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Scientists Collaborate to Create Biomedical Imaging Center
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Oct. 31, 2022 — Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will use funding from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish a national collaborative Biomedical Technology Research Resource to develop label-free optical imaging technologies for medical and biological applications. Development of the Center for Label-free Imaging and Multi-scale Biophotonics (CLIMB), which is funded by an initial
LED Pioneer Nick Holonyak Jr. Dies at 93
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Sept. 20, 2022 — Nick Holonyak Jr., inventor of numerous photonic technologies, died Sept. 18 at the age of 93. The University of Illinois shared news of Holonyak’s death. Holonyak is credited with the development of the first practical visible-spectrum LED,...
Optogenetic Tools Use Blue Light to Restore Cell Function
CINCINNATI, Aug. 22, 2022 — Researchers from the University of Cincinnati (UC), the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UI), and the University at Buffalo (UB) used an optogenetic technique to bring together mitochondria and lysosomes in human stem cells, to revitalize...
Quantitative Phase Imaging, Biophotonics Pioneer Gabriel Popescu Dies
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., June 21, 2022 — Gabriel Popescu, the William L. Everitt Distinguished Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering in the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Grainger College of Engineering, died June 16. Popescu established and directed the Quantitative...
Photonic Crystal Microscope Quickly Detects Biomarkers for P-O-C Diagnostics
URBANA, Ill., Nov. 2, 2021 — A compact photonic resonator absorption microscopy (PRAM) instrument, developed by a team at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, provides fast, selective detection of cancer biomarkers for diagnostics at the point of care. The instrument...
3 Combined Techniques Boost Imaging Precision
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., July 12, 2021 — Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, working with domestic and international collaborators, have combined three imaging techniques to detect the timing and location of brain responses to a stimulus. The researchers said the...
Laser-Driven Semiconductor Switch Pushes Speed Capabilities of Next-Generation Communications
LIVERMORE, Calif., June 23, 2021 — A laser-driven semiconductor switch design can theoretically achieve speeds and voltages higher than existing photoconductive devices — potentially enabling communication speeds beyond 5G if the switch were to be miniaturized and incorporated...
Quantum Startup Accelerator Launches in Chicago
CHICAGO, April 12, 2021 — Duality, a startup accelerator focused on advancing quantum science and technology, will help as many as 10 companies per year grow their businesses in the Chicago area. The University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and...
Microscope Detects Chirality to Make Solid-Tissue Imaging Possible
URBANA, Ill., March 16, 2021 — Researchers at the University of Illinois’ Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology developed a spectroscopic microscope enabling optical measurements of molecular conformations and orientations in biological samples. The device...
3D-Printed Lens Design Improves Data Transfer Possibilities
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Dec. 15, 2020 — A team of researchers from the University of Illinois has developed a spherical lens capable of allowing incoming light — from any direction — to be focused on the lens’s surface opposite the input direction into a very small spot....
Autonomous Robot Takes on COVID-19
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Oct. 30, 2020 — A team at the Grainger College of Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s Health Care Engineering Systems Center (HCESC) developed the UVBot, an autonomous robot built from easily accessible objects and designed to neutralize...
Light-Activated Hybrid Bots Drive Muscle Activity Through Nerve Cells
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Sept. 25, 2019 — Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed soft, microscopic, swimming biohybrid robots powered by skeletal muscle tissue that is stimulated by onboard motor neurons. The neurons have optogenetic properties...
Label-Free System Images Molecular Features of Cancer Tissue in Real Time
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Dec. 27, 2018 — A team at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has visualized the tumor microenvironment of human breast tissue shortly after it was surgically removed from a patient in the operating room, using a new portable optical imaging system...
Crop-Counting, Gene-Finding Robot Wins Systems Paper Award
URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, Ill., July 31, 2018 — A robot developed by the University of Illinois to find genes for high-yielding, hearty traits in the DNA of crop plants was recognized with the best systems paper award at the Robotics: Science and Systems conference. Developed by the University of...
Optical Mapping Delivers Realistic, 3D Images for AR
Mar 22, 2018 — The global market for virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR) continues to expand, with a variety of these technologies sprouting in the past five years, cultivated by both tech giants such as Microsoft and Google and...
Study: Automated Biopsy Assessment Possible with SLIM
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Sept. 14, 2015 — Spatial light interference microscopy (SLIM) might provide a quantitative way to diagnose breast cancer. Researchers at the University of Illinois recently used data-based SLIM assessment to determine whether breast tissue biopsies from 400 patients...
Melody Encoded onto Plasmonic Nanostructure
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., March 17, 2015 — With data storage capacity 5600 times greater than magnetic film, a chip made of tiny gold bow ties could be the next best place to store all your MP3s. Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign recently created the first-ever...
3 Finalists Vie for National Integrated Photonics Institute
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2015 — Three consortia led by the universities of Central Florida, Southern California and New York have been selected by the U.S. Department of Defense to submit full proposals for creating a $220 million Integrated Photonics Institute for Manufacturing...
Ultrasonic Waves Create One-Way Optical Fiber
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Jan. 30, 2015 — Ultrasonic waves can turn optical fiber into a one-way street for photons, a discovery that could aid the development of quantum computers. Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign demonstrated the effect using a silica...
Microsphere Exhibits Chip-Scale Lasing
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Aug. 27, 2014 — Combining nanoplasmonic devices and optical microresonators can produce laser-like light emission, potentially paving the way for power-on-a-chip applications.
Graphene Sandwich Improves Biomolecule Imaging
CHICAGO, Feb. 18, 2014 — Atomic-level images of a biological molecule in its natural environment can now be obtained by sandwiching the wet sample between sheets of graphene.
Light-Emission Studies May Improve Bioimaging
URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Jan. 14, 2014 — New understanding of secondary light emission by plasmonic nanostructures could lead to improvements in medical imaging.
Imaging Startup Closes Seed Funding Round
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Nov. 7, 2013 — Quantitative imaging startup Phi Optics Inc. has closed its seed funding round with $250,000 from venture capital groups, the company said Wednesday. Phi Optics develops imaging solutions for life sciences and biopharmaceutical researchers and was...
Photonics Pioneer to Lead UTDallas Engineering
DALLAS, Oct. 30, 2013 — Dr. James Coleman, a leader in the development and application of semiconductor lasers and photonic devices, recently joined the University of Texas at Dallas to lead its electrical engineering department, the university said. An endowed professor...
Cradle turns iPhone into biosensor
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A unique cradle and app for the iPhone use the phone’s own camera and processing power to create a handheld biosensor capable of detecting any kind of biological molecules or cells. The system, developed at the University of Illinois, could...
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