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Medical imaging could be a cell phone call away
Approximately three-quarters of people worldwide have no access to medical imaging, according to...
PCR in just minutes, including sample preparation
Because the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) can make exponentially more nucleic acids from DNA or...

Feature Articles
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High-Speed Imaging for DNA Sequencing
The key to personalized medicine is understanding the role that an individual’s genes play in his...
Getting a Better View from the Inside
According to modern medicine, there is a grain of truth in the old adage: The way to a man’s heart...
Polarized Crystals Enable Malaria Diagnosis
According to the 2005 World Malaria Report by the World Health Organization and UNICEF, as many as...
Quantum Dots Move Beyond Fluorescence Imaging
Quantum dots are transforming life sciences imaging because of their extraordinary photostability,...
A Bridging Method Expands the Quantum Efficiency of Sensors
The demand for cost-effective, high-performance imaging detectors is prevalent within the...

From The Clinic
Laser technique removes tooth decay
Dental caries — an infectious disease that damages tooth structure — is the most common chronic...
CT technique helps identify osteoporosis
Measuring bone mineral density and predicting the biomechanical strength of a patient’s femur can...
Mammography may benefit women over 80
Although the benefits of mammography in women aged 50 to 69 are commonly acknowledged, regular...

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ibidi GmbH
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FT spectrometer
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Photomultiplier tube
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Spectrophotometer
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UV flashlight
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In vivo imaging
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TCSPC microscopy
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Bioluminescence imaging
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OEM laser
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News and Features
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Atomic force microscope accessory enables discovery
All animals with a backbone undergo an early developmental stage known as gastrulation, in which...
An eye-opening method for imaging probe delivery
After a severe stroke or head injury, patients hardly benefit from surgical procedures involving...
Trapping organelles in droplets helps keep track of them
There are several ways to study particles smaller than the diffraction limit if you pin them down...
To err is human, but study shows mistakes may be predicted
using MRI

People performing routine, monotonous tasks occasionally are prone to making mistakes. According to...
A diffuse glow, through the ages
Alhough bioluminescence in fire-flies has been studied extensively, its anatomical and biochemical...
Combined PET and MRI for small-animal imaging
Exploiting a technological advance that enables simultaneous PET and MRI, researchers have acquired...
Carestream, Kodak Join in New Venture
Carestream Health Inc. of Rochester, N.Y., formerly Eastman Kodak Co.’s health group, has launched...
PicoQuant Opens US Photonics Unit
PicoQuant GmbH of Berlin has created PicoQuant Photonics North America Inc. of Westfield, Mass. The...
Lumencor Wins NIH Grant
Lumencor Inc. of Beaverton, Ore., has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research grant,...
Agilent Purchases Germany’s Till Photonics
Developer, manufacturer and marketer of optical and fluorescence microscopy products TILL Photonics...
Affymetrix Picks Pathworks as Distributor
In California, Affymetrix Inc. of Santa Clara has selected Pathwork Diagnostics Inc. of Sunnyvale...
Cataract Society Takes Role in Post Lasik Study
The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, based in Chicago, will participate in a...
Nikon Begins Direct Sales in US West
Nikon Instruments Inc. of Melville, N.Y., has begun direct sales and technical support in the...
PerkinElmer Acquires VaConics Lighting
In Fremont, Calif., VaConics Lighting Inc., a producer of high-intensity xenon arc lamps, has been...
Europeans Sign Up for Hydrocarbon Sensing Project
Scientists and engineers from the UK, France, Poland, Sweden and Germany are collaborating on the...
Immersion Medical, GMV Sign Distribution Pact
Immersion Medical of Gaithersburg, Md., a wholly owned subsidiary of Immersion Corp. of San Jose,...
GlucoLight Wins Oximetry Patent
GlucoLight Corp. of Bethlehem, Pa., a company focused on noninvasive continuous measurement of...
FDA Clears InfraReDx Coronary Imaging System
The FDA has granted 510(k) clearance to InfraReDx Inc. of Burlington, Mass., to market its...
Royal Phillips, BrainLab Join on Angiography
Royal Philips Electronics of Chicago and BrainLab AG of Munich, Germany, will collaborate to...

Post Scripts
Don’t move: Improving immobilization for 3-D imaging and laser surgery
Researchers often turn to the small semitransparent organism known as C. elegans for investigations...

Research
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Raman imaging of an entire living mouse
Fluorescence microscopy cannot easily reveal internal details of a living animal, in part because...
Optimizing microCT for phenotyping
Many of the genes underpinning muscle and brain tumors also can cause overt or mild birth defects....
CARS flow cytometry on a chip
Researchers at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., have developed a flow cytometer that...
SERS detects DNA without labels
DNA detection has revolutionized everything from forensics to diagnostic testing in...

Technology Solutions
Holding your breath with flow cytometry
Though no one knew it, a substantial increase in the growth of a particular harmful marine alga —...
Lithography technique patterns cells and proteins
By taking a cue from nature, a group of researchers has developed an inexpensive and robust...