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    Images of a lily's anther (top) and a pinecone (right) at 100x magnification captured with the LegoScope.
    Lee Dubay
    May 1, 2013
    Three University of California San Francisco (UCSF) researchers had a vision: to find a way to make optical microscopes much easier to understand and more fun to use, particularly...
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    May 1, 2013
    Fluorescence is a key tool for life sciences imaging. A few basics and tips may help to improve your results with nanoparticle tracking analysis, microscopy, or cytometry.
    FIGURE 1. OCT meets an unmet need in terms of both resolution and imaging depth for esophageal assessment. It fills a gap between endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and confocal laser endomicroscopy.
    May 1, 2013
    Having already revolutionized ophthalmology, optical coherence tomography (OCT) is about to be introduced to the field of gastroenterology. The approach provides noninvasive and...
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    May 1, 2013
    The optical components of a modern microscope are relatively bulky and and complex...unless you replace them with digital holography, and the microscope becomes a chip-based device...
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    May 1, 2013
    Lasers have been critical to the advancement on confocal microscopy, and the white light laser (WLL) offers particular advantages. Finessing WLL output for bioimaging is a complex...

    More content from Volume 6, Issue 3

    (Image courtesy of Mightex Systems)
    FIGURE 1. Mightex offers its BioLED Control Module and a multi-wavelength fiber-coupled LED—both designed for optogenetics.
    Mike May
    May 1, 2013
    A combination of optical and genetic technologies, optogenetics inspires the imagination. It has already made a mark in basic research, and its lab impact will grow. But clinical...
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    May 1, 2013
    Designed as a multidisciplinary showcase of advances in light-based imaging technologies and their potential application to biology and medicine, the BioPIC 2013 international...
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    May 1, 2013
    An industry report released in April 2013, Biophotonics Market: Technologies and Market Analysis, acknowledges that the size of the biophotonics market and its growth rate depend...
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    May 1, 2013
    A simple, low-cost method for color-coding individual cells can illuminate 10 times as many biomarkers as is otherwise possible—and thus promises to allow more comprehensive analysis...
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    May 1, 2013
    Terahertz (THz) photons don't have sufficient energy to break apart the bonds that bind DNA in a cell's nucleus.
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    May 1, 2013
    With sufficient concentrations of a target, the "most sensitive microRNA detector yet" can analyze a drop of blood for cancer-specific biomarkers called microRNAs in just 20 minutes...
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    May 1, 2013
    Red blood cells ferry oxygen to a body's cells and tissues by way of arteries, veins, and capillaries.
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    May 1, 2013
    A new dye could reduce the cost of two-photon microscopy (TPM) by several orders of magnitude, according to researchers who developed it.
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    May 1, 2013
    Researchers at Northwestern University and NorthShore University HealthSystem have previously demonstrated the ability of partial-wave spectroscopy to detect subtle changes in...
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    May 1, 2013
    Strategic use of laser light can turn addictive behavior on and off in rats, according to research conducted at the NIH and the UCSF.
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    May 1, 2013
    A laser-powered terahertz (THz) source and detector system transmits with 50 times more power, and receives with 30 times greater sensitivity, than existing technologies, according...