Microscopy White Papers and Case Studies
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24 Ways Biophotonics Improves Medical Imaging And Robotic Surgery
9/19/2023
Biophotonics, when applied to medical imaging or robotic surgery, significantly advances healthcare by offering a multifaceted approach to diagnosis, treatment, and surgery while improving patient care and outcomes.
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How Hexapods Improve Confocal Microscopy
9/12/2023
Hexapods enhance confocal microscopy with precise 3D positioning, vibration damping, autofocusing, image stabilization, and large-scale scanning. They're ideal for complex imaging tasks in biological and materials science research, easily integrated with other imaging modalities, and user-friendly.
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Clean, New, Bioenergy Sources: One Molecule At A Time
9/11/2023
Conversion of cellulose to bioethanol has huge potential to positively impact the global energy crisis, helping enable a shift away from fossil fuel dependency.
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7 Spectroscopy-Related Discoveries You Need To Know About
6/28/2023
​Spectroscopy has played a part in several recent discoveries over the past couple of months, from discovering new, exotic states of matter to revealing the invisible. Let’s take a look at seven of these breakthroughs that are in the news.
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Understanding Microscopes And Objectives
6/26/2023
A microscope is an optical device used to image an object onto the human eye or a video device. To understand these complex optical devices, consider a microscope's components, key concepts and specifications, and applications.
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Atomic Force Microscopes And Treating … Baldness?
6/23/2023
Atomic force microscopes, first developed in the mid-1980s by Gerd Binig, Calvin Quate, and Christoph Gerber, gather information by “feeling” the surface with a mechanical probe. Today, AFM serves as a reliable and high-precision measurement tool for analyzing surfaces. They also played a role in discovering a potential treatment for baldness.
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EMCCD vs sCMOS - Cameras For Confocal Microscopy
6/21/2023
When is it then appropriate to use an EMCCD camera or an sCMOS camera as a detector for spinning disk confocal microscopy – the biologist’s technique of choice for fast, multi-dimensional live-cell imaging?
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LASER World Of Photonics Celebrates 50 Years Of Laser
6/7/2023
Fifty years ago, LASER 73 brought together about 100 exhibitors to marvel at all photonics had to offer. Now, tens of thousands are flocking to Munich to attend LASER World of PHOTONICS, one of photonics’ leading trade fairs.
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Defense + Commercial Sensing: Exploring The Latest Innovations In Imaging, Sensing, And Photonic Technologies
4/11/2023
Over the past 68 years, SPIE has been connecting, engaging, and serving its global constituency of more than 258,000 people from 184 countries. A big part of meeting that mission is accomplished by hosting conferences and exhibitions and, at the end of the month, SPIE will be hosting a big one: The Defense + Commercial Sensing conference and exhibition.
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Improving The Sensitivity Of Multicolor Microscopy Techniques
12/20/2022
Single molecule fluorescence (or Förstner) resonance energy transfer (smFRET) is used to measure distances at the 1-10 nanometer scale in single molecules, typically biomolecules.