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Raman Spectroscopy Gets Major Speed Upgrade
TOKYO, Oct. 31, 2024 — Researchers at the University of Tokyo have increased the measurement rate of Raman spectroscopy by 100-fold. Since the measurement rate of the technique has been a major limitation, the improvement is expected to aid advancements in multiple fields relying on the identification of molecules and cells, such as biomedical diagnostics and material analytics. As a mode of identification for cells and molecules, Raman spectroscopy is widely used, but it’s limited in its ability to keep
IPG Photonics to Acquire cleanLASER
MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Oct. 29, 2024 — IPG Photonics has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Clean-Lasersysteme GmbH (cleanLASER), a developer of laser cleaning systems. The transaction is expected to close later this year. Based in Herzogenrath, Germany, cleanLASER serves a broad...
Raman Spectroscopy Tests Biomarkers for Rapid Dementia Diagnosis
SOUTHAMPTON, England, Oct. 28, 2024 — Dementia is difficult to diagnose during the initial stages of the disease. Using current testing methods, it can take over two years for patients to receive a diagnosis. Many patients are not diagnosed until the disease has progressed to a point...
Optical Phased Array-Based Optical Tweezers Manipulate Cells without Damaging Them
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 21, 2024 — Compared to bulk optical tweezers, integrated optical tweezers are compact and low-cost, making them practical for most research organizations. But so far, integrated optical tweezers have been of limited use in biological research, due to the very...
Imaging Technique Enables 20-nm Resolution on Standard Microscopes
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 18, 2024 — A new expansion microscopy (ExM) technique from MIT makes it possible to use a conventional light microscope to generate high-resolution images at the nanoscale, by expanding specimens 20-fold before imaging them. Historically, nanoscale structures...
Optica Names Elizabeth Nolan CEO
WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 17, 2024 — Optica has named Elizabeth Nolan as its new CEO. Nolan had served as interim CEO following the departure of former CEO Elizabeth Rogan. Previously, Nolan served as the organization’s deputy executive director and chief publishing officer. As...
Photoacoustic Technique Captures Real-Time Anomalies in Microvasculature
LONDON, Oct. 16, 2024 — By using a laser to generate ultrasound waves that reveal structural changes, photoacoustic tomography (PAT) has shown its value in identifying disease conditions in the microvasculature, the tiny vessels that extend from major veins and arteries....
Bifocal Lenses, with Liquid Crystal Bilayers, Allow Flexible Light Modulation
WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 15, 2024 — A bilayer, bifocal lens with adjustable focal points could allow more flexible modulation of light in applications for optical computing, bioimaging, augmented and virtual reality, and other areas. The lens, which was developed at Hunan University,...
Surgical Microscope Uses OCT to Define Precise Tumor Margins
WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 14, 2024 — A megahertz-speed optical coherence tomography (MHz-OCT) instrument, integrated with a neurosurgical microscope, has demonstrated the ability to acquire high-quality, volumetric, cross-sectional brain scans in seconds. The images obtained by the...
Attosecond Spectroscopy Captures Electron Transfer in Organic Molecules
MADRID, Oct. 10, 2024 — The redistribution of electronic density in molecules after they absorb light is an ultrafast phenomenon that involves quantum effects and molecular dynamics. The ability to measure the electron and charge transfer dynamics of this phenomenon with...
Spectroscopic Headset Could Reveal Stroke Risk
PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 8, 2024 — Despite the danger stroke presents to large segments of the population, clinicians have historically been at a disadvantage in successfully identifying those at grave risk of having a stroke ahead of time. But a team at the California Institute of...
BIOLASE Pursuing Sale Through Bankruptcy Code
LAKE FOREST, Calif., Oct. 7, 2024 — Dental laser developer BIOLASE has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the company said in a statement this week. The company is pursuing a sale process under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code in conjunction with the filing. The decision...
OLED Tech Provides Optogenetic Light Source for Cochlear Implants
DRESDEN, Germany, Oct. 3, 2024 — Electrical cochlear implants (eCIs) are effective at restoring hearing when used in a quiet environment. However, eCIs do not work as well in noisy surroundings, and they are unable to fully capture the experience of listening to music for...
Bruker Acquires, Rebrands Dynamic Biosensors: Biophotonics Briefs: 10/2/24
MUNICH — Bruker Corporation has acquired Dynamic Biosensors GmbH, a developer of single-cell interaction cytometry systems for drug discovery. The acquisition includes Dynamic Biosensors’ rebranding to Bruker Biosensors and will add to Bruker’s...
ZEISS Plans for 2025 CEO Transition
OBERKOCHEN, Germany, Sept. 30, 2024 — The supervisory board of Carl Zeiss AG has appointed Andreas Pecher president and CEO of the company. The appointment will be effective April 1, 2025 and follows current CEO Karl Lamprecht’s decision not to seek a contract extension.
$13.5M Photoacoustic Imaging Project to Improve Lung Cancer Diagnostics
BOSTON, Sept. 30, 2024 — Northeastern University professor Soner Sonmezoglu has been awarded $13 million through the Advanced Research Project Agency for Health to lead a project developing photoacoustic imaging technology for diagnostic lung assessment. The technology is...
Collaboration, Tech Advancement Take Center Stage at Neuroscience 2024
CHICAGO, Sept. 24, 2024 — The Society for Neuroscience will hold its 2024 annual meeting Oct. 5-9 at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago. Society members and attending nonmembers will join to discover new ideas, share the latest in research and attend on-site...
Bruker and University of Vienna Open Metaproteomics Lab: Bio Briefing: 09/23/24
BEVERLY, Mass., Sept. 23, 2024 — Hamilton Thorne, a provider of assisted reproductive technologies (ART), has approved a plan under which the company will be acquired by Cradle Acquisition ULC in order to take the company private. Cradle Acquisition will also acquire the ART...
Very Fast Light Source Will Capture Natural Events as They Happen
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Sept. 17, 2024 — A team at Heriot-Watt University, led by professor Christian Brahms, is developing a light source for extremely fast laser pulses that will enable scientists to observe some of the fastest processes in the natural world as they occur. The new laser...
SpectraWAVE Raises $50M Round for Intravascular Imaging Tech
BEDFORD, Mass., Sept. 17, 2024 — Medical imaging company SpectraWAVE, Inc. has raised an oversubscribed $50 million series B funding to support commercial expansion and product additions for the company’s HyperVue imaging system. HyperVue technology combines DeepOCT and near-IR...
Food Dye Curbs Light Scattering to Enable Optical Imaging of Living Tissue
STANFORD, Calif., Sept. 16, 2024 — The structure of biological tissues causes light to scatter, making optical imaging of the tissue difficult. Each biomaterial comprising the tissue, whether a fat, protein, or other type of biomolecule, has a different refractive index. The variety...
Optical Redox Imaging Safely Monitors Heart Cell Development
MADISON, Wisc., Sept. 5, 2024 — An optical imaging tool for monitoring the growth of human heart cells known as cardiomyocytes (CMs) could lead to a reproducible means to generate human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (iPSC-CMs) for biomanufacturing. The...
Photoacoustic Probes Enable Deep Brain Tissue Imaging
HEIDELBERG, Germany, Sept. 2, 2024 — A molecular engineering spearheaded by two groups at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) has developed an approach to create photoacoustic probes for neuroscience applications. Scientists can learn more about biological processes by...
High-Resolution OCT Imaging Improves Ear Disease Diagnosis
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 28, 2024 — A portable device that integrates optical coherence tomography (OCT) with traditional otoscopy can provide clinicians in hearing clinics with images of the interior of the tympanic membrane, or eardrum, and the middle ear, in addition to standard...
Lens-Free Fluorometer Can Monitor Water Quality in Low-Resource Settings
PATAN, Nepal, Aug. 23, 2024 — Researchers from the Phutung Research Institute, the University of São Paulo, and the University of York showed that a lensless fluorometer is generally better than a lensed system for monitoring unsafe bacteria levels in water. “This...

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