Recently taking up occupancy in the Nashville, TN facilities of Cumberland Emerging Technologies, Inc. (CET) Life Sciences Center - a life sciences incubator facility with a business infrastructure designed for early stage biomedical companies - Yaya Scientific, LLC is structured around development of innovative diagnostic, therapeutic and integrated hardware solutions for biomedical problems. The principals of Yaya Scientific specialize in generating applications of optical techniques for the sensing and diagnosis of various pathologies. The company's current efforts involve particular emphasis on the use of polarized light for noninvasive detection and identification of nerves during surgery.