ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
Infographic showing how flow cytometry enables researchers to assess several cell parameters simultaneously at a single-cell level with the help of lasers.
Flow Cytometry: Scattering Light to Measure Cells
Scientists analyze and quantify characteristics of cells and other particles with the power of lasers.
Flow Cytometry: Scattering Light to Measure Cells
Flow Cytometry: Scattering Light to Measure Cells

Scientists analyze and quantify characteristics of cells and other particles with the power of lasers.

Scientists analyze and quantify characteristics of cells and other particles with the power of lasers.

laser

A cell with gold particles inside is hit with a red laser.
How Flow Cytometry Spurred Cell Biology
Shelby Bradford, PhD | Jun 14, 2024 | 10+ min read
The ability to rapidly count and measure features of cells opened the research flood gates.
3D imaging of organoid
Infographic: Generating Hundreds of 3D Organoid Images per Hour
Natalia Mesa, PhD | Oct 17, 2022 | 1 min read
By modifying a technique used to image single cells, researchers have managed to generate a super-resolution 3D image of a complete organoid in just seven seconds.
Cellular therapy. 3d illustration
Expert JeWell-ry Designers
Natalia Mesa, PhD | Oct 17, 2022 | 3 min read
Analyzing organoids has proven slow and cumbersome for scientists. But a new technique may speed things up, producing 3D images of hundreds of organoids per hour.
Visualize Transcript Location with Spatial Biology Techniques
Unraveling the Cellular and Subcellular Landscape Using Spatial Biology
The Scientist and Resolve Biosciences | Apr 12, 2022 | 1 min read
How to visualize gene expression patterns in situ
Lasering Cancer
The Scientist | Apr 1, 2020 | 1 min read
See physicist Hadiyah-Nicole Green, this month’s Scientist to Watch, describe her research into using lasers to treat solid tumors.
Laser-Triggered Nanobubbles Blast a Path into Biofilms
Jonathan Wosen | Apr 1, 2020 | 4 min read
Researchers could one day use the method to deliver antibiotics to topical wounds infected by hard-to-treat masses of bacteria.
Those We Lost in 2019
Ashley Yeager | Dec 30, 2019 | 6 min read
The scientific community said goodbye to Sydney Brenner, Paul Greengard, Patricia Bath, and a number of other leading researchers this year.
Physics Nobel Goes to Laser Pioneers
Ashley Yeager | Oct 2, 2018 | 2 min read
Three researchers, Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou, and Donna Strickland, who worked on optical tweezers and chirped pulse amplification win the 2018 award.
Nobel Laureate and Laser Scientist Dies
Jef Akst | Oct 2, 2017 | 2 min read
Nicolaas Bloembergen’s research laid the groundwork for the development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology.
Image of the Day: Glowing Bacteria On a Chip
The Scientist | Sep 1, 2017 | 1 min read
Using new nanochip technology, scientists can measure the light emitted by engineered fluorescing bacteria.
Legacies Left Behind in 2015
Karen Zusi | Dec 30, 2015 | 5 min read
A look at the contributions of some of the prominent researchers who died this year
Laser Inventor Dies
Jenny Rood | Jan 29, 2015 | 2 min read
Charles Townes, Nobel Prize-winning physicist, has passed away at age 99.
Laser-Guided Cock Block
Ruth Williams | Jun 30, 2014 | 1 min read
See the experiment that used lasers and optogenetics to alter sexual behavior in Drosophila.
Next Generation: Neuronal Monkey Bars
Kerry Grens | Sep 23, 2011 | 3 min read
Three-dimensional scaffolds for growing and guiding neurons are getting smaller and more tailored in design.
First biological laser
Tia Ghose | Jun 14, 2011 | 1 min read
Cells that produce laser light may one day zap cancer cells.
Lasers of a feather light better
Jef Akst | May 14, 2011 | 1 min read
Researchers have developed a new kind of laser that mimics some of the world's most beautiful birds, copying the nanoscale structure of their brightly colored feathers to capture light.
ADVERTISEMENT