A smartphone accessory to detect sickle cell disease
A team of scientists from four top American universities have developed a smartphone attachment that allows to detect sickle cell disease. The 3D printed device uses...
3D printing
Imaging
Microscopes, detectors and imaging software, from super-resolution optics to the pipelines that turn images into data.
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New 3D Bioprinting Method Obtains Heart Model
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have printed 3D models of hearts, bones, arteries and brains using soft biological materials. The models were based on 3D...
3D bioprinting
Shimadzu Presents a New Device for Brain-Function Imaging
Shimadzu has launched the LABNIRS, a functional Near Infra-Red Spectroscopy (fNIRS) system with high sensitivity and performance, easy operation and great potential for scalability. The...
Basic Research
WaferGen Presents the Latest Device for Single-Cell Isolation
WaferGen has launched the ICELL8 Single Cell System, a device capable of isolating 1800 single cells and identifying them thanks to CellSelect imaging and software. Multiple...
Equipment
A Non-Toxic DNA Stain for Super Resolution Microscopy
Scientists from the Échole Polytechnique Fédérale de Laussane (EFPL) have created a new DNA stain that can be used in live cells. The far-red DNA stain, called...
Basic Research
Insulator Defects Observable by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
Researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley have characterized individual defects in an insulator using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM)....
Basic Research
First Ever Direct Image of DNA Structure
Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia have developed a technique that allowed them to visualize directly the DNA helix...
Basic Research
ScaleS: A New Technique to See Through Tissues
Japanese researchers at RIKEN Brain Research Institute have created transparent tissue. The new tissue will allow to see the brain anatomy in 3D and gain insight...
Bioengineering