Cardiff, Wales-- Physicist Dr. Paola Borri of the Cardiff School of Biosciences at Cardiff University has won a £1.1M Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Leadership Award for the next five years, which she will use to develop a new "optical nanoscopy" technology to determine the intrinsic chemical composition of nanoscale regions in living cells.
Read More >>Russian physicists at the Institute for Laser Problems and Information Technology have developed medical equipment that will help to get rid of the deflection of the nasal septum and correct the form of the eye cornea to treat near- or far-sightedness, which, until recently, could be corrected only surgically.
Read More >>Libing Liu, Shu Wang and colleagues at Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science have investigated cellular uptake of a cationic polythiophene polymer (PMNT) in cancer cells and shown that it has potential for simultaneous therapeutic and imaging applications.
Read More >>Methods for early and accurate cancer diagnosis are finally emerging from the laboratory (and hopefully, coming soon to a clinic near you), thanks to the latest optical and photonic innovations.
Read More >>Houston-- A research team led by scientists at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center used a novel approach to detect genetically abnormal cells in the blood of non-small cell lung cancer patients that match abnormalities found in tumor cells and increase in number with the severity of the disease.
Read More >>Boulder, CO-- Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and JILA have demonstrated the use of infrared (IR) laser light to quickly and precisely heat the water in tiny sample containers known as "nano bathtubs" for microscopy studies of the biochemistry of single molecules and nanoparticles.
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Barbara G. Goode, Editor in Chief of BioOptics World, has spent more than 20 years writing about technology. She also writes and edits for Laser Focus World; and previously served as chief editor for Small Times and Sensors, where she covered various technologies for medical and other uses. The BioOptics Worldview blog aims to provide useful analysis of technical and market advances in lasers, optics, and imaging for the life sciences.
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