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French Startup Develops Neural Chip Technology for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s LYON, France, April 1, 2020 — Cambridge Consultants, a global product development and technology consultancy firm, and French startup Neuro Engineering Technologies Research Institute (NETRI) have achieved a brain-on-a-chip technology and lensless imaging approach that detects the activity of neurons in brain tissue. The technology uses a simulation of organ function on a chip. Cambridge Consultants was able to accelerate the processing of individual images by over three orders of magnitude, moving from approximately
Working Remotely? Dial In to a Photonics Media Webinar PITTSFIELD, Mass., April 1, 2020 — As the days grow longer, so does our spring webinar schedule. This spring, there will be many opportunities to learn about the latest advancements and applications in photonics while you work at home. Optics, biophotonics, machine vision, and...
New Leadership at Zeiss Medical Technology JENA, Germany, March 31, 2020 — Andrew Chang will be appointed president of Carl Zeiss Meditec, and effective May 1, Euan Thomson will assume the roles of president of Ophthalmic Devices and head of Ophthalmic Devices Strategic Business Unit for ZEISS, succeeding James Mazzo, who...
Olympus Announces 2019 Light Microscopy Award WALTHAM, Mass., March 27, 2020 — Olympus has announced the winners of its first Global Image of the Year Life Science Microscopy Award. The winning image, captured by Ainara Pintor of Spain using a superresolution confocal microscope system. The image shows the immunostaining of a...
High-Speed Microscopy Tracks Millisecond Voltage Changes in Neurons of Awake Mice BERKELEY, Calif., March 23, 2020 — University of California, Berkeley, researchers have built a microscope that can image the brain of an alert mouse 1000 times a second and record the passage of millisecond electrical pulses through neurons. The new imaging technique combines...
Smartphone-Based System Tests for Infectious Diseases, Sends Results to Doctor CINCINNATI, March 20, 2020 — Engineers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have created a tiny portable lab that plugs into a smartphone. The lab, which is about the size of a credit card, can diagnose infectious diseases such as coronavirus, malaria, HIV, or Lyme. It can also...
Coronavirus Testing Kits to Be Developed Using RNA Imaging Technology BURNABY, British Columbia, March 20, 2020 — A Simon Fraser University (SFU) research team will be using RNA imaging technology it has created to develop coronavirus testing kits. The decision to apply the technology, called Mango, to COVID-19 testing is in response to a funding opportunity...
Device Uses AI, Thermal Imaging to Survey Public Areas for Flu-Like Illness AMHERST, Mass., March 20, 2020 — A contactless, portable surveillance device, developed by a team at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass), can capture crowd-level bioclinical signals directly related to physical symptoms of influenza-like illnesses from public waiting...
Imaging Agent Illuminates Cancer and Surrounding ‘Hijacked’ Cells ST. LOUIS, March 18, 2020 — Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine have developed an imaging agent that can identify multiple types of tumors as well as the surrounding normal cells that the cancer uses as a shield against attempts to destroy it. “This...
Supercomputing Centers Will Expedite Access to Fight Coronavirus MUNICH, March 17, 2020 — Effective immediately, the Gauss Centre for Supercomputing (GCS), the alliance of Germany’s three national supercomputing centers, will help researchers working on COVID-19 research gain expedited access to computing resources. This includes...
CRISPR Technology to Target RNA Viruses Such as Coronavirus NEW YORK, March 17, 2020 — Researchers at the New York Genome Center and New York University have developed a new kind of CRISPR screen technology to target RNA. Many CRISPR-based genetic screens can only edit or target DNA, and cannot target RNA viruses like coronavirus or...
NIH Challenge Encourages Development of Hand-Held Devices for Disease Diagnosis BETHESDA, Md., March 16, 2020 — To spur the development of noninvasive, hand-held, digital technologies to detect, diagnose, and guide therapies for diseases with high global and public health impact, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has launched a Technology Accelerator...
