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Miniature Plastic Digital Fluorescence Microscope for use in Rural Areas

For a project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Grand Challenges in Global Health Initiative, a research team from Rice University has developed a plastic, miniature digital fluorescence microscope that can be used in rural areas to quantify white blood cell levels in patients.

26 Oct 2015

INRS and Soochow University Honor UCLA Nanoscientist

Paul S. Weiss, distinguished professor of chemistry and materials science and engineering, has been named the Jacques Beaulieu Chair at the Centre for Energy, Materials and Telecommunications of the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) in Montreal for 2016-2017.

23 Oct 2015

Multi-Photon Microscopy Helps Build Images of Chronic Wounds

The National Institutes of Health awarded a University of Arkansas biomedical engineer a new $744,992 grant to improve imaging and early detection of chronic wounds and guide treatments.

23 Oct 2015

Nobel Laureate Moerner to Present 2015 Weissman Lecture on Super-Resolved Fluorescence Microscopy

Nobel laureate and Washington University in St. Louis alumnus William E. Moerner, PhD, the Harry S. Mocher Professor of Chemistry at Stanford University, will deliver the 2015 Weissman Lecture on Thursday, Nov. 5, in Louderman Hall on the Danforth Campus.

20 Oct 2015

Researchers Develop All-Plastic, Miniature, Digital Fluorescence Microscope

You can learn a lot about the state of someone's immune system just by examining their blood under the microscope. An abnormally high or low white blood count, for instance, might indicate a bone marrow pathology or AIDS. The rupturing of white blood cells might be the sign of an underlying microbial or viral infection. Strangely shaped cells often indicate cancer.

20 Oct 2015

TMC Introduces Everstill™ Active Vibration Cancellation Platform

TMC, an industry leader in high-performance vibration cancellation technology, introduces Everstill™ K-400, a compact, benchtop active vibration cancellation system.

From TMC Vibration Control 16 Oct 2015

Researchers Visualize Whole Telomerase at Sub-Nanometer Resolution

An enzyme called telomerase plays a significant role in aging and most cancers, but until recently many aspects of the enzyme's structure could not be clearly seen.

From University of California, Los Angeles 16 Oct 2015

Laser-Based Stimulated Raman Scattering Microscopy Could Help Differentiate Between Tumor Tissue and Normal Brain

Brain tumor tissue can be hard to distinguish from normal brain during surgery. Neurosurgeons use their best judgment in the operating room but often must guess exactly where the edges of the tumor are while removing it.

15 Oct 2015

EMBL Spin-Off Luxendo to Develop and Commercialize Light-Sheet Microscopy

A microscopy technique is poised to shine new light on biological questions: as sheets of light can scan everything from developing embryos to single cells or functioning brains, a technique called light-sheet microscopy is gaining traction. It enables scientists to observe living cells in three dimensions, for extended periods of time.

15 Oct 2015

NanoSIMS Provides Unprecedented High-Resolution Images of Fate of Glucose in the Brain

Using a geologist’s imaging tool, researchers have made unprecedented high-resolution images of how carbon atoms from glucose are integrated into brain cells, providing new insight and opening new doors into the fate of glucose in the brain.

14 Oct 2015