Agar Scientific announces the new Labcut 150 low speed diamond sawJul 29, 2010
Agar Scientific, a leading supplier of microscopy accessories and consumables, announce the availability of the new Labcut 150 low speed diamond saw for sample preparation.
Read MoreMeiji Techno announce a new line up of microscopes and accessoriesJul 27, 2010
Meiji Techno UK, one of the UK's leading suppliers of light microscopes and accessories, is pleased to announce the new line up of cost-effective microscopes for 2010. Excellent delivery backed with a limited lifetime warranty make Meiji a "must see" alternative for laboratories upgrading their microscope suites
Read MoreTop Analytical Testing Company Uses G:BOX Imaging System to Quickly Verify Meat and Fish Content of FoodJul 26, 2010
Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions, is delighted to announce its G:BOX EF gel documentation system is being used by a major European analytical testing company for rapid authentication of food contents.
Read MoreCarl Zeiss Nano Image Contest Off to a Successful StartJul 23, 2010
More than 70 users of ZEISS electron and ion microscopes from all over the world have already submitted their nano masterpieces to the first ever Carl Zeiss Nano Image Contest. The current voting record of the overall competition is held by Peter Nirmalraj from Trinity College Dublin
Read MoreAnalyzing intracellular molecular diffusionJul 22, 2010
Olympus has today introduced the new Diffusion Measurement module for Olympus ASW 2.1 software. Designed specifically for use with the Olympus FluoView FV1000 confocal microscope system for live cell imaging, this new software module provides users with the flexibility to undertake three different types of diffusion study: point fluorescence correlation spectroscopy; raster scan image correlation spectroscopy (RICS) and fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP).
Read MoreAgar Scientific releases their latest catalogue of accessories for microscopy at MicroScience 2010Jul 15, 2010
Agar Scientific chose the RMS' biannual conference & exhibition, MicroScience 2010, as the venue to launch their 8th comprehensive catalogue of accessories for microscopy.
Read MoreNanoSight holds first European users meeting on nanoparticle characterization in Langen, GermanyJul 14, 2010
NanoSight, world-leading manufacturers of unique nanoparticle characterization technology, together with distributor partners Schaefer Technologie, have recently held a meeting of users of their successful range of nanoparticle tracking analysis instruments in Langen, Germany.
Read MoreLinkam supplies temperature stages to liquid crystal development and characterization specialists, LC-VisionJul 14, 2010
Market leaders in temperature controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments, teams up to supply stages to LC-Vision, suppliers of state-of-the-art turnkey systems for high throughput automated liquid crystal analysis.
Read MoreNPL using Olympus LEXT OLS4000 to develop areal surface texture measuring standardsJul 2, 2010
Olympus has today announced that the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is using its LEXT OLS4000 in a project to establish good practice guidelines for the calibration of 3D/areal surface texture measuring instruments. The NPL project will establish robust and easy to use calibration steps and reference standards for all the major areal surface measurement instrumentation technologies, with the LEXT chosen as the reference imaging confocal microscope.
Read MoreThermo Fisher Scientific Combines EDS and WDS with New EBSD Option for NORAN System 7 Microanalysis System, Enabling Enhanced Productivity and Ease-of UseJun 29, 2010
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today launched the QuasOr EBSD, an option for its all-in-one microanalysis solution, NORAN System 7. The new system is an industry first combining Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) with Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) and Wavelength Dispersive Spectroscopy (WDS) capabilities in a single software interface.
Read MoreJPK Instruments, the pioneers of BioAFM, launch the NanoWizard3 BioScience AFMJun 29, 2010
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, is pleased to select MicroScience 2010 to announce the launch of their third generation, dedicated BioAFM system, the NanoWizard®3 BioScience AFM
Read MoreLeica Microsystems and Axeda Take Top Honors at Connected World ConferenceJun 28, 2010
Leica Microsystems received a gold M2M Value Chain award with Axeda Corporation honored as its enabler at the annual Connected World Conference. Announced last week, the awards highlight the critical elements of the machine-to-machine (M2M) value chain that create a winning solution for the end customer. The companies were honored for the Leica RemoteCare smart services program.
Read MoreLeica Microsystems to Develop an Automated HER2 FISH TestJun 22, 2010
Leica Microsystems GmbH and Abbott have reached an agreement for Abbott to supply fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) probes that target the HER2 gene locus. The probes will be used to develop a fully automated FISH solution for HER2 testing on the Leica Microsystems' BONDTM, an automated advanced staining platform.
Read MoreSyngeneJun 21, 2010
Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions, is delighted to announce its Dyversity 2D image analyser and Dymension 2D analysis software are being used at US biopharmaceutical company, the Burzynski Research Institute (BRI), to determine the molecular effects compounds have on brain tumours.
Read MoreSUPER RESOLUTION PIONEER TO OPEN MICROSCIENCE 2010Jun 18, 2010
Dr Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz (NIH, US) - a pioneer of super resolution imaging - will give the opening Plenary Lecture at MICROSCIENCE 2010 in London's docklands on Tuesday 29th June 2010.
Read MoreUniversity of Leicester uses NanoSight to characterize marine viruses & bacteriophages Jun 10, 2010
The Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation at the University of Leicester is using the NanoSight nanoparticle characterization system to count bacteriophage and marine viruses.
Read MoreMalvern publishes online chemical imaging bibliographyJun 3, 2010
By combining conventional spectroscopy with sophisticated mapping and imaging technology in its SyNIRgi chemical imaging system and ISys chemical imaging software, Malvern Instruments has greatly extended the application of vibrational spectroscopy. This is evidenced by the extensive online chemical imaging bibliography now available on Malvern's website. Research papers and published abstracts by both Malvern users and Malvern's own experts demonstrate a vast range of practical case studies using SyNIRgy, ISys or both.
Read MoreNovel Technique for Characterization of Monolayer SegregationJun 2, 2010
Scientists at the University of Nantes (France) have recently developed a novel technique to detect and quantify grain boundary segregations using wavelength dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (WDS). The instrument basis for the development of the new technique is the MERLIN® Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope from Carl Zeiss, equipped with an Oxford WDS spectrometer. The experiment was performed at the Laboratoire Génie des Matériaux et Procédés Associés Polytech´ Nantes (LGMPA).
Read MoreDesign Award for Carl Zeiss and ART-KON-TORJun 2, 2010
Primo Vert microscope receives reddot 2010 product design award and is nominated for Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany
Read MoreUniversity of York uses G:BOX Imaging System As Cost-effective Method of Assessing Protein ExpressionJun 1, 2010
Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions, is delighted to announce a G:BOX chemiluminescence imaging system is being used at the University of York as a fast, affordable method to determine expression of a wide range of proteins on chemiluminescent Western blots.
Read MoreThe Smart Solution for Superior Contrast in Fluorescence ImagingMay 25, 2010
Resolution and contrast are crucially important for fluorescence applications in widefield microscopy. Undesired haze effects that reduce contrast can be minimized by using the smart principle of structured illumination. The result: fluorescence images with excellent contrast, superb axial resolution and ultra-sharp 2D sections of the specimen.
Read MoreNanoSight reports 100th third party peer reviewed paper is published; NTA is now firmly established worldwideMay 25, 2010
NanoSight, world-leading manufacturers of unique nanoparticle characterization technology, announces that more than 100 third party publications citing the use of their nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA) technology are now available in print.
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