HORIBA Scientific, a global leader in Raman Spectroscopy, just announced new Silver AFM-TERS probes to provide the highest resolution for NanoRaman Systems.

The TERS probes have been the primary limiting factor that prevented NanoRaman from becoming a routine and analytical characterization technique. Today, HORIBA completes their TERS Probes line with new Silver coated AFM-TERS probes that offer x10 more Raman amplification than the Au coated AFM-TERS probes.....

New surface imaging & metrology software based on Mountains® Technology

Global leader in non-contact 3D measurement and inspection, Nanosystem today announced the release of NanoMap Alpha software based on Digital Surf’s industry-standard Mountains® software platform. NanoMap Alpha is now integrated into the company’s NV- and NVM-series high precision 3D optical measurement systems...

A celebratory topping-out ceremony has taken place for the new University of Glasgow £16m Imaging Centre of Excellence (ICE) building on the grounds of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. 

This ground-breaking new centre, supported by the NHS and funded by the UK Government and the Medical Research Council (MRC) as part of the Glasgow City Region City Deal, will provide world-leading clinical research facilities and provide a hub for academic, scientific and NHS clinical expertise into brain imaging in diseases such as stroke, dementia and brain tumours....

MR Solutions, which introduced cryogen-free MRI scanners in 2012, is now offering a choice of two cryogen-free preclinical scanner ranges – the Flexiscan and Powerscan.

The Flexiscan range is available with multi-modality accessories which can be mixed and matched according to research requirements. It is a flexible MRI system as it can incorporate integrated multi-modality options such as PET or SPECT. The Flexiscan system requires no specialist knowledge and can be operated simply by running pre-defined settings....

Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions, is pleased to introduce the powerful, NuGenius gel imaging system.

This easy-to-use system quickly generates high quality images of DNA gels and will suit laboratories looking for a sensitive, affordable routine gel imager. Complete with a high-resolution 5-million-pixel camera, UV filter and integrated processor the compact NuGenius is the perfