Oxford Instruments plc, a leading provider of high technology products and services to industry and scientific research communities, has announced the acquisition of First Light Imaging SAS (“First Light”), a scientific camera specialist. Based near Aix-en-Provence, France, and founded in 2011, First Light specialises in the design and manufacture of high-speed, low-noise scientific cameras for infrared and visible imaging, with applications in astronomy and life sciences...
Bruker has announced that it has acquired Nion, a privately-held company that develops and manufactures innovative high-end scanning transmission electron microscopes (STEM). Nion was the first company to introduce aberration correction for STEM instruments with ultra-high stability for highest resolution images, and Nion is the world leader in ultra-high energy and spatial resolution electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS)...
Empowering researchers with superior imaging performance for cutting-edge live-cell and three-dimensional applications. Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced the addition of water immersion and new confocal spinning disk technology to the BioTek Cytation C10 confocal imaging reader. These features improve image quality and results by reducing deleterious effects on live-cell samples and enhancing clarity for thicker samples such as tissues and 3-D spheroids...
Using technology originally designed for defect detection in electronics manufacturing, the newly built “ExA-SPIM” microscope is showing scientists the mouse brain as it’s never been seen before. ExA-SPIM, developed by a team at the Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics, a division of the Allen Institute, is a one-of-a-kind microscope built for capturing images of the entire mouse brain at incredible resolution. The images coming off the scope allow the scientists to view individual neurons and their wiring in the context of the entire mouse brain...
NPIC has announced a major breakthrough for cancer diagnosis in West Yorkshire and Harrogate. Six NHS hospitals in the area, which together serve 3 million people, have joined forces to offer a digital pathology service. This major milestone is the culmination of three years of work and could result in faster cancer diagnosis for people living in the area, irrespective of their proximity to a specialist cancer centre...
Leading provider of technology for science and industry Oxford Instruments has brought together the best of its analytical innovations to form the Oxford Instruments Innovation Centre, a state-of-the-art facility at its High Wycombe site. The Centre forms part of the company’s ongoing contribution to scientific advances in line with its purpose: to enable a greener, healthier, more connected advanced society...
To help researchers unlock the full potential of structured illumination microscopy (SIM), two new systems will join the established super-resolution microscope ZEISS Elyra 7 to create a new Lattice SIM product family. Like ZEISS Elyra 7, the new members of the product family – ZEISS Lattice SIM 3 and ZEISS Lattice SIM 5 – use structured illumination to overcome the physical resolution limits of light microscopy. Each system has implemented this technology to address specific fields of application...
Leica Microsystems, a leading provider of microscopy and scientific instrumentation, has released version 13 of Aivia, its AI image analysis software now provides a toolkit for transforming multiplexed 2D data into spatial insights. With Aivia 13, researchers can unveil spatial insights in tissues, allowing a deeper understanding of the microenvironment surrounding their phenotypes. In addition to handling large multiplexed 2D images, the new version enables researchers to obtain...
The Model 228 lens from Resolve Optics has become an industry standard for Reflected Ultraviolet Imaging Systems (RUVIS) used to detect fingerprints or bloodstains undiscovered during an initial crime scene investigation. The Model 228 lens offers many advantages to RUVIS scope manufacturers and crime scene investigators both in terms of performance and ease-of-use. This unique lens provides high performance in both the UV and visible wavebands enabling investigators to identify...
The DP75 digital microscope camera breaks new ground in microscopic imaging. Users can capture brightfield or wide-wavelength fluorescence images using a single camera, eliminating the inconvenience of switching between multiple cameras. Designed for a variety of challenging life science and industrial applications, the DP75 camera empowers researchers and inspectors to capture high-resolution images from brightfield to fluorescence, even in the near-infrared (NIR) range...
At the annual Materials Science and Technology (MS&T23) conference, Bruker Corporation announced the release of the Hysitron TI 990 TriboIndenter®, which brings superior levels of performance, automation, and productivity to nanomechanical testing. TI 990is a comprehensive advancement of Bruker’s industry‑leading TriboIndenter platform with new measurement modes, 2X faster testing throughput, and a larger 200mm x 300mm testing area...
