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    The Skyship 600 blimp, subject of an upcoming BBC Two documentary titled Cloud Lab, carried a team of weather adventurers cross-country to study cloud creation over the course of one month.
    Jan. 22, 2014
    Seeking to explain how clouds are created and the relationship between diverse ecosystems and weather, a multidisciplinary team of British scientists made a month-long, U.S. coast...
    (Image courtesy of LaVision BioTec)
    Light-sheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM) optically sections samples and collects data for three-dimensional reconstructions, as shown in this mouse brain.
    Jan. 22, 2014
    Optical sectioning with light-sheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM) is fast and keeps cells and specimens safe.
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    Jan. 22, 2014
    Now widely embraced in many fields, supercontinuum sources offer life scientists unprecedented flexibility. The technology is enabling both research and clinical applications,...
    (Images courtesy of Dr. Cynthia Lee Darling, UCSF)
    FIGURE 1. Researchers at University of California, San Francisco used Sensors Unlimited's GA1280J shortwave infrared (SWIR) camera to image the lesions on biting surfaces and between teeth. Occlusal images of one-day lesions for one sample were acquired with different filters: NIR reflectance images with crossed polarizers (a), 1300 nm (b), 1460 nm (c), and 1600 nm, along with visible reflectance image with crossed polarizers (d) and fluorescence (e).
    Jan. 22, 2014
    The first international symposium on optical coherence tomography (OCT) in dentistry highlighted the many advantages of optical diagnostics over current "gold standard" technologies...

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    Jan. 22, 2014
    Angle-resolved low coherence interferometry (a/LCI) directly measures diagnostically relevant sub-cellular features in epithelial tissues up to 500 μm below the surface. Unlike...
    FIGURE 1. The extended NIR (exNIR) spectral range, also known as 'the second optical window,' ranges from about 900 to 1600 nm.
    Jan. 22, 2014
    Multispectral extended near-infrared (exNIR) optical imaging is enabling deeper in vivo optical imaging, thanks to new indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) sensors. The label-free...
    NIGHTSEA's Stereo Microscope Fluorescence Adapter (SFA) system, shown with the Royal Blue setup, lets stereomicroscope owners add fluorescence capability with very little expense.
    Jan. 21, 2014
    Low cost was a theme at the 2013 Society for Neuroscience annual meeting (November 9–13, San Diego, CA), as vendors demonstrated their responses to the effect of funding cuts ...
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    Jan. 21, 2014
    Recent announcements of biophotonics research investments in both of Earth's hemispheres bode well for life sciences.
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    Jan. 21, 2014
    The European Photonics Consortium (EPIC) celebrated its 10th anniversary on December 13, 2013, with the help of 160 supporters from 26 countries at a dedicated event in Brussels...
    Thorlabs' OTM200 optical tweezers microscope system can couple to any inverted microscope.
    Jan. 21, 2014
    At its 2013 annual meeting (New Orleans, LA; December 14-17), the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) chose to highlight a discovery, enabled by optics, that answers a century...
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    Jan. 21, 2014
    Just about a year ago, in January 2013, an article in Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News asked, "when will DNA sequencing fully expand from research tool to routine clinical...
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    Jan. 21, 2014
    Do you wish people in general -- and politicians in particular -- had a better appreciation of light and the technologies that harness its potential? Well, the United Nations ...
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    Jan. 21, 2014
    A bandage-like patch of polymer microneedles, paired with surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), may enable a future method for safe and painless testing for drugs and some...
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    Jan. 21, 2014
    A combination of germanium and tin (GeSn) can create LEDs that emit in the IR wavelength range, around 2 μm.
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    A fluorophore's spectral light modified up to ~100 nm above a nanostructure-coated microscope slide.
    Jan. 21, 2014
    Most microscopy approaches produce 3D imagery by scanning the depth of a sample, which is problematic for optically sensitive or fast-moving samples. But a simple, new technique...