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Neuroscience
(Image credit: Wei Wei and Mei Xueting)
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.
Bio&Life Sciences
Two-photon microscope cracks neural networks code
A novel fluorescence microscope offers enhanced insight into how different neurons in the brain communicate and interact.
Dec. 13, 2024
(Image credit: A. Stevens et al., Bioeng. Transl. Med.; https://doi.org/10.1002/btm2.10727)
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).
Bio&Life Sciences
Light therapy approach better treats brain injuries
Nov. 25, 2024
(Image credit: IN-VISION Technologies)
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Lasers & Sources
Light engine offers 2K native resolution
June 3, 2024
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
Nov. 7, 2023
(Courtesy of Gowerlabs)
FIGURE 1. The researchers use LUMO, a wearable, portable, high-density functional NIR imaging device equipped with modular tiles with built-in NIR light sources and detectors.
Bio&Life Sciences
Using near-infrared spectroscopy to help unravel the mysteries of dementia
Sept. 29, 2023
(Image credit: Lingjie Kong)
FIGURE 1. Schematic of neurochemical sensing in vivo with FOPECs.
Bio&Life Sciences
Plug-and-play fiber-optic sensors based on engineered cells enable in vivo monitoring of neurochemicals
July 20, 2023
(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
(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
(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
April 24, 2023
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