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BioPhotonics: January 2007

BioPhotonics
 January 2007


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Detection Systems Reduce Collisions with Wildlife on Rural Highways As vehicular traffic increases, so do animal-vehicle collisions. Detection systems that sense when an animal may be near the road are installed in a few US states and at several locations in Europe...
Seeing Deeper with Multiphoton Microscopy Multiphoton imaging has become a widespread and successful technique for high-resolution 3-D imaging of sensitive living samples, thick tissue sections and even of living animals. However, scientists...
Adaptive Optics Under the Microscope Originally developed to see the very large and far away, adaptive optics is now being used to see the very small and relatively near. Astronomers perform a technique that rapidly adjusts optical...
Molecular Imaging via MRI When it comes to peering inside the body, MRI offers some significant advantages over other imaging techniques. It is noninvasive and rapid, does not involve potentially damaging ionizing radiation,...
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Comparing techniques for coronary artery disease diagnosis Clogged coronary arteries may not necessarily lead to poor blood perfusion to the heart muscle, a recent study that compares multislice CT with stress myocardial perfusion imaging confirms. Nor do...
Researchers combine technologies to image cartilage Researchers have combined two technologies to obtain high-resolution images of cartilage, an achievement that could make possible improved detection and tracking of osteoarthritis. Microcomputed...
Sounds of laughter When you laugh, the whole world laughs with you, or so the saying goes. Scientists have revealed through functional MRI that positive, nonverbal vocal sounds such as laughter or a triumphant “whoop”...
Don’t feel blue; a brighter fluorescent protein is now here Blue fluorescent proteins have been created from GFP, but they tend to photobleach too rapidly and to fluoresce insufficiently for cellular imaging or screening applications. Now a new variant of...
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Reagents, consumables The 352-page “PerkinElmer Reagents Catalog 2007-2008” details NEN radiochemicals, scintillation cocktails, and microplates and disposable tips. Available from PerkinElmer Inc., it presents cell culture, fluorescence and hapten labeling services as well as items for research in molecular biology, including nucleotide analogs and cDNA microanalysis, and protein and nucleic acid labeling and...
Immunohistochemistry An addition to the “Methods Express” series, the research guide Immunohistochemistry describes emerging techniques and more established methods, encompassing trends in automation and high throughput,...
Signal processing The 320-page volume Signal Processing for Neuroscientists: An Introduction to the Analysis of Physiological Signals is targeted to neuroscientists and biomedical engineering students with backgrounds...
Science, business In the 253-page book Science Business: The Promise, the Reality, and the Future of Biotech, a Harvard Business School professor discusses the biotechnology industry and why it has fallen short of...
Analytical techniques Thermo Fisher Scientific has released its “2007 Educational Course Catalog,” which focuses on analytical techniques and provides information on training options for scientists in the company’s...
Clinical products The 864-page “Clinical Catalog 2007-2009” from VWR International Inc. details more than 15,000 products from the company and other industry suppliers. It includes items for clinical chemistry,...
Imaging systems Roper Bioscience has released a full-color brochure on the Lumazone imaging systems for quantitative chemiluminescence and fluorescence macroscopic imaging of a variety of samples, including whole...
Genomics, RNA Volume 13-4 of Epicentre Forum: Tools and Techniques for Genomics and RNA Research, a quarterly publication of Epicentre Biotechnologies, focuses on in vitro capping systems for RNA. Articles...
BioMEMS The reference set BioMEMS and Biomedical Nanotechnology is devoted to all aspects of research in the diagnostic and therapeutic applications of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), microfabrication...
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The best proof that nature is art Researchers who study plant or animal organisms can, at any time, be witness to amazing sights when they place their subjects under the objective of a light microscope. Whether they view muscle cells or mussel shells, scientists with an eye for the artistic can capture wondrous images that delight the senses while simultaneously satisfying the need to add to the world’s knowledge. Thomas...
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FLIM workstation The Alba FLIM confocal microscopy workstation from ISS supports a variety of imaging applications. The included Vista software enables the acquisition and analysis of data from fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy, Förster resonance energy transfer, and fluorescence and raster imaging correlation spectroscopy. It also acquires ratiometric, polarization, fluorescence, DC, AC and phase images...
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Pyroelectric detectors The SPC line of discrete pyroelectric detectors from Spectrum Detector Inc. features rugged LiTaO3 material, spectral response from the UV to the far-IR and response time from micro- to milliseconds....
Gentec-EO USA Inc.
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Raman spectrometer Headwall Photonics Inc. has introduced the Raman Explorer 532, a spectrometer built to withstand harsh environments. It offers a 532-nm excitation laser, f/2.4 optics that provide a high...
Headwall Photonics Inc.
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Microplate reader Molecular Devices Corp. has announced the SpectraMax L, a microplate luminometer designed for flash and for glow luminescence assays. Suitable for life sciences research as well as for diagnostic...
Molecular Devices LLC
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Deformable mirror A piezoelectric deformable mirror with 109 actuators has been released by Flexible Optical BV. The mirror has a 53-mm clear aperture, weighs ~650 g and measures 100 × 100 × 60 mm. It is driven by...
