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Biophysicists at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) introduced a method to automate microscope control for imaging biological events in detail with the help of...

The brain-gut connection is known to influence hunger and mood, and it has also been associated with neurological and other disorders. To explore the signaling that occurs between these two organs,...

Coherent Corp. named Beck Mason executive vice president of telecommunications. Mason will lead the telecommunications business unit within the company’s networking segment. He joins Coherent...

Researchers at The Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) demonstrated that photons, acting as neurotransmitters, can enable communication between neurons. The researchers developed an...

The Lautrec LT-311 video acquisition card from Enciris Technologies features ultra-HD 4K up to 60 fps, four 12-G SDI inputs, 3D, 10-bit video processing, less than one-frame latency, PCIe 4xGen 2...

The SingleShot™ Wide Field Objective Imaging System from Navitar Inc. provides high-resolution, wide-field-of-view image capture. The modular fixed focal length imaging system combines...

The Pacto Spectrometer from Avantes BV can be used in applications ranging from in-line quality control in fruit sorting to blood analysis in medicine. The compact device is available in...

The Grande.9 (532-1) diode laser module from Power Technology Inc. is a high-power device at 532 nm for OEM applications. The device offers a stable semiconductor alternative to at nearly 1 W...

Since their invention in the late 1960s, charge-coupled devices, also called CCDs, have found widespread use in imaging applications. Electronic cameras based on CCD technology are used in...

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,...

Laser development for the microscopy market continues to be driven by key trends in applications, which currently include superresolution techniques, multiphoton applications in optogenetics and...

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...

Overview of Rapid Automated Modular Microscope.

Development and production of a miniaturized camera with maximum resolution and flexibility. The dimensions of the components that enter the body are said to be as low as possible in order to shorten...

Finding the ideal ultra-fast laser source for a multiphoton imaging setup is not trivial. It is a fine balance between peak power, pulse energy and laser wavelength. In this white paper we show that...

An overview of the Single-Objective Light Sheet.

Success in a specific market depends on meeting the right technical requirements. As demand increases, it becomes necessary to develop and establish new manufacturing processes to produce functional...

Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) imaging is a powerful mass spectrometry-based approach that allows for the simultaneous detection of hundreds of biomolecules from one tissue...

Multiphoton imaging in neuroscience has much evolved from the initial two-photon microscope that Winfried Denk built in Watt Webb’s lab at Cornell University in the late 1980s, which made the...

Whole slide imaging (WSI) is increasingly important for research as it achieves the acquisition of large scan areas at high resolution within seconds. Based on widefield microscopy, the fluorescent...

The technology that deals with the interaction of organic materials with light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. This includes the emission, detection, absorption,...

Supercontinuum refers to a broad spectrum of light that spans a wide range of wavelengths, typically from the visible to the near-infrared or even mid-infrared regions of the electromagnetic...

Fluorescent filter is a key component of biomedical and life science instruments, and its main function is to separate and select the characteristic band spectra of excitation light and emission...

Easy and Cost-Effective Super-Resolution to ~100 nm. Andor has introduced two new highly innovative sCMOS cameras, both delivering easy and cost-effective access to super-resolution capabilities and...

Objective lenses are used in microscopy systems for a range of scientific research, industrial, and general lab applications. A microscope objective is typically composed of multiple lens elements...

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".

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...