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Wasatch Photonics imaging technology could lower coronary disease mortality rate 04/01/2013 Logan, UT--Patients undergoing angioplasty or other heart-related medical procedures could benefit from new technology being developed at Wasatch Photonics with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
	European FAMOS project OCT laser source design detailed 03/27/2013 Vienna, Austria--The 17 partners who make up the European Union project called Functional Anatomical Molecular Optical Screening (FAMOS) would like to see optical coherence tomography (OCT) being used as widely as positron-emis...
Final call for CLEO/LFW Innovation Awards submissions 03/26/2013 Washington, DC--The deadline for the CLEO/LFW Innovation Awards is March 27; don't miss your chance to maximize exposure for your CLEO exhibited products.
	High-resolution endoscope is thin as a human hair 03/13/2013 Palo Alto, CA--Engineers at Stanford have developed a prototype single-fiber endoscope that improves resolution fourfold over existing designs.
	Study shows 3D display technology benefits surgeons 03/07/2013 Berlin, Germany--Until now, physicians have largely been skeptical of the advantages of 3D display technology -- but this may be about to change: the findings of a new study show that even experienced surgeons stand to benefit ...
	Artificial retina from Second Sight gets FDA approval 02/21/2013 Arlington, VA--The first bionic eye using artificial retina technology from Second Sight has been granted market approval for patients in the United States by the U.S. FDA.
	Bio-inspired optical fibers change color when stretched 02/19/2013 Cambridge, MA--Inspired by nature, materials scientists from Harvard and the University of Exeter have invented a new fiber that changed color when stretched.
UC Irvine neuroscientists terminate epileptic seizures with implanted optical fibers 01/24/2013 Irvine, CA--Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have invented a way to terminate epileptic seizures using optical fibers implanted in the brain.
Block Engineering to provide QCL-based pharmaceuticals cleaning-verification technology for Pfizer 01/18/2013 Marlborough, MA--Quantum-cascade laser (QCL) spectroscopy specialist Block Engineering has signed a collaborative agreement with pharmaceuticals maker Pfizer, Inc. (New York, NY; NYSE: PFE; research center located in Groton, CT...
	Graphene plasmonics device detects single molecules of drugs 01/14/2013 Manchester, England--Scientists at the University of Manchester, working with colleagues from Aix-Marseille University (Marseille, France), have created a device which potentially can see one molecule though a simple optical sy...
	Open Photonics facilitates R&D-to-commercialization process 01/14/2013 Orlando, FL--Jason Eichenholz has launched a new company called Open Photonics that aims to ease the R&D-to-commercialization process for companies interested in utilizing photonics technologies.
Metallic probe compound helps spectroscopic study of Parkinson’s disease 12/26/2012 Houston, TX--Researchers at Rice University have developed a spectroscopic technique that lets them look inside living cells and see the insoluble fibrillar deposits associated with Parkinson's disease.
	3D optogenetics probe from MIT targets hundreds of individual neurons 11/19/2012 Cambridge, MA--A new fiber-optic device created at MIT is the first 3D tool that can deliver precise points of light to a 3D section of living brain tissue.
	Bio-inspired GRIN lens may lead to better eye implants 11/13/2012 Cleveland, OH--A multilayered polymer gradient-index (GRIN) lens created by researchers at Case Western Reserve University and elsewhere has potential as implantable eye lenses, as well as lenses for other applications such as ...
	Kinect Holohands technology controls optical tweezers 11/06/2012 Dundee, Scotland--Researchers at the University of Dundee have developed HoloHands technology that uses Kinect to control optical tweezers.
Raman spectrometer to taste ten types of beer, tell them apart 11/05/2012 Norwood, MA--Analog Devices (ADI) is teaming up with Wasatch Photonics (Logan, UT) at Electronica 2012 (November 13-16; Munich, Germany) to stage a “Name That Beer” demonstration using a Wasatch Photonics Raman spectrometer.
	UNESCO declares 2015 the International Year of Light 10/26/2012 Washington, DC and Bellingham, WA--Both OSA and SPIE are pleased that UNESCO has declared 2015 the International Year of Light.
	Frontiers in Optics 2012: Contact lenses could cure myopia 10/09/2012 Washington, DC--SUNY researchers will present a special contact lens at Frontiers in Optics 2012 that could cure myopia or nearsightedness in children.
Laser therapy proven effective to relieve chronic knee and osteoarthritis pain 10/02/2012 Toronto, ON, Canada--A therapeutic laser system from Theralase has been proven clinically effective in the relief of chronic knee pain and for the treatment of osteoarthritis.
	Optical mammography improves with Tufts University near-IR technique 10/01/2012 Medford, MA--Tufts University has developed new NIR imaging technology that can both identify breast cancer and monitor patient response to treatment.

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