Scientists in Japan design first optical pacemaker for laboratory research
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 - 04:35
in Physics & Chemistry
The world's first optical pacemaker is described in an article published today in Optics Express, the Optical Society`s open-access journal. A team of scientists at Osaka University in Japan show that powerful, but very short, laser pulses can help control the beating of heart muscle cells.
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