Spectroscopy aids determination of birds’ sex
As a visit to the zoo reveals, some bird species display marked sexual dimorphism, with males...
Blinking tamed in quantum dots
Quantum dots in some ways are comparable to the display lights popular during the holidays: They...
Optodes visualize ammonium distribution within plant root system
Nitrogen compounds such as ammonium are important nutrients for plant growth. Scientists at the...
New europium complex opens lanthanides to two-photon imaging
Although lanthanides have been used for biological imaging, they are somewhat limited for use in...
Tracking bacterial gene expression with firefly luciferase
Because gene expression within a cell population fluctuates randomly, investigators must monitor...
Women have thicker skulls, survey indicates
Researchers have used CT scan technology to study the geometric characteristics of living human...
Researchers tap terahertz spectroscopy to probe photoactive proteins
A recent study of rhodopsin and bacteriorhodopsin using terahertz spectroscopy has led researchers...
VIT Technical, UC Berkley Join in Transfer Project
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, in Espoo, and the University of California, Berkeley,...
Definiens, Cenix Bioscience Set Licensing Pact
Definiens of Munich, an image analysis and interpretation company, and Cenix BioScience GmbH of...
Invitrogen Renews Supply Pact with Luminex
Invitrogen Corp. of Carlsbad, Calif., a provider of life sciences technologies for research and...
Siemens Healthcare Wins FDA Clearance
Siemens Healthcare of Malvern, Pa., has received FDA 510(k) clearance to market its Artis zeego,...
Chemimage, USDA Cooperate on Imaging
ChemImage Corp. of Pittsburgh and the US Department of Agriculture‘s Agricultural Research Service...
Acculight Wins $85,000 SBIR Grant
Aculight Corp. of Bothell, Wash., has received an $850,000 Small Business Innovation Research...
Michaelson Diagnostic Licenses Imaging Technology
Michelson Diagnostics Ltd. of Orpington, UK, has signed an exclusive worldwide license with...
Leica Microsystems Acquires Cell Analysis
Leica Microsystems GmbH of Wetzlar, Germany, has acquired Cell Analysis Inc. of Highland Park, Ill....
Ophthalmic Imaging Acquires AcerMed Assets
In California, Ophthalmic Imaging Systems of Sacramento has acquired the assets of AcerMed Inc. of...
International Consortium Tackles Genome Project
An international research consortium has undertaken an effort to sequence the genomes of at least...
Cal Blue Shield Paying Laser Procedure
Blue Shield of California, a San Francisco-based health insurer, has adopted a policy to approve...
Caliper Life Sciences, AntiCancer to Cross License
Caliper Life Sciences Inc. of Hopkinton, Mass., and AntiCancer Inc. of San Diego, have agreed to...