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    Bio&Life Sciences

    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.
    (Image credit: Horiba Scientific)
    Science & Research

    Fluorescence lifetime imaging platform adds confocal high-speed laser scanning

    LFW Staff
    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: Prospective Instruments)
    Bio&Life Sciences

    Bioimaging: Is it possible to improve the performance of microscopes?

    Antonio Castelo
    Aug. 20, 2024
    Advances in microscope technology can improve the efficiency, accuracy, and speed of the biological specimen imaging process.
    (Image credit: AIST)
    Bio&Life Sciences

    Rigid endoscope technology covering hyperspectral imaging gets a facelift

    Justine Murphy
    Aug. 16, 2024
    Getting deep into the body for the clearest view possible during medical procedures can be key to successful outcomes. This may soon be aided by a new versatile system capable...
    (Image credit: Optotune)
    Bio&Life Sciences

    Enhance early detection of melanoma with liquid lenses

    Tomas Zvolensky
    Aug. 8, 2024
    How can liquid lenses help with early detection of this potentially life-threatening condition to save lives?
    (Photo credit: Tsinghua University)
    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.
    (Image credit: Teledyne Photometrics)
    Detectors & Imaging

    CMOS cameras have use with most microscopes

    LFW Staff
    June 26, 2024
    Back-illuminated Kinetix22 CMOS camera models have a 22 mm field of view and 96% quantum efficiency.
    Bio&Life Sciences

    Crystal ribcage opens black box of a functioning lung to optical imaging

    Rohin Banerji
    June 14, 2024
    A transparent ‘crystal’ ribcage enables first real-time, high-resolution optical imaging of a functioning lung from whole organ down to single-cell scales.
    (Image credit: Leica Microsystems)
    Bio&Life Sciences

    Ultramicrotome instrument works with fluorescence data

    LFW Staff
    May 21, 2024
    The UC Enuity Ultramicrotome is a microsectioning instrument that produces thin or ultra-thin sections for electron microscope (EM) sample preparation.