Highlights

(Sample courtesy of Aoi Gohma and Atsushi Miyawaki, RIKEN CBS-EVIDENT Open Collaboration Center)
Bio&Life Sciences

Near-infrared light enables optical observation in microscopy

Sept. 11, 2024
Near-infrared (NIR) imaging can help mitigate the challenges of using visible light as an excitation source for biological research.
(Image credit: Horiba Scientific)
Science & Research

Fluorescence lifetime imaging platform adds confocal high-speed laser scanning

Sept. 8, 2024
InverTau is a fully software-controlled platform that mounts to the side port of an inverted fluorescence microscope to add fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) capability.
(Image credit: S. Feng et al./Guangdong University of Technology)
Bio&Life Sciences

3D-printed chip detects multiple foodborne bacteria

Aug. 9, 2024
Conventional detection methods used to identify pathogens in food, such as DNA sequencing and cell cultures, are effective, but contamination can happen. A 3D-printed microfluidic...
(Photo credit: Tsinghua University)
Bio&Life Sciences

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

June 27, 2024
Researchers in China create a new mesoscopy method to record in vivo biodynamics over a large scale at high spatiotemporal resolutions.
(Image credit: XIMEA)
Detectors & Imaging

UV camera is designed for material and life science applications

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

The HELIOPORA light engine offers resolutions to 300 nm for cybergenetics and optogenetics research.
(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.
Bio&Life Sciences

A brain imaging trifecta

July 13, 2023
An approach to imaging electrical activity deep in the brain makes neurological studies more effective and less invasive.
(Photo credit: Henry Lam/Fleming Group)
Scientists Graham Fleming (left) and Quanwei Li in the lab with their quantum light spectroscopy setup.
Test & Measurement

A single photon initiates photosynthesis

June 30, 2023
Quantum light spectroscopy, a new tool under development, reveals quantum dynamics at play during photosynthesis.
(Courtesy of Arkansas State University/Arkansas Research Alliance)
Arkansas State University uses lasers to measure the physical characteristics of cells with a flow cytometer.
Bio&Life Sciences

Advancements in laser tech impacting flow cytometry

June 19, 2023
Flow cytometry enables rapid and precise analysis of complex samples. At the core of flow cytometry performance lies the light source used for fluorophore excitation, with lasers...
(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

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, ...