Quantum ‘thermometer’ takes temperatures inside living cancer cells

A cancer cell (nucleus in blue, cellular ‘skeleton’ in green). Scientists have devised nanosensors that can measure the temperature inside cancer cells, including the cell nuclei. Credit: Howard Vindin, The University of Sydney/Science Photo Library To check your temperature, doctors place a thermometer under your tongue. Researchers have now created a thermometer small enough to check the temperature of a single living cell, and even individual cellular regions, such as the nucleus. …