Flexible Optical BV (OKO Tech)
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Sapphire lasers Coherent Inc. has extended the power range of its Sapphire 488-nm lasers with the 500-mW Sapphire 488 HP and the 75-mW Sapphire 488 LP. The 500 HP is suitable for flow cytometry and fluorescence...
Coherent Inc.
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Scanning microscope Configured for multiphoton microscopy, the LSM 5 MP system from Carl Zeiss MicroImaging GmbH is a laser scanning microscope suitable for examining living biological tissue. The system has highly...
Carl Zeiss Spectroscopy GmbH
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Laser confocal scanner VisiTech International Ltd. has released the VT-Infinity3 multibeam laser confocal scanner. Its design includes 2500 pinholes that enable real-time imaging speeds up to 1000 fps. Using a multibeam...
VisiTech International Ltd.
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Antireflection coating Edmund Optics Inc. has announced a visible 0¼ antireflection coating option for the Tech Spec family of optical components. The coating features an average reflectance of less than 0.4 percent over...
Edmund Optics Inc.
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UV-blocking filters The UltraBlock multilayer, dielectric thin-film coatings from Deposition Sciences Inc. are designed to block more than 99 percent of the harmful UV wavelengths between 200 and 380 nm and to transmit...
Deposition Sciences Inc. (DSI)
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X-ray camera The XR-4 x-ray camera from Dalsa Corp. can be integrated into medical imaging equipment for stereotactic biopsy needle positioning, spot imaging, CT and specimen radiography. Three models are...
Teledyne DALSA, Machine Vision OEM Components
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Blue laser World Star Technologies Inc. has introduced the TECBL series of diode-pumped, 473-nm blue laser modules suitable for DNA sequencing, flow cytometry, digital imaging and particle counting. These...
World Star Technologies
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Nanotube analyzer Applied NanoFluorescence LLC has unveiled the NS1 NanoSpectralyzer for single-walled carbon nanotube characterization. Consisting of both software and hardware, the system occupies only 12 × 18 in....
Applied NanoFluorescence LLC
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UV-VIS-NIR microscope A UV-VIS-NIR microscope and imaging system for microanalysis has been introduced by Craic Technologies. Capable of transmittance, reflectance, polarization and fluorescence, the UVM-1 operates from...
CRAIC Technologies
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X-Y stage Applied Scientific Instrumentation Inc. has launched the MS-2000 X-Y microscope stage that has three-quarters of the mass of a typical stage, allowing it to reach thermal equilibrium faster. The...
Applied Scientific Instrumentation Inc.
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Short-wave IR camera XenICs has added the Xeva-FPA-2.5-320 digital, software-configurable camera to its line of NIR imaging systems. The compact device uses a 320 × 256-pixel HgCdTe sensor array for the IR wavelength...
Xenics
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Dual-wavelength lens Holo-Or Ltd. has released the 633-nm and 10.6-μm dual-wavelength lens. Surgical laser systems often use visible light for aiming the laser and infrared emission for treatment, and this lens...
Holo/Or Ltd.
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Photon counters The id100-20 and id100-50 ultralow-noise single-photon-counting modules for the visible spectral range have been released by id Quantique SA. They offer a dark count rate of less than 1 Hz and of 20...
ID Quantique
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Confocal system The TCS SP5 confocal microscopy system from Leica Microsystems Inc. has been enhanced with the company’s application suite for advanced fluorescence, supporting the need in life sciences research to...
Leica Microsystems
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VCSELs Roithner Lasertechnik GmbH has released red 670-nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) for integration into portable medical devices. The 0.5-mW VCSELs operate at up to >50 °C, have...
Roithner Lasertechnik GmbH
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Programmer’s library PicoQuant GmbH has launched version 2.0 of the programmer’s library for the PicoHarp 300 time-correlated single-photon counting system. It supports simultaneous use of multiple PicoHarp systems and...
PicoQuant GmbH
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CLEM control Nikon Instruments Inc. has unveiled a controlled-light-exposure microscopy unit for the Nikon C1 confocal microscope system. The control unit uses two laser confocal imaging methods to optimize the...
Nikon Instruments Inc.
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Restoration microscopy Applied Precision LLC has introduced the PersonalDV and DeltaVision Core microscopy and image restoration systems. Including a wide-field fluorescence microscope and comprehensive 3-D deconvolution...
DeltaVision Microscopy Imaging Systems
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Energy, power meter Gentec Electro-Optics has launched the Solo 2 laser power and energy meter, which is an enhanced version of its Solo-PE monitor. Measuring 210 × 122 × 44 mm without the stand, the device features an...
Gentec Electro-Optics Inc.
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Ultrafast laser gratings VPH volume phase holographic transmission gratings for ultrafast laser applications such as human eye surgery are available from Kaiser Optical Systems Inc. With high diffraction efficiency covering...
Endress+Hauser Optical Analysis Inc.
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Tablet analyzer The first in a series of application-specific near-infrared instruments for the pharmaceutical industry, the Series 2000 tablet analyzer from NIR Technology Systems can measure coating thickness and...
Next Instruments Pty. Ltd.
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Spectrometry software NanoDrop Technologies has released software version 2.6.0 for its ND-3300 fluorospectrometer, which excites samples with a UV, a blue or a white LED. The software features a fluorescence profiler...
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