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New Lensless Microscopy Captures Cellular-Level Details in Living Tissue

First, catch the tiger. Then attach Bio-FlatScope, the latest iteration of lensless microscopy being developed at Rice University.

8 Mar 2022

Microscope Reveals the Optical Properties of Living Cone Mitochondria Exposed to Light

Researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) have discovered that power-producing organelles in the eye's photoreceptor cells, called mitochondria, function as microlenses that help channel light to these cells' outer segments where it's converted into nerve signals.

8 Mar 2022

Biocompatible Ultrasound Transducer Chip for Better Cell Stimulation and Imaging

Ultrasound scans,?best known for monitoring pregnancies or imaging organs, can also be used to stimulate cells and direct cell function. A team of Penn State researchers has developed an easier, more effective way to harness the technology for biomedical applications.

28 Feb 2022

Researchers Develop a Novel Methodology that Swiftly Detects COVID-19

The novel method enables the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharyngeal exudate (the very same samples used in a PCR test) from symptomatic individuals with a sensitivity of 100% and selectivity of 87.5%.

21 Feb 2022

Vortex Microscope can Capture 3D Motion of Molecules in Liquid

Comprehending the basics of molecular interaction in the real, chaotic, dynamic setting of a living body is a challenge that has to be surpassed so as to deal with a variety of diseases, such as Alzheimer’s.

18 Feb 2022

World-first: Speed of Sound Used to Measure Elasticity of Materials

Researchers at the University of Nottingham have devised a revolutionary new technique for measuring the microscopic elasticity of materials for the first time. Known as SRAS, the technology works by measuring the speed of sound across the material’s surface.

17 Feb 2022

Using “Squeezed Light” to Improve Sensitivity of Quantum Microscopy

Lasers are often used to look at objects in microscopes. But even the best laser has "quantum noise" that makes a picture blurry and hides the details.

15 Feb 2022

Novel Microscope Offers High-Throughput 3D Adaptive Optical Imaging

Microscopes are considered to be a useful tool in biomedical research as they enable for close examination and visualization of tissues.

14 Feb 2022

Biotium and UC Berkeley Announce New Study Offering Strategy for Designing Fluorescent Dyes for Super-resolution Imaging

Biotium, a leading life science reagent supplier and producer of innovative dyes, has collaborated with Professor Ke Xu at University of California, Berkeley to generate a strategy for improving the photoswitching behavior of rhodamine dyes for optimal (d)STORM [(direct) stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy] performance.

From Biotium, Inc. 4 Feb 2022

Ultrafast Electron Microscope at Argonne can Better Capture Nanoparticle Activity

A unique instrument at Argonne's Center for Nanoscale Materials combines a modified transmission electron microscope with an ultrafast laser system to reveal small details with potentially big impacts.

28 Jan 2022