Optomagnetic Technology Could Reduce Coronavirus Diagnostic Time RAMAT GAN, Israel, March 16, 2020 — A technology developed at Bar-Ilan University, based on a combination of optics and magnetic particles, can rapidly test samples of patients potentially infected with the coronavirus. Current methods for diagnosing coronavirus take approximately one...
Light and Heat Create New Biocompatible Microparticles DURHAM, N.C., March 16, 2020 — Using light and heat, researchers at Duke University developed a technique for manufacturing biocompatible microparticles for potential use in drug delivery, diagnostics, and tissue engineering. According to research scientist Stefan Roberts, the...
AR Rapid Deployment Kits Aid Response to COVID-19 JERSEY CITY, N.J., March 13, 2020 — To help organizations collaborate and quickly train workers in R&D and manufacturing environments, augmented reality company Apprentice.io is sending dozens of its Tandem Rapid Deployment Kits to pharmaceutical R&D and manufacturing...
Spectroscopic Toolkit for Structural Biology Could Aid in Drug Design CLEMSON, S.C., March 10, 2020 — A fluorescence-based imaging technique for monitoring single molecules could lead to a better understanding of how molecules are assembled, function, and interact, aiding in structure-guided drug design. Clemson University researchers led by...
Robot Uses AI and Imaging to Draw Blood NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., March 9, 2020 — Rutgers University engineers have created a tabletop device that combines a robot, artificial intelligence, and near-infrared and ultrasound imaging to draw blood or insert catheters to deliver fluids and drugs. The device can accurately steer...
Metasurface-Based Contact Lenses Could Correct Red-Green Color Blindness TEL AVIV, Israel, March 6, 2020 — A custom contact lens could offer a convenient way to help people who experience color blindness. Researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) embedded large-scale, plasmonic metasurfaces into off-the-shelf contact lenses and studied the ability of the...
Optogenetic Control of Protein Accelerates ALS Symptoms in Zebrafish MISHIMA, Japan, March 3, 2020 — A joint research group in Japan reproduced amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) symptoms in zebrafish by remotely controlling a disease-associated protein molecule with light. In ALS, motor neurons progressively degenerate and accumulate inclusions...
Technique Interprets Hyperspectral Images Using Phasor Approach LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28, 2020 — An imaging technique called spectrally encoded enhanced representations (SEER) provides greater clarity and works up to 67 times faster and at 2.7 times greater definition than existing spectral imaging techniques, according to its developers at the...
Fluorescent Imaging Helps Identify Lung Cancer Lesions During Surgery PITTSBURGH, Feb. 24, 2020 — A tumor-highlighting technology called OTL38 enhances the visualization of lung cancer tissue through near-infrared imaging, providing surgeons with a significantly better chance of finding and removing more cancer than previously possible. The...
Lensless On-Chip Microscopy Platform Shows Slides in Full View STORRS, Conn., Feb. 20, 2020 — Guoan Zheng, a University of Connecticut (UConn) professor of biomedical engineering, has published his findings on a successful demonstration of a lensless on-chip microscopy platform in Lab on a Chip. Zheng suggests his platform eliminates several...
Vision for Primate Neuroimaging to Accelerate Scientific and Medical Breakthroughs NEW YORK, Feb. 20, 2020 — A global community of over 150 scientists studying the primate brain has released a blueprint for developing more complete “wiring diagrams” of how the brain works that may ultimately improve understanding of several brain disorders....
Electric Fields Affect Molecular Twist Within Light-Sensitive Proteins MENLO PARK, Calif., Feb. 18, 2020 — A team of scientists from the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University has gained insight into how electric fields affect the way energy from light drives molecular motion and transformation in a...
Portable Device Uses Photomultiplier to Detect Foodborne Illness WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Feb. 14, 2020 — Researchers at Purdue University have developed a bioluminescence-sensing assay coupled with a portable light detection device that works with smartphones and laptops to do on-site testing for E. coli in food samples. To facilitate the use of a...
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