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Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are developing an alternative to the current gold standard of brain imaging, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). The researchers’...

A smartphone-based system that relies on OCT to detect jaundice in newborns will be put to use diagnosing very young patients in the U.S. and Nigeria, thanks to a nearly $500,000 grant from the...

Men and women respond differently to stimuli, and their hearts respond differently, too. Scientists are continuing to develop an understanding as to why these disparities in physical reactions exist....

Though the so-called debt limit deal that President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy struck this spring spared the U.S. from a default on its national debt, the subsequent Fiscal Responsibility...

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,...

Small, precise motion modules enhance NGS system design and performance. Following the Human Genome Project, companies are racing to develop Next-Gen Sequencing (NGS) instruments for DNA sequencing....

Producing optics for medical devices has its own unique set of difficulties and challenges including cost, turnaround time, performance, and standards. This paper talks about those challenges and...

This whitepaper looks at the unique challenges associated with optical systems by exploring two extremes, an ultra-high precision instrument, and a low-cost consumer product, and the different...

Conor Evans introduces pharmacokinetic (PK) tomography — 3D quantitative imaging of drug uptake within tissue — using stimulated Raman scattering microscopy. He presents machine...

Over the last decade, material processing using ultrafast laser pulses with pulse durations in the range between 300 fs and about 15 ps has gained in popularity due to the small heat-affected zone...

Flow cytometry is a ubiquitous technique used for diverse applications, including to perform basic research in cell biology, immunology, and oncology; to establish diagnoses and prognoses in...

Vaccines, because they are formulated at low concentrations and with confounding excipients such as trehalose, are difficult to characterize with Raman, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), or NIR...

Basically, a hydrogen atom with two alterations, positronium is the lightest atom in the universe and has an extremely light positron in its nucleus that replaces hydrogen's proton so that its atomic...

Gamma ray radiation released when matter and antimatter, such as electron and positron, unite and eliminate each other, transforming completely into energy. The resulting gamma ray spectrum depends...

Microfluidics is a multidisciplinary field that involves the manipulation and control of very small fluid volumes, typically in the microliter (10-6 liters) to picoliter (10-12 liters) range, within...

Optofluidics is an interdisciplinary field that combines principles from optics and fluidics to create devices and systems that integrate the manipulation of light and fluids. This field focuses on...

-Telerobotics -3-D Distant Imaging -Zapping addiction This week on Light Matters: telerobots give doctors "surgical superpowers,” photon counting is used for depth imaging, a laser zaps away cocaine...

History has come to life at Zeiss, with the acquisition of a 166-year old simple microscope that engineers say was very likely designed and built by pioneering legend Carl Zeiss himself. Also on this...

Amir Gandjbakhche, National Institutes of Health, USA, shares how being a crusader for finding cures, saving lives and discovering technologies for affordable medical care makes his research more...

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...

Applied Scientific Instrumentation, Inc. (ASI) is a company committed to the advancement of science. Our engineers and technicians have years of experience in aiding researchers with their technical...