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    H&E staining on rat brain coronal slices from all treatment conditions at three days post-injury and four weeks post-injury. Images were taken from frontal cortex, corpus callosum, and choroid plexus (body of the lateral ventricle).
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    (Sample courtesy of Aoi Gohma and Atsushi Miyawaki, RIKEN CBS-EVIDENT Open Collaboration Center)
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    Bio&Life Sciences

    Random-access Wi-Fi mesoscope enables flexible in vivo biodynamics imaging

    Sally Cole Johnson
    June 27, 2024
    Researchers in China create a new mesoscopy method to record in vivo biodynamics over a large scale at high spatiotemporal resolutions.
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    Detectors & Imaging

    UV camera is designed for material and life science applications

    XIMEA
    June 5, 2024
    The MX081 UV camera models provide a spectral range from 200 to 400 nm.
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    Lasers & Sources

    Light engine offers 2K native resolution

    IN-VISION Digital Imaging Optics GmbH
    June 3, 2024
    The HELIOPORA light engine offers resolutions to 300 nm for cybergenetics and optogenetics research.
    Bio&Life Sciences

    Kinetic plate scanner has use in drug discovery applications

    Lumencor Inc
    Feb. 7, 2024
    Volta’s two-laser optical system contains 462 and 660 nm diode lasers, and offers 96- or 384-well microplate configurations.
    Bio&Life Sciences

    Image analysis software offers multiplex cell detection

    Leica Microsystems GmbH
    Feb. 1, 2024
    Aivia AI image analysis software version 13 is a complete 2-to-5D image visualization, analysis, and interpretation platform.

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    FIGURE 3. 4D image of a dividing cell that was detected by Aivia in a feedback loop with LAS X from Leica Microsystems.
    Bio&Life Sciences

    How AI and other microscopy advances answer complex life science questions

    Luciano Lucas
    Nov. 7, 2023
    Microscopy enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) will improve life sciences research and development across key therapeutic categories. Promising developments include autonomous...
    Evident
    (Courtesy of J. Chen et al., Nat. Methods; doi:10.1038/s41592-023-01820-3)
    FIGURE 1. An optomechanical design of the SMURF two-photon microscope.
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    Scientists Graham Fleming (left) and Quanwei Li in the lab with their quantum light spectroscopy setup.
    (Courtesy of Arkansas State University/Arkansas Research Alliance)
    Arkansas State University uses lasers to measure the physical characteristics of cells with a flow cytometer.
    (Courtesy of Anna Maria Reuss, Fabian Voigt)
    Detailed image of neurons in a mouse brain, as captured using the Schmidt objectives.
    Bio&Life Sciences

    Schmidt telescope, scallop eyes transform microscope objectives

    Justine Murphy
    May 22, 2023
    Drawing inspiration from the uniqueness of scallop eyes, neuroscientists in Switzerland have developed microscope objectives that could make imaging samples simpler, cheaper, ...
    (Courtesy of Ian Shih, UNC School of Medicine)
    FIGURE 1. The experimental fMRI-fiber photometry platform could offer a deeper understanding of the dynamic properties of brain states and their relationship to behaviors.
    Bio&Life Sciences

    Spectrally resolved fiber photometry system enables exploring the brain’s networks

    Justine Murphy
    April 24, 2023
    An optical fiber-based platform may lead to brain network-based treatment regimens for neuropsychiatric and neurological disorders.
    Horiba Scientific
    Test & Measurement

    Fluorescence analyzers add pulse processing algorithm feature

    April 8, 2023
    The XGT-9000 Pro and XGT-9000 Expert fluorescence analyzers have improved detection systems and a patented pulse processing algorithm.
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    Researchers’ continued study of plant hormones are paving the way for breakthroughs in agricultural science and may have implications for global food security.
    Test & Measurement

    Nanosensor breakthrough enhances agricultural science

    Justine Murphy
    April 6, 2023
    The study of plant hormones via carbon nanosensor technology could impact plant growth and health, and may someday address rising global food security concerns.