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Putting a Shine onNew Fluorescent Proteins
Thanks to ongoing efforts by researchers, fluorescent proteins continue to shine. Recent developments have taken advantage of growing knowledge to engineer brighter proteins, to produce ones that are...
The Quest for Perfect Vision
The public hearing of the FDA Ophthalmic Devices Panel on April 25, 2008, gave industry observers insight into the safety and efficacy of lasik (laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis) after more than...
BreakthroughMedia
Photonics Web site
A supplier of laser and photonics components, Newport Corp. has enhanced its Web site with the addition of tools designed to make the portal faster, simpler and more informative. Among the additions are an image-based keyword search function that appears at the top of every Web page and a Rapid Price Quote tool that is available on the Support drop-down menu. Also under the Support tab is the...
Metabolomics Web site
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has launched its metabolomics resource center, a Web site that provides tools and technical advice to scientists who are studying small-molecule metabolite profiles. The...
IR fluorescent products
LI-Cor Biosciences has released the August 2008 “Infrared Fluorescent Products and Applications Guide,” which presents accessories and reagent products such as protein stains, IR-labeled secondary...
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A bridge between worlds
On a former cattle ranch in Texas, the abandoned land is regenerating. The site is host to a number of wild creatures, from otters to feral hogs to Atta texana, the leafcutter ant. These insects farm fungus cultures to feed their larvae, cutting and carrying leaf and plant parts to their nests, which can grow as big as three-story houses, to make up the substrate for the fungus. “We think of...
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Mirror controller
Boston Micromachines Corp. has introduced the Multi-DM controller for its proprietary deformable mirror. The device offers a more than 30-kHz frame rate and 14-bit resolution. According to the...
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Confocal imaging system
The VT-Infinity3 SL confocal imaging system from VisiTech International Ltd. integrates a solid-state laser with the company’s patented 2-D array scanning technology. Suitable for live-cell imaging...
VisiTech International Ltd.
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Camera system
Optronics has released the Microcast HD Studio, a high-definition 1080-pixel digital microscope camera system with built-in 1920 × 1080-pixel image capture and progressive-scan mpeg-4 video...
Optronics
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Adhesives
The MD 1000 series medical device adhesives from Dymax Corp. enable high-speed, high-volume bonding of medical device housings, tube sets, catheters and enclosures. Solvent-free, they are USP Class...
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Holographic polarizers
Edmund Optics Inc. has introduced IR holographic wire grid polarizers with submicron wire grid spacing of 2700 grooves per millimeter. They are available in substrates made from barium fluoride, zinc...
Edmund Optics Inc.
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594-nm laser
Cobolt AB has expanded its line of compact visible lasers with the addition of the Cobolt Mambo, a CW solid-state laser that operates at a fixed wavelength of 594 nm with output power of 25 mW....
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Lens spectrograph
Three new configurations of the LS 785 NIR lens spectrograph are available from Princeton Instruments. The company now offers a system configured for best signal-to-noise ratio, one for highest...
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Spectrometers
The Blue-Wave spectrometers from StellarNet Inc. measure in the UV-VIS-NIR wavelength ranges from 190 to 1150 nm. The family consists of 15 models to provide configurations for a variety of spectral...
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Microscopy imaging
Olympus Life Science Europa GmbH has updated its digital microscopy imaging camera range, adding its True Colour system to increase the consistency between the input and output colors as well as...
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Digital wavefront sensors
Available from PhaseView, digital wavefront sensors make intensive use of specialized algorithms. They rely on measurements of the energy redistribution in 3-D space. Measurement of the intensity in...
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Camera drivers
Andor Technology PLC has introduced its iCam drivers, which enable hardware control and data analysis, within μManager, a downloadable plug-in software platform for the ImageJ image-processing...
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Dichroic beamsplitters
Semrock Inc.’s LaserMUX optical filters are designed to efficiently combine or separate multiple laser beams. The laser dichroic beam combiners can multiplex 16 laser lines and can be used in reverse...
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High-definition PET
Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc.’s high-definition PET/CT system provides uniform resolution throughout the field of view, unlike traditional PET imaging, in which the image quality degrades as the...
Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc.
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UV viewing systems
Available from Spectronics Corp., the Spectroline CC-80 and CC-81 UV viewing systems provide suitable fluorescence analysis and “no wait” photodocumentation of research findings....
Spectronics Corp., Spectroline
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Microscopy software
The KS Elispot 4.11 software from Carl Zeiss is designed to improve microscopic Elispot examinations for the testing of immunotherapies and for the development of vaccines. The version is tailored to...
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NIR joulemeter
An addition to the deltΔ series joulemeters, the deltΔ NIR joulemeter from Spectrum Detector Inc. provides NIR spectral response from 0.9 to 1.7 μm. The delt series devices are...
Gentec-EO USA Inc.
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CT scanner
Available from Xoran Technologies Inc., the MiniCat is a specialized CT scanner that captures images of the sinuses, skull base and temporal bones at a radiation dose nearly 10 to 12 times lower than...
Xoran Technologies
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VCSEL array submodule
Princeton Optronics Inc. has introduced an 808-nm semiconductor laser that is suitable for use in medical devices. The system (PO-CS1-70-W808) consists of a 2-D planar vertical-cavity...
Princeton Optronics Inc.
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