Air conditioning systems have to deal with the so-called ‘urban heat island’ effect, when human activity in big cities contributes towards temperature levels in the urban environment. Now it seems the growth of electric vehicles, or EVs, could help to relieve some of the strain on buildings’ air conditioning systems, potentially allowing them to become […]
A “fortuitous discovery” has opened the door to a potential way proteins in cells can be analysed using fluorescence filters. Speeding up the research process Researchers at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Japan were working on fluorescence in mammalian cells, using a green fluorescent protein called KikG. They altered its structure so that, at […]
Optical bandpass filters have been used in an experimental setup to demonstrate how volume holographic (VH) imaging can resolve images at different depths within a 3D target. In biomedicine, this has important implications, enabling fine details on cells to be brought into focus without the need for scanning mechanisms. Digital holographic microscopy A team at […]
It’s easy to think of Alzheimer’s disease as only affecting the elderly, but new research indicates why ozone detection could be an important tool in protecting people against the degenerative condition even from early childhood. The link between air quality and Alzheimers Researchers at the Universities of Montana, Carleton, and North Carolina, and the Centro […]
Fluorescence filters help to isolate specific wavelengths of fluoresced light – which might seem light years away from anything to do with jellyfish evolution. But in fact, many modern scientific processes are derived from naturally occurring biochemical capabilities, such as the green fluorescent proteins (GFPs) found off the coast of North America in the jellyfish […]
The detection of infrared radiation is set for double-digit growth in the coming years, with optical filters near infrared just one of the segments likely to benefit from increasing demand. Infrared detection is in high demand According to a report from TechNavio, global demand for infrared detection equipment is likely to increase substantially over the […]
Two-photon excitation has been a popular method of fluorescence imaging in biological specimens since its introduction in 1990, but 25 years on, short and longwave pass filters are helping to improve the technique still further. Fluorescence imaging with short and longwave pass filters A team from the University of Strathclyde and Cambridge Biomedical Campus have […]
