided in the housing, a light emitting portion provided in the inflow chamber, and a light receiving portion provided in the inflow chamber. The light emitting portion includes a first light and a first support portion surrounding the first light guide. The light receiving portion includes a second light guide and guiding the light to the light receiving element and a second support portion surrounding the second light guide. The first support portion and the second support portion are configured to prevent escape of a flame from the circuit accommodation chamber to the inflow chamber.

Abstract: A method of evaluating an interaction parameter for the interaction between a plurality of analytes and a ligand using a biosensor, which comprises the steps of: A: providing a sensor surface having the ligand immobilized thereto, B: contacting the sensor surface with the plurality of analytes, C: registering a sensor response curve for each one of the plurality of analytes, D: extracting interaction parameters from each sensor response curve, E: evaluating each sensor response curve according to one or more binding behavior criteria, F: displaying the interaction parameters in a diagram, wherein interaction parameters relating to response curves meeting a binding behavior criteria are graphically distinguishable from interaction parameters relating to response curves meeting another or no binding behavior criteria.

Abstract: An optical assurance cap, having a body including a through-bore, a first section having a first light absorption coefficient, a second section having a second light absorption coefficient, and a third section having a third light absorption coefficient, operatively arranged between the first section and the second section, wherein the first and second light absorption coefficients form a first combined light absorption coefficient, and the first, second, and third light absorption coefficients form a second combined light absorption coefficient, the first combined light absorption coefficient being less than the second combined light absorption coefficient.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining abnormality in a particle analyzer. The method includes: staining first control particles but not staining second control particles which emit fluorescence; irradiating with light the first control particles and the second control particles flowing in a flow cell, and detecting fluorescence from the first control particles and the second control particles; obtaining a first management value indicating a detection result of the fluorescence emitted from the first control particles and a second management value indicating a detection result of the fluorescence emitted from the second control particles; and determining abnormality in the staining step, based on a value calculated from the first management value and the second management value or a ratio between the first management value and the second management value.

Abstract: A two-color fluorescence localized super-resolution biological microscopy method and system are disclosed. The method includes: performing two-color fluorescence labeling on a biological sample by using Alexa647 and Alexa750 fluorescent molecules or Cy5 and Cy7 fluorescent molecules, and soaking the biological sample in an imaging buffer solution; illuminating the biological sample by laser to generate a flashing fluorescent signal of a first channel and a flashing fluorescent signal of a second channel respectively; constructing a super-resolution image of a first biological structure and a super-resolution image of a second biological structure respectively; and aligning the super-resolution image of the first biological structure and the super-resolution image of the second biological structure so as to construct a super-resolution image of a third biological structure.

Abstract: The invention describes a method for the identification of compounds which bind to a target component of a biochemical system or modulate the activity of the target, by compartmentalizing the compounds into microcapsules together with the target, such that only a subset of the repertoire is represented in multiple copies in any one microcapsules; and identifying the compound which binds to or modulates the activity of the target. The invention enables the screening of large repertoires of molecules which can serve as leads for drug development.

Abstract: A luminescent Ir(III) complex is used to develop a label-free G-quadruplex-based assay for lead ions in liquid or solution. In particular, the present invention describes method for monitoring lead ion concentration in water.