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The ZL41 Cell sCMOS camera from Andor Technology is designed for life science researchers. The ZL41 Cell transforms a normal fluorescence microscope into a super-resolution microscope using...

Sapera™ Vision Software Edition 2022-05 from Teledyne DALSA offers enhancements to its Astrocyte™ artificial intelligence training graphical tool and its Sapera Processing image...

Kyoto Semiconductor’s KPR series features 14 SWIR reflective sensors designed for use in a wide range of applications including medical and healthcare fields, analysis and measurement fields,...

The Jasper Micro compact femtosecond laser from Fluence Technology is air-cooled and compact for integration in limited space. Pulse duration is tunable from <270 fs to 8 ps, and optionally...

Researchers led by UCLA professor Aydogan Ozcan developed a deep learning-enabled biosensor for multiplexed, point-of-care (POC) testing of disease biomarkers. POC biosensors provide remote and...

Researchers from the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) used a succulent plant to create a living “bio-solar cell” that runs on photosynthesis. The demonstration showed how the...

Optical computing company Lightmatter has appointed Ritesh Jain as vice president of engineering. This follows the recent appointments of Jessie Zhang as vice president of finance and Steve Klinger...

Devices that capture light from quantum dots, like chip-scale lasers and optical amplifiers, have made their way from the lab to the commercial market. The transition for newer quantum dot-based...

Aspheric surfaces are powerful tools that combine the optical corrections of multiple lenses into a single element (Figure 1) and affect performance in ways that spherical optics cannot. For example,...

Over 60 years have passed since the first demonstration of a laser in 1960. After the initial spark of interest, lasers were for a while categorized as “a solution waiting for a problem,”...

The wavelength range of commercially available LEDs with single-element output power of at least 5 mW is 275 to 950 nm. Each wavelength range is made from a specific semiconductor material family,...

As recently as five years ago, shopping for a microscope light source was fairly straightforward. For routine applications, it was tungsten halogen, typically 100 W, while for fluorescence, it was an...

UV-Vis spectrophotometry is a simple and efficient technique for the analysis and evaluation of the quality of olive oil. Extra virgin, virgin, and lower-quality olive oils can be distinguished by...

Overview of Rapid Automated Modular Microscope.

Tracking particles at the micro or nanoscale is inherently difficult due to the complexity of the systems studied, as well as the technical challenges: a blend of instrument design, photonics,...

For some advanced microscopy and nanoscopy techniques it becomes necessary to modify existing instrumentation or build an instrument from scratch. This article helps readers determine whether a...

Thanks to recent advances in electron optics, a new generation of transmission electron microscopes (TEMs) have become available which are capable of image resolutions better than 0.1 nm and...

Heitz discusses how scientific results from various cutting-edge studies performed by Becker & Hickl and the company’s collaborators were generated and what to consider when planning...

Steve Allen provides a brief overview and examples of procedures that continue to push adoption and proliferation of optical fiber-based medical devices. From cosmetic surgery to cutting-edge sensing...

Researchers’ understanding of cell biology is greatly derived from observations with optical microscopy. However, the strengths of modern optical microscopy greatly rely on the application of...

1. A device used to trace out an object and build up an image. One of the most common of these types is video scanning. The scanning takes place inside the television tube as electrons, guided by...

The control of free electron movement through the use of electrical or magnetic fields, and use of this electron movement in research investigation of electronic diffraction phenomena, directly...

A material or system that emits x-rays.

The study of the celestial bodies, relative to x-ray emission. Satellites launched to study x-ray sources have revealed many new classes of galactic and extragalactic sources, as well as the...

Reynard Corporation manufactures custom optics and thin-film coatings 0.2 µm to 50 µm (UV-IR) to demanding specs for defense & aerospace, commercial & industrial, and medical applications. Our...

Established in 1990, Applied Scientific Instrumentation is a reknown American company committed to the advancement of science. ASI products have been thoroughly tested and evaluated in numerous labs...

This hands-on session about FD-FLIM by Gerhard Holst from PCO AG was given as part of the FLIM Symposium "Beginners Guide to Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging in Life Sciences".

-Silicon Photonics -Optical Parametric Amplifier On this week’s show: better optical modulators boost silicon photonics, imaging cells through silicon improves visualization, and a tabletop OPA...

Established in 1985, OZ Optics is a leading worldwide supplier of fiber optic components, test equipment and sensors. OZ Optics manufactures its products in three locations, Ottawa (Canada),...

CASTECH is a recognized leading supplier of nonlinear optical crystals, laser crystals and precision optical components for laser, telecom, medical, analysis and detector markets. Products...

The Optical Engineering Experts® Optikos designs and manufactures metrology products for measuring and assuring optical image quality; and provides optical engineering design, development,...

Fresnel Technologies Inc. is an expert manufacturer of molded plastic optics, including Fresnel lenses and related optical components, as well as infrared transmitting materials and optics made from...