Vision Research, a division of AMETEK and the manufacturer of Phantom High-Speed Cameras, has introduced high-speed cameras capable of capturing images in the extended light spectrum of UV, visible and Near-IR wavelengths. The cameras have over 70% Quantum Efficiency (QE) at 300nm, as well as unprecedented QE at other points of the UV light spectrum, allowing researchers to potentially capture images using just the camera and a UV lens...
Biotium, a leading innovator of fluorescent dyes for life science research, proudly announces the launch of its breakthrough BactoView™ Dead Stains and BactoView™ Viability Kits. These products were carefully designed for easy usage and improved dead cell selectivity for enhanced microbial viability determination. With precise dead cell detection being vital for accurate analysis, Biotium’s BactoView™ Dead Stains deliver significant improvements in this procedure...
Oxford Instruments Andor Technology, a world leader in scientific imaging solutions, has announced the release of MicroPoint 4, a state-of-the-art photo-stimulation device. As the fourth generation of the highly successful MicroPoint product family, MicroPoint 4 will continue to prove an outstanding tool for optical manipulation of a wide range of microscopic specimens from life and materials sciences: now with more capabilities...
Nikon Instruments Inc. has unveiled the winners of the 49th annual Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition. This year’s first place prize was awarded to Hassanain Qambari, assisted by Jayden Dickson of the Lions Eye Institute, for his vivid image of a rodent optic nerve head showing astrocytes (yellow), contractile proteins (red), and retinal vasculature (green). The colorful image provides an important contribution to the study and reversal of diabetic retinopathy, which affects one in five persons with diabetes worldwide...
Shimadzu, one of the world leaders in analytical instrumentation and testing equipment, announces the release of the AIMsight infrared microscope. AIMsight builds on the high sensitivity of Shimadzu’s well-known AIM-9000 to offer an improved operational experience through greater automation. In addition to assisting labs in simplifying the workloads of their operators, AIMsight meets the latest in environmental regulatory demands and assists industry in its efforts to measure and reduce harmful contaminants such as microplastics...
Leica Microsystems has announced an exciting new collaboration with the Department of Biochemistry at The University of Oxford UK, in the fields of optical and super resolution microscopy, artificial intelligence, correlative microscopy and EM specimen preparation. The Centre of Excellence will be hosted by the world-class Micron Bioimaging Facility within the Department of Biochemistry at The University of Oxford and will feature cutting-edge imaging solutions from Leica microsystems...
Fulfilling part of the Group's growth plan, Milexia Iberica expands its presence in new markets such as Scientific Instrumentation with specialized products for electron microscopy and ion milling techniques as well as excellent customer service, local technical and after-sales support, a full warranty, and spare parts for times when problems arise.
SMi Systems has secured a patent from the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) for the single-molecule imaging technologies that underpin its super-resolution multi-omic platform. The patented technology consists of highly specialised optics that allow SMi to view single molecules at unprecedented resolution. When combined with the company’s uniquely designed consumables and deep learning techniques, the technology offers a user-friendly platform for rapid single-molecule detection...
The new Thermo Scientific Hydra Bio Plasma-Focused Ion Beam (Plasma-FIB) is designed for cell biologists seeking simplified workflows while undertaking volume electron microscopy for cryo or resin-embedded samples. Building on the cross-industry standard Thermo Scientific Helios Hydra DualBeam platform, the Hydra Bio Plasma-FIB is a versatile, multi-application instrument that supports volume electron microscopy and sample preparation for the cryo-electron tomography workflow...
IVIS® Spectrum 2 and IVIS SpectrumCT 2 imaging systems — new flagship platforms setting the standard in high-throughput performance and versatility. QuantumTM GX3 microCT imaging solution — a high-throughput system with superior spatial resolution and fast, low-dose scanning for diverse in vivo and biological ex vivo applications...
Advances in technology mean that moving from microscopes to digital alternatives can now be achieved without sacrificing image quality. But this isn’t about the technology. Professor Gina Zini, reflects on the key benefits of digital developments, including better quality screening, saved time for busy morphologists, better clinical collaboration, improved training, and sharing expertise with developing countries...
