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A stronger MRI machine passes safety tests
A powerful MRI machine soon may offer physicians a real-time view of metabolic processes in the...
Multimodal in vivo imaging of stem cells
Scientists need to understand how stem cells and progenitor cells operate in the body, and what...

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CMOS Cameras Enter the Life Sciences Market
When a rat decides on a course of action, you can’t ask it what factors played a role in that...
Fiber Optics and MEMS
During the past 16 years, nonlinear optical microscopy has evolved from a photonic novelty to a...
Fiber Optics in Surgery
One of the vital steps of most surgical procedures is bonding the edges of human tissue. Surgeons...
Thulium Fiber Lasers
The use of lasers as medical instruments has increased dramatically in recent years because of the...
The New x in FTTx
The term FTTx is shorthand for fiber to the x, with the x being a particular destination, such as...
Highly Stable UV Fiber
Raman spectroscopy with in situ UV optical fiber probes, UV confocal laser scanning microscopy...
Rare-Earth Doped Nanocrystals for Biosensing and Imaging
There has been a great deal of interest in the fabrication and characterization of highly...

From The Clinic
Laser procedure treats vision problems resulting from previous eye surgery
Radial keratomy was the standard method for correcting nearsightedness before the advent of laser...
When to use CT for minor head injuries
Minor head injuries are one of the most common injury types seen in emergency departments. CT...
MRI detects secondhand smoke damage
Although scientists have long understood that no level of exposure to cigarette smoke is safe, they...

New Media
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Linear motors
PI (Physik Instrumente) LP
Applied biophysics
John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Cellular analysis
Invitrogen Corp.
Laser diode guide
Intense Ltd.
UV products
Spectronics Corp.

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High content analysis
Carl Zeiss MicroImaging Inc.
Alzheimer research kit
MP Biomedicals Inc.
Multilaser engine
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Fiber amplifier
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CCD sensors
Dalsa Corp.
AFM accessory
Asylum Research
CCD spectrometer
B&W Tek Inc.
Multiphoton excitation
Coherent Inc.
Imaging software
Cambridge Research & Instrumentation Inc.
Acoustic enclosure
Technical Manufacturing Corp.
Diffractive optics
Holoeye Photonics AG
635-nm laser
Modulight Inc.
Filter selection
Glen Spectra
Aspheric lenses
Edmund Optics Inc.
Near-IR PMTs
Hamamatsu Corp.
Piezo Z-stage
PI(Physik Instrumente)LP
Filter set
Semrock Inc.
Laser source
Arctic Photonics Ltd.
Radiometer/photometer
Spectronics Corp.
Petri dish
ibidi GmbH
Medical projector
projectiondesign
Endoscope protection
Gyrus ACMI Inc.
Pyroelectric detectors
Spectrum Detector Inc.
785-nm laser
Torsana Laser Technologies A/S
FRAP imaging
MAG Biosystems
Primary antibodies
Invitrogen Corp.
Digital microscopes
Leica Microsystems GmbH
Mass spectrometer
Agilent Technologies Inc.
Surgical microscopes
Carl Zeiss Surgical GmbH
Biomarker panel
Millipore Corp.
Image sensor
Eastman Kodak Co.
Microarray processing
Affymetrix Inc.
Deformable mirror
Alpao
Precision controllers
Bioscience Tools
Spectrometers
Newport Corp.
Operating room camera
The Trumpf Group
Software
Stanford Photonics Inc.
X-ray source
Bruker AXS Inc.
Confocal imaging
Warner Instruments
FCS spectrometer
Sensor Technologies LLC
Stripping buffer
Li-Cor Biosciences
Fluorescent dyes
AnaSpec Inc.
Cell manipulation
Teneo Micro Instruments LLC
Piezostage
Technobis Mechatronics BV

News and Features
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Molecular Interactions Keep Vision Clear
Researchers have uncovered a key molecular interaction that affects the clarity of the lens in the...
Awards for Artistic Microscopy Announced
Artists know that true beauty can be found in unexpected places -- the trick is to recognize it....
Laser destroys bacteria and viruses without using harmful UV radiation
A novel laser method could enable safe and effective treatment of drug-resistant viruses and...
Could AFM be used routinely for medical imaging?
Lead investigator Simon Scheuring and colleagues from the Institut Curie and from the Centre...
Medical imaging market report released
The US market for medical imaging equipment is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of...
Turning up the heat, ever so slightly
Many experiments call for precise control of the temperature during biological and biochemical...
IR technique enables optical trapping on silicon microchips
Optical trapping is a well-established method that uses visible light to manipulate small objects...
German University Launches Photonics Grad Program
Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany, is opening a graduate research school of photonics....
Olympus Acquires Gyrus Group Shares
Olympus Corp. of Tokyo has agreed to acquire all of the ordinary shares of Gyrus Group plc of...
Aperio Wins FDA Approval for Image Analysis Apps
Aperio Technologies Inc. of Bristol, UK, a provider of digital pathology instrumentation for the...
Health Canada Grants License, Wins Award
Health Canada has granted AFP Imaging Corp. of Elmsford, N.Y., a medical device license to market...
Bruker BioSciences, Bruker BioSpin Ink Pact
Bruker BioSciences Corp. has entered into an agreement with Bruker BioSpin Corp., both of...
Tower Semiconducter, CMT Medical to Partner
Tower Semiconductor Ltd., a manufacturer of specialty wafers, and CMT Medical Technologies Ltd., a...
IMIX America Opening US Headquarters
IMIX Americas Inc., a division of IMIX ADR of Tampere, Finland, has announced the opening of its...
Gamma Medica-Ideas, Mayo Clinic Collaborate
Gamma Medica-Ideas Inc. of Northridge, Calif., a developer of digital medical imaging devices, will...
Laser Institute of America Offers Safety Course
Laser Institute of America (LIA) of Orlando, Fla., publisher of the ANSI Z136 series of laser...
Thermo Fisher, Phytronix Set Distribution Pact
A strategic partnership has been formed between Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. of San Jose, Calif.,...
Nikon Chooses SCision Software
Nikon Corp. of Tokyo has selected the SVCell analysis software from SVision LLC of Bellevue, Wash.,...

Post Scripts
Jellyfish Light Up New York
For most people, the word “neon” does not inspire visions of great artwork. In fact, it is more...

Research
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Technicolor brains
Because almost all neurons are naturally translucent, individual neurons cannot be distinguished...
Tracking the spread of cancer inside transparent fish
It takes two to spread cancer, according to researchers from the University of California, San...
Sorting tiny particles with light
Various laboratory instruments can sort cells or molecules, such as viruses and proteins, by...
Microfluidic device immobilizes worms for imaging
Imaging C. elegans worms has proved useful for monitoring laser microsurgery and for studying gene...
Detecting viral DNA
The DNA-based human papilloma virus attacks skin and mucous membranes, causing warts or infections...
New approaches to multicolor fluorescence imaging
Biological research increasingly calls for simultaneous imaging at multiple wavelengths -- to study...
An array of tiny holes produces subwavelength resolution
At one time, optical microscopists who wanted to see finer details in their samples were out of...

Technology Solutions
Imaging system helps to advance therapeutic cloning
Embryonic stem cells can contribute to a range of therapies targeting aging or diseased cells....
Low-cost module converts analog x-ray angiography systems to high-definition digital
Angiography enables scientists to visualize arteries, veins, organs and other tissues by injecting...
An adjustable corrective lens for two-photon microscopy
Those who use two-photon laser scanning microscopy could soon see better performance, thanks to a...