A combination of optical and genetic technologies, optogenetics inspires the imagination. It has already made a mark in basic research, and its lab impact will grow. But clinical...

Designed as a multidisciplinary showcase of advances in light-based imaging technologies and their potential application to biology and medicine, the BioPIC 2013 international...

An industry report released in April 2013, Biophotonics Market: Technologies and Market Analysis, acknowledges that the size of the biophotonics market and its growth rate depend...

A simple, low-cost method for color-coding individual cells can illuminate 10 times as many biomarkers as is otherwise possible—and thus promises to allow more comprehensive analysis...

Terahertz (THz) photons don't have sufficient energy to break apart the bonds that bind DNA in a cell's nucleus.

With sufficient concentrations of a target, the "most sensitive microRNA detector yet" can analyze a drop of blood for cancer-specific biomarkers called microRNAs in just 20 minutes...

Red blood cells ferry oxygen to a body's cells and tissues by way of arteries, veins, and capillaries.

A new dye could reduce the cost of two-photon microscopy (TPM) by several orders of magnitude, according to researchers who developed it.

Researchers at Northwestern University and NorthShore University HealthSystem have previously demonstrated the ability of partial-wave spectroscopy to detect subtle changes in...

Strategic use of laser light can turn addictive behavior on and off in rats, according to research conducted at the NIH and the UCSF.

To my mind, the excitement of biophotonics research is surpassed only by its transfer to the larger world, where it can benefit humanity.

A laser-powered terahertz (THz) source and detector system transmits with 50 times more power, and receives with 30 times greater sensitivity, than existing technologies, according...