Oxford Instruments plc, a leading provider of high technology products and services to industry and scientific research communities, has announced the acquisition of First Light Imaging SAS (“First Light”), a scientific camera specialist. Based near Aix-en-Provence, France, and founded in 2011, First Light specialises in the design and manufacture of high-speed, low-noise scientific cameras for infrared and visible imaging, with applications in astronomy and life sciences...
Bruker has announced that it has acquired Nion, a privately-held company that develops and manufactures innovative high-end scanning transmission electron microscopes (STEM). Nion was the first company to introduce aberration correction for STEM instruments with ultra-high stability for highest resolution images, and Nion is the world leader in ultra-high energy and spatial resolution electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS)...
Empowering researchers with superior imaging performance for cutting-edge live-cell and three-dimensional applications. Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced the addition of water immersion and new confocal spinning disk technology to the BioTek Cytation C10 confocal imaging reader. These features improve image quality and results by reducing deleterious effects on live-cell samples and enhancing clarity for thicker samples such as tissues and 3-D spheroids...
Using technology originally designed for defect detection in electronics manufacturing, the newly built “ExA-SPIM” microscope is showing scientists the mouse brain as it’s never been seen before. ExA-SPIM, developed by a team at the Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics, a division of the Allen Institute, is a one-of-a-kind microscope built for capturing images of the entire mouse brain at incredible resolution. The images coming off the scope allow the scientists to view individual neurons and their wiring in the context of the entire mouse brain...
NPIC has announced a major breakthrough for cancer diagnosis in West Yorkshire and Harrogate. Six NHS hospitals in the area, which together serve 3 million people, have joined forces to offer a digital pathology service. This major milestone is the culmination of three years of work and could result in faster cancer diagnosis for people living in the area, irrespective of their proximity to a specialist cancer centre...
Leading provider of technology for science and industry Oxford Instruments has brought together the best of its analytical innovations to form the Oxford Instruments Innovation Centre, a state-of-the-art facility at its High Wycombe site. The Centre forms part of the company’s ongoing contribution to scientific advances in line with its purpose: to enable a greener, healthier, more connected advanced society...
To help researchers unlock the full potential of structured illumination microscopy (SIM), two new systems will join the established super-resolution microscope ZEISS Elyra 7 to create a new Lattice SIM product family. Like ZEISS Elyra 7, the new members of the product family – ZEISS Lattice SIM 3 and ZEISS Lattice SIM 5 – use structured illumination to overcome the physical resolution limits of light microscopy. Each system has implemented this technology to address specific fields of application...
Leica Microsystems, a leading provider of microscopy and scientific instrumentation, has released version 13 of Aivia, its AI image analysis software now provides a toolkit for transforming multiplexed 2D data into spatial insights. With Aivia 13, researchers can unveil spatial insights in tissues, allowing a deeper understanding of the microenvironment surrounding their phenotypes. In addition to handling large multiplexed 2D images, the new version enables researchers to obtain...
The Model 228 lens from Resolve Optics has become an industry standard for Reflected Ultraviolet Imaging Systems (RUVIS) used to detect fingerprints or bloodstains undiscovered during an initial crime scene investigation. The Model 228 lens offers many advantages to RUVIS scope manufacturers and crime scene investigators both in terms of performance and ease-of-use. This unique lens provides high performance in both the UV and visible wavebands enabling investigators to identify...
The DP75 digital microscope camera breaks new ground in microscopic imaging. Users can capture brightfield or wide-wavelength fluorescence images using a single camera, eliminating the inconvenience of switching between multiple cameras. Designed for a variety of challenging life science and industrial applications, the DP75 camera empowers researchers and inspectors to capture high-resolution images from brightfield to fluorescence, even in the near-infrared (NIR) range...
At the annual Materials Science and Technology (MS&T23) conference, Bruker Corporation announced the release of the Hysitron TI 990 TriboIndenter®, which brings superior levels of performance, automation, and productivity to nanomechanical testing. TI 990is a comprehensive advancement of Bruker’s industry‑leading TriboIndenter platform with new measurement modes, 2X faster testing throughput, and a larger 200mm x 300mm testing area...
