Monthly newsletter focusing on how light-based technologies are being used in the life sciences.
Monthly newsletter focusing on how light-based technologies are being used in the life sciences. Includes news, features and product developments in lasers, imaging, optics, spectroscopy, microscopy, lighting and more. Manage your Photonics Media membership at BioPhotonics.com/subscribe.
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Fluorescence Microscopy and Microfluidics Intersect for Biological Discovery
Microfluidics has transformed from a niche technology into a fundamental tool for biological experimentation during the last decade. When coupled with wide-field fluorescence microscopy, it enables the observation of biological systems at both the cellular and population levels, and at the same time offers precise control over experimental conditions. Yet despite its potential, microfluidics remains underutilized in certain areas of research, primarily due to the complexity of integrating disparate components such as pumps, incubators, and imaging systems, each with its own control software and protocols.
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Foveation and Spectral Imaging: Nature-Inspired Data Reduction for Efficient Devices
Hyperspectral imaging holds great promise for medicine as it matures into a practical technology. The fusion of imaging methods that spatially resolve light energy passing through an opening with methods that spectrally resolve the light can augment human perception — such as that of a doctor performing a diagnosis — by orders of magnitude. But HSI of sufficient resolution and bandwidth also increases data generation, transmission, processing, and storage requirements by orders of magnitude. Each bit operation consumes energy and generates heat, which directly affects the size, weight, and power requirements of devices based on HSI.
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OLED Contact Lenses Expand Options for Diagnostics and Treatment
A wireless contact lens that integrates OLED technology into ophthalmic diagnostics could transform the way in which ocular health is monitored, benefiting both patients and practitioners. The lens is the result of a collaboration among the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), and the Seoul National University Bundang Hospital. To create the wearable light source, the team led by professor Seunghyup Yoo designed a configuration and process flow that integrated an ultrathin OLED, an antenna, and a controller chip for wireless power reception with a contact lens.
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