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    The laserfocusworld.com Bio & Life Sciences channel features articles and other content that discuss lasers, optics, and instrumentation for the life sciences.

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    (Courtesy of Albrecht Stroh, University Medical Center Mainz and Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research)
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    Optics

    ZEISS and Imperial College London run optics summer program for teens

    Sally Cole Johnson
    March 11, 2024
    Teens—14 and 15 years old—get opportunity to immerse themselves in optics for a week during the summer.
    (Image credit: Ji-Xin Cheng’s Lab, Boston University)
    Bio&Life Sciences

    Next-level virus detection via WIDE-MIP microscopy

    Justine Murphy
    Dec. 4, 2023
    Rapid and accurate detection of a virus can quite literally make the difference between life and death. With this in mind, researchers created a mid-infrared photothermal microscope...
    (Courtesy of Tian Xia and Irina V. Larina, Baylor College of Medicine)
    Bio&Life Sciences

    OCT-based approach examines human physiology

    Justine Murphy
    Nov. 21, 2023
    A unique imaging technique could provide a deeper understanding of human physiological processes such as the female reproductive system.
    FIGURE 3. 4D image of a dividing cell that was detected by Aivia in a feedback loop with LAS X from Leica Microsystems.
    Bio&Life Sciences

    How AI and other microscopy advances answer complex life science questions

    Luciano Lucas
    Nov. 7, 2023
    Microscopy enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) will improve life sciences research and development across key therapeutic categories. Promising developments include autonomous...
    (Courtesy of MKS Newport)
    FIGURE 1. Preparing a blood sample prior to testing.
    Bio&Life Sciences

    Building precision, accuracy, and speed into the analytical instruments used in health and life science

    Robert Bourdelais
    Oct. 16, 2023
    The strategic integration of custom-designed optical components can significantly improve the performance of these vital tools. Here are the critical factors to consider.
    Lasers & Sources

    LED illumination system has use in fluorescence imaging applications

    LFW Staff
    Feb. 6, 2024
    The updated X-Cite XYLIS II broad-spectrum LED illumination system is designed to replace arc lamps in fluorescence imaging applications.
    Bio&Life Sciences

    Image analysis software offers multiplex cell detection

    LFW Staff
    Feb. 1, 2024
    Aivia AI image analysis software version 13 is a complete 2-to-5D image visualization, analysis, and interpretation platform.
    Detectors & Imaging

    Digital microscope camera offers AI-based scene detection

    LFW Staff
    Jan. 31, 2024
    The DP75 digital microscope camera captures images from brightfield to wide-wavelength fluorescence and near-infrared using a single camera.
    (Photo credit: K. Shimada/The University of Tokyo)
    Optics

    ‘Spectrum shuttle’ enables customizable spatiotemporal shaping of gigahertz burst pulses

    Sally Cole Johnson
    Jan. 22, 2024
    Researchers in Japan unveil an optical technique to generate gigahertz repetition pulses with individual colors and shapes—with potential ultrafast imaging and laser processing...