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JANUARY 2007 | CONTENTS
Features
Detection Systems Reduce Collisions with Wildlife
on Rural Highways
by Anne L. Fischer, Senior Editor
As vehicular traffic increases, so do animal-vehicle collisions. Detection systems that sense when an animal may be near the road are installed in a few US states and at several locations in Europe to warn motorists to exercise caution.
page 30
Seeing Deeper with Multiphoton Microscopy
by Victor David and Philippe Feru, Spectra-Physics, a division of Newport
A novel dispersion compensation technology enables deeper tissue imaging.
page 34
Adaptive Optics Under the Microscope
by Hank Hogan, Contributing Editor
Adaptive optics is helping improve two-photon microscopy and laser-scanning ophthalmoscopes.
page 38
Molecular Imaging via MRI
by Hank Hogan, Contributing Editor
Boosting MRI signals is helping to secure a place for the technique in visualizing molecular processes in vivo.
page 44
Columns
Biophotonics Research
page 52
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Seeing large surface areas at the cellular level
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Quadruple optical trap unravels bacterial DNA
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Size does matter for quantum dots
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The next generation of DNA microarrays
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Light may package and deliver drugs
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Probing proteins in a flash
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Novel technique shows motion of hydrogen bonds
Post Scripts
by Lynn M. Savage
The best proof that nature is art
page 84
Departments
Editorial
page 8
Company Index
page 10
As We Go To Press
page 12
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Comparing techniques for coronary artery disease diagnosis
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Researchers combine technologies to image cartilage
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Sounds of laughter
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Don’t feel blue; a brighter fluorescent protein is now here
Technology Solutions
page 16
Biophotonics News
page 20
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Milk effective as gastrointestinal contrast agent
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Nanoparticles enable two-photon PDT in living cells
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Thirst-quenching cocktail enables noninvasive bioluminescence imaging
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Virtual colonoscopy: The pain comes later
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Gold quantum dots sensitively detect proteins
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Panel seeks improvements in cardiovascular imaging
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Photochemical technique recombines DNA into various shapes
From the Clinic
page 50
From the Journals
page 61
Courses & Shows
page 62
New to the Market
page 66
New Media
page 81
Advertiser Index
page 83
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