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New Study Reveals UV-LED Lights Can Destroy HIV and Coronaviruses

According to a new study from the University of Toronto, Scarborough, the same light bulbs installed in public spaces and offices can destroy HIV and coronaviruses.

30 Mar 2022

HKUMed Develops Photo-Responsive Nanomedicine for Light-Controlled Colorectal Cancer Therapy

A research team from Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), has developed a photo-responsive nanomedicine for light-controlled colorectal cancer therapy.

28 Mar 2022

New Method to Advance Microscopic Imaging to Capture High Resolution, 3D Images

Imaging technologies are crucial to contemporary medicine and early-stage diagnosis, potentially enhancing patient outcomes.

23 Mar 2022

Advanced Spatio-Temporal OCT for Better Diagnoses of Various Blinding Diseases

Worldwide, as many as 285 million people suffer from serious eye diseases or blindness. Unfortunately, most of them do not have access to modern methods of treatment, so help often comes too late.

23 Mar 2022

Researchers Use Laser Flashes in Cancer Research

Rapid proton irradiation is a more efficient and minimally invasive treatment for cancer than X-rays. Modern proton treatment, on the other hand, necessitates huge particle accelerators, prompting researchers to look into alternate accelerator technologies such as laser systems to boost protons. In preclinical investigations, such systems are used to pave the path for the most effective radiation therapy.

15 Mar 2022

Radiant Introduces New Solution for XR Display Testing at GlobalSpec (Engineering 360) Webinar

Radiant Vision Systems, a leading provider of test and measurement solutions for displays and light sources, announces that it will host a webinar with GlobalSpec (Engineering360) to introduce a new solution for evaluating display quality as seen by the user in extended reality (XR) headsets and smart glasses.

From Radiant Vision Systems 11 Mar 2022

Prototype Optical Dental Tool Emits LED Light to Identify Acidic Conditions that Lead to Cavities

You and your dentist have a lot of tools and techniques for stopping cavities, but detecting the specific chemical conditions that can lead to cavities and then preventing them from ever getting started is much harder.

9 Mar 2022

A Flash Future of X-Ray Technology Could Come from a Digital Camera

A Curtin University researcher will work with an international team to develop a new technology that will aim to take x-rays using a standard digital camera.

2 Mar 2022

New Low-Cost Device Manipulates Light and Fluid for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2

Researchers from ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences and IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, both in Spain, have demonstrated a new low-cost portable instrument that manipulates light and fluid for fast and reliable detection of SARS-CoV-2 in saliva samples.

23 Feb 2022

Researchers Develop a Novel Methodology that Swiftly Detects COVID-19

The novel method enables the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharyngeal exudate (the very same samples used in a PCR test) from symptomatic individuals with a sensitivity of 100% and selectivity of 87.5%.

21 Feb 2022