Category Health/Medical

Images from a new camera that can detect tiny traces of light through the body’s tissues. Here, the camera is detecting light emitted from a medical device known as an optical endomicroscope whilst in use in sheep lungs. Image on left shows light emitted from the tip of the endomicroscope, revealing its precise location in the lungs. Right image shows the picture that would be obtained using a conventional camera, with light scattered through the structures of the lung. Credit: University of Edinburgh

Explored illustration of integrated electronics that includes a transistor, a diode, a memory, a capacitor, an antenna, and a resistor, with interconnects and dielectrics on a moisture-sensitive degradable polymer substrate. The inset in the lower right of the figure shows the top view (left). Optical image of the circuit fabricated on the substrate (right). Credit: Gao et al., Sci. Adv. 2017;3: e1701222

Predicted mean values of YAL, YoL, and YAL/YoL% from statistical models that prespecified values of healthy and unhealthy lifestyles. At comparable values of sociodemographic factors, a healthy lifestyle differed considerably from an unhealthy lifestyle in terms of YAL, YoL, disabled years, and YAL/YoL% and was associated with an absolute and relative compression of the disabled period in all race and sex groups.

Neurons in the zona incerta expressing Lhx6 are shown in green. Cells in this region that are activated during sleep express c-fos and are shown in red. Credit: Seth Blackshaw, Ph.D