Boffins make optical fibre out of agar

Stefan Mileschin · 28th July 2020, 11:50

Sweet treats on on your neural networks

A team of Brazilian boffins has emerged from smoke filled labs having created an optical fibremade of agar.

The University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, said the fibre is edible, biocompatible and biodegradable which are exactly what you need to get a good stream from Netflix.

It can be used in vivo for body structure imaging, localised light delivery in phototherapy or optogenetics (e.g., stimulating neurons with light to study neural circuits in a living brain), and localised drug delivery.

Another possible application is the detection of microorganisms in specific organs, in which case the probe would be completely absorbed by the body after performing its function.

The research project, which was supported by São Paulo Research Foundation—FAPESP, was led by Eric Fujiwara, a professor in UNICAMP's School of Mechanical Engineering, and Cristiano Cordeiro, a professor in UNICAMP's Gleb Wataghin Institute of Physics, in collaboration with Hiromasa Oku, a professor at Gunma University in Japan.

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28th July 2020, 11:50	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 153,514	Boffins make optical fibre out of agar Sweet treats on on your neural networks A team of Brazilian boffins has emerged from smoke filled labs having created an optical fibremade of agar. The University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, said the fibre is edible, biocompatible and biodegradable which are exactly what you need to get a good stream from Netflix. It can be used in vivo for body structure imaging, localised light delivery in phototherapy or optogenetics (e.g., stimulating neurons with light to study neural circuits in a living brain), and localised drug delivery. Another possible application is the detection of microorganisms in specific organs, in which case the probe would be completely absorbed by the body after performing its function. The research project, which was supported by São Paulo Research Foundation—FAPESP, was led by Eric Fujiwara, a professor in UNICAMP's School of Mechanical Engineering, and Cristiano Cordeiro, a professor in UNICAMP's Gleb Wataghin Institute of Physics, in collaboration with Hiromasa Oku, a professor at Gunma University in Japan. https://fudzilla.com/news/51242-boff...re-out-of-agar

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