The sound of light: Innovative technology shatters the barriers of modern light microscopy

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 15:35 in Biology & Nature

In the past, even modern technologies have failed to produce high-resolution fluorescence images from this depth because of the strong scattering of light. In the Nature Photonics journal, the Munich researchers describe how they can reveal genetic expression within live fly larvae and fish by "listening to light". In the future this technology may facilitate the examination of tumors or coronary vessels in humans.

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