Vision Research, a division of AMETEK and the manufacturer of Phantom High-Speed Cameras, has introduced high-speed cameras capable of capturing images in the extended light spectrum of UV, visible and Near-IR wavelengths. The cameras have over 70% Quantum Efficiency (QE) at 300nm, as well as unprecedented QE at other points of the UV light spectrum, allowing researchers to potentially capture images using just the camera and a UV lens...
Biotium, a leading innovator of fluorescent dyes for life science research, proudly announces the launch of its breakthrough BactoView™ Dead Stains and BactoView™ Viability Kits. These products were carefully designed for easy usage and improved dead cell selectivity for enhanced microbial viability determination. With precise dead cell detection being vital for accurate analysis, Biotium’s BactoView™ Dead Stains deliver significant improvements in this procedure...
Oxford Instruments Andor Technology, a world leader in scientific imaging solutions, has announced the release of MicroPoint 4, a state-of-the-art photo-stimulation device. As the fourth generation of the highly successful MicroPoint product family, MicroPoint 4 will continue to prove an outstanding tool for optical manipulation of a wide range of microscopic specimens from life and materials sciences: now with more capabilities...
Nikon Instruments Inc. has unveiled the winners of the 49th annual Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition. This year’s first place prize was awarded to Hassanain Qambari, assisted by Jayden Dickson of the Lions Eye Institute, for his vivid image of a rodent optic nerve head showing astrocytes (yellow), contractile proteins (red), and retinal vasculature (green). The colorful image provides an important contribution to the study and reversal of diabetic retinopathy, which affects one in five persons with diabetes worldwide...
Shimadzu, one of the world leaders in analytical instrumentation and testing equipment, announces the release of the AIMsight infrared microscope. AIMsight builds on the high sensitivity of Shimadzu’s well-known AIM-9000 to offer an improved operational experience through greater automation. In addition to assisting labs in simplifying the workloads of their operators, AIMsight meets the latest in environmental regulatory demands and assists industry in its efforts to measure and reduce harmful contaminants such as microplastics...
Leica Microsystems has announced an exciting new collaboration with the Department of Biochemistry at The University of Oxford UK, in the fields of optical and super resolution microscopy, artificial intelligence, correlative microscopy and EM specimen preparation. The Centre of Excellence will be hosted by the world-class Micron Bioimaging Facility within the Department of Biochemistry at The University of Oxford and will feature cutting-edge imaging solutions from Leica microsystems...
Fulfilling part of the Group's growth plan, Milexia Iberica expands its presence in new markets such as Scientific Instrumentation with specialized products for electron microscopy and ion milling techniques as well as excellent customer service, local technical and after-sales support, a full warranty, and spare parts for times when problems arise.
SMi Systems has secured a patent from the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) for the single-molecule imaging technologies that underpin its super-resolution multi-omic platform. The patented technology consists of highly specialised optics that allow SMi to view single molecules at unprecedented resolution. When combined with the company’s uniquely designed consumables and deep learning techniques, the technology offers a user-friendly platform for rapid single-molecule detection...
The new Thermo Scientific Hydra Bio Plasma-Focused Ion Beam (Plasma-FIB) is designed for cell biologists seeking simplified workflows while undertaking volume electron microscopy for cryo or resin-embedded samples. Building on the cross-industry standard Thermo Scientific Helios Hydra DualBeam platform, the Hydra Bio Plasma-FIB is a versatile, multi-application instrument that supports volume electron microscopy and sample preparation for the cryo-electron tomography workflow...
IVIS® Spectrum 2 and IVIS SpectrumCT 2 imaging systems — new flagship platforms setting the standard in high-throughput performance and versatility. QuantumTM GX3 microCT imaging solution — a high-throughput system with superior spatial resolution and fast, low-dose scanning for diverse in vivo and biological ex vivo applications...
Advances in technology mean that moving from microscopes to digital alternatives can now be achieved without sacrificing image quality. But this isn’t about the technology. Professor Gina Zini, reflects on the key benefits of digital developments, including better quality screening, saved time for busy morphologists, better clinical collaboration, improved training, and sharing expertise with developing countries...