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    Depiction of the adaptive sampling scheme, in which a laser beam patterned by a digital micromirror device selectively illuminates neurons and their activity in brain tissue.
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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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    Digital fluorescence microscope offers AI-powered confluency checks

    Leica Microsystems GmbH
    Oct. 30, 2024
    The Mateo FL artificial intelligence (AI)-powered digital fluorescence microscope performs cell culture checks in advanced research applications.
    (Sample courtesy of Aoi Gohma and Atsushi Miyawaki, RIKEN CBS-EVIDENT Open Collaboration Center)
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    Near-infrared light enables optical observation in microscopy

    Akira Saito
    Sept. 11, 2024
    Near-infrared (NIR) imaging can help mitigate the challenges of using visible light as an excitation source for biological research.
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    Fluorescence lifetime imaging platform adds confocal high-speed laser scanning

    HORIBA Scientific
    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.
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    3D-printed chip detects multiple foodborne bacteria

    Justine Murphy
    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...
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    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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    Whole-slide imaging system scans over 80 slides/hour

    July 20, 2023
    The SLIDEVIEW DX VS-M1 whole-slide imaging system is a digital pathology solution that delivers microscope-quality slide images onscreen.
    (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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    A brain imaging trifecta

    Justine Murphy
    July 13, 2023
    An approach to imaging electrical activity deep in the brain makes neurological studies more effective and less invasive.
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    Scientists Graham Fleming (left) and Quanwei Li in the lab with their quantum light spectroscopy setup.
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    A single photon initiates photosynthesis

    Sally Cole Johnson
    June 30, 2023
    Quantum light spectroscopy, a new tool under development, reveals quantum dynamics at play during photosynthesis.
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    Arkansas State University uses lasers to measure the physical characteristics of cells with a flow cytometer.
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    Advancements in laser tech impacting flow cytometry

    Walter Burgess
    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...