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New Computational Methods Enable Cryo-Electron Microscopy to Achieve Unprecedented Resolution

Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), which enables the molecular level visualization of proteins, viruses, and other biological structures, is an important tool used to further biochemical knowledge.

24 Mar 2017

New Light-Scattering Tool Helps Doctors Identify Pancreatic Cancer at Early Stage

Pancreatic cancer has the lowest survival rate among all major cancers, largely because physicians lack diagnostic tools to detect the disease in its early, treatable stages.

14 Mar 2017

Customized X-ray Glasses for Unparalleled Concentration of X-ray Beam

Special X-ray glasses have been custom developed by an international team of scientists in order to concentrate the beam of an X-ray laser stronger than ever before.

2 Mar 2017

Researchers Use Tailored Optoacoustic Surface Profiles to Generate Acoustic Fields

A team of researchers from the University College London, inspired by the limitations of the piezoelectric array technologies traditionally used for ultrasonics, went ahead and explored an alternative mechanism for producing ultrasound via light, also called the photoacoustic effect.

1 Mar 2017

FUJIFILM VisualSonics Announces Launch of New Vevo LAZR-X Imaging Platform

FUJIFILM VisualSonics Inc., a world leader in ultra high frequency ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging systems and subsidiary of FUJIFILM SonoSite, Inc., today announced the launch of its new Vevo LAZR-X, the world’s only customizable imaging platform combining ultra high frequency ultrasound and photoacoustics for animal research applications.

23 Feb 2017

Biosensing Instrument Launches New Surface Plasmon Resonance Microscopy Biomolecular Interaction System

Biosensing Instrument Inc (BI) introduced the SPRm 200, the world’s first commercially available surface plasmon resonance microscopy (SPRM) system.

23 Feb 2017

Pittcon 2017: Phoseon to Showcase Latest LED Solutions for Life Sciences Applications

Phoseon will showcase the latest LED solutions for life sciences applications at the upcoming Pittcon 2017 event in Chicago, IL. Visit us on booth 5004 to learn how Phoseon Technology brings its leadership in LED light sources to molecular absorption applications.

21 Feb 2017

New Device May Play Vital Role in Photoacoustic Imaging for Many Biomedical Applications

A tiny, transparent device that can fit into a contact lens has a bright future, potentially helping a range of scientific endeavors from biomedicine to geology.

14 Feb 2017

Non-Invasive Imaging Technique Could Accurately Detect Skin Cancer Without Surgical Biopsy

Researchers funded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering have developed a non-invasive imaging technique that accurately detects skin cancer without surgical biopsy.

14 Feb 2017

Analyzing Laser Tissue Welding Effects for Spina Bifida Repair

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; IBEX, Logan, Utah; and Laser Tissue Welding Inc., Houston, Texas collaborated on a research study titled, â€œEvaluation of the effects of laser tissue welding on the spinal cord and skinâ€ in a 30-day study of simulated spina bifida repair in rabbits.

23 Jan 2017