WASHINGTON, Jan. 20—The Optical Society (OSA) today announced it is launching a new peer-reviewed journal focusing on biomedical optics and photonics. Biomedical ...

In the realm of biomedical sciences, the quest for accurate and efficient diagnostic tools is ever-evolving. One such promising innovation making waves is the photoacoustic (PA) technique. In the past ...

A new Houston Methodist study highlights a promising noninvasive imaging technique that could help doctors more accurately ...

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, June 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Syntec Optics (Nasdaq: OPTX), a leading provider of mission-critical technologies for vibrant end-markets - defense tech, space tech, and biomed ...

Light, as an electromagnetic wave, possesses several fundamental properties, which include intensity, wavelength, phase and polarisation (the direction in which the light waves oscillate). While the ...

The BRIGHT project has brought optical brain imaging to children in Africa for the first time. You might think it would be a tough gig to hold a scientific session at 7 p.m. on a Saturday night ...

Researchers at the University of Washington (UW) have used a noninvasive light-based imaging technology to literally see inside the living brain, providing a new tool to study how diseases like ...

During the past decade, there has been an explosion in the development of novel optical techniques in biomedical research and clinical applications. Immense progresses have been made in optical ...

With myriad future uses for biophotonics, the message from Invest in Photonics was the need for the right business model. The message that photonics is set to have a huge impact on the biomedical ...

More than 4 million people in the U.S. have glaucoma, a group of eye diseases that can damage the optic nerve and lead to vision loss. It's the second-leading cause of blindness worldwide and there's ...

Jun Xia, PhD, has been named chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, a joint program of the University at Buffalo’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Jacobs School of Medicine ...