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Pharmacy Regulations Stalling Uptake of Optical Spectroscopy Can the latest developments in optical spectroscopy overcome the mounting regulatory hurdles afflict...	Optical Time-Stretch Brings Diagnostics to a New Timescale A new platform delivers the best of both worlds – throughput and accuracy – for biomedic...
Two Modalities Are Better Than One Multimodal imaging systems advance breast imaging and other applications. The most widely used te...	Laser-Based Process Rapidly Fabricates Implants A new method will advance stereolithography from the rapid prototyping arena to the actual productio...
Anisotropy Imaging Elucidates Dynamic Molecular Interactions A new laser spinning-disk confocal imaging technique called SpiDA enables molecular-level studies of...

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Prism Awards honor innovations in photonics An early-stage diagnostic tool for skin cancers and a portable device to test for toxins in water an...	Halma buys MicroSurgical Technology Inc. for $57M Safety, health and environmental technology group Halma has expanded its ophthalmic offerings with t...
W.M. Keck Foundation grants $1M for biomedical research Oregon Health & Science University’s (OHSU) Knight Cancer Institute has secured a $1 milli...	Iridex Corp. Laser-based medical systems provider Iridex Corp. of Mountain View, Calif., has licensed its MicroPu...
NKT Photonics In Denmark, NKT Photonics’ Lasse Leick has received the 2012 Pasteur Award from the Danish Nat...	Life Technologies Corp. To expand its cell imaging instrumentation product line, Life Technologies Corp. of Carlsbad, Calif....
Lumetrics A handheld eye scanner could improve access to vision-related health care worldwide, thanks to a gra...	CoolLED Ltd. and Tek5 Systems LLC UK-based light-source manufacturer CoolLED Ltd. and Tek5 Systems LLC have together established CoolL...

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Microactuator gives microrobotics a flexible finger A powerful new microscale actuator that flexes like a miniature beckoning finger when heated with la...	Ultrasonic invisible scalpel performs noninvasive surgery There’s more to ultrasound machines than simply watching babies develop inside the womb. They&...
Plasmonics could allow manipulation of smallest particles yet Optical tweezers could become extremely dexterous at manipulating incredibly tiny particles if a new...	Nanoprobes beam brightly on biomarkers Step aside, surface-enhanced Raman scattering probes. There’s a new nanoprobe in town, and it ...
A 3-D light switch for the brain A new tool that delivers precise points of light to living brain tissue in three dimensions could on...	Optical tools get new twist Conventional optical tools gently push and pull microscopic particles using light, but a new fiber-b...
Light triggers biochemical reactions Biochemical reactions can now be remotely triggered on demand, thanks to a new technique that turns ...	Laser microscopy tests for skin damage Beauty is only skin deep, and now scientists can use a laser microscopy technique to gauge a person&...
Laser optics enable view inside a fly’s eye New laser optics technology that supports high-resolution 3-D microscopy is providing a view into th...

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