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...