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'FlowCytobot' Detects Blooms

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FALMOUTH, Mass., April 15, 2008 -- The Imaging FlowCytobot, an underwater microscope developed as a research tool, recently proved its worth as an early warning device by detecting blooms of harmful marine algae in the Gulf of Mexico and giving authorities time to close areas before people had eaten tainted shellfish. Working with Rob Olson and Heidi Sosik -- plankton biologists and instrument developers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Falmouth -- biological oceanographer Lisa Campbell of Texas A&M University used the Imaging FlowCytobot instrument to detect a substantial increase in the abundance of...Read full article

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    Published: April 2008
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    The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
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