LIG NANOWISE CREATES
THE WORLD’S MOST
POWERFUL OBJECTIVE LENS
LIG Nanowise, a Manchester based
nanotechnology start-up, has launched a
ground-breaking imaging technology that is set
to transform life and materials science R&D.
SMAL (Super-Resolution Microsphere Amplified
Lens) is a first of its kind in optical microscopy.
The super lens increases the magnification
of a regular optical microscope by four times,
allowing you to see structures which are 90
nanometres in size, in contrast to a regular
optical microscope which is restricted to seeing
200 nanometre structures.
LIG Nanowise has successfully incorporated
the concept into NANOPSIS; a market ready
microscope containing the super lens that can
use it to gather invisible sub-wavelength light and
convert it into a virtual super-resolution image.
Bespoke software then stitches these images
together in real time to generate full-colour,
wide-field scans.
This cutting-edge technology has the potential
to significantly accelerate the traditionally slow
process of sample imaging of R&D in a number
of critical fields such as drug discovery, cancer
research and microelectronics production.
Chairman, Professor Lin Li, said: “Researchers
can use our microscopes to validate samples and
carry out routine work in their own laboratory
without having to waste valuable time booking
into an imaging centre. NANOPSIS can be used
by anyone with basic undergraduate scientific
training – making it fast, convenient and highly
cost effective.”
PIONEERING DIGITAL
HEALTHCARE TO ENHANCE
PATIENT CARE AND ALLEVIATE
PRESSURES ON THE NHS
Martin Smith, 59, has been on Inhealthcare’s digital INR
self-testing service for more than a year; the Inhealthcare
INR self-testing service transforms how patients on
warfarin are monitored.
Medilink member Inhealthcare, has created a multi-million
pound digital infrastructure which supports remote home
monitoring UK wide.
Patients no longer have to attend frequent and inconvenient
clinic appointments, but are able to self-test at home.
They relay readings back to their nurse via