The ability to analyze body fluid traces is critical for determining the key details of a crime. Now, a combination of advanced statistical methods and multidimensional Raman ...
During BiOS 2011, SPIE announced the launch of the Britton Chance Biomedical Optics award, to honor the memory of the prolific researcher, instructor, and leader whose contributions...
The full-day 15th annual Future of Light Symposium, held December 1, 2011, at Boston University’s Photonics Center, explored topics in neurophotonics, providing a specific focus...
Recognizing that traumatic brain injuries need instant diagnosis followed by the proper treatment in a clinical setting, a research team has developed a near-infrared (NIR) device...
A new era has dawned in optical coherence tomography (OCT). Fourier domain mode-locking (FDML) lasers enable sustained imaging rates about 50x that of any other source, with comparable...
An approach involving genetically modified neurons that fluoresce when active—in combination with an optical microscopy method—offers a substantial speed improvement over current...
An international research team has leveraged nonlinear optical microscopy to study the effect of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles in sunscreen that have raised a debate over product...
“The last mile” is term the telecommunications industry uses to describe the critical gap at the end of the line that must be filled for a customer to access enhanced services...
Molecular imaging has become an important clinical and research tool for the study of heart disease, allowing in-vivo visualization of inflammation and other biological processes...
(Image courtesy of J. Kevin Fitzsimons, Ohio State University)
Innovative researchers are bringing depth into focus for three-dimensional imaging. Using a variety of tools including novel optics, light patterning, and software, they combine...
In-vivo bioimaging is one of the applications promised by a new near-infrared (NIR) phosphor that glows for up to two weeks after a one-minute exposure to sunlight or even indoor...
For the University of Southampton’s Optoelectronics Research Centre, the new year launches a five-year, £2.6 million ERC Advanced Grant designed to advance biophotonics research...
A new technique—a modified approach to optical coherence tomography (OCT) able to provide cross-sectional images of biomolecules—promises significant implications for both clinical...
A new, label-free imaging tool that tracks single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) in both living cells and the bloodstream could help to boost the use of the nanotechnology in ...
An alternative to arc lamps, the SOLA solid-state light engine produces continuous white light from 380 to 680 nm for imaging common fluorophores and fluorescent proteins.
As ever, it was difficult to find technology in the conference program at the Society for Neuroscience’s 2011 annual meeting (November 12–16, 2011). The presentations focused ...
A session on quantitative live cell microscopy by researchers from Harvard Medical School—presented during the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) annual meeting (December...
You’ve heard of a lab on a chip: Now a group of researchers have developed a “lab on a bubble” approach to quickly concentrate samples in order to detect biological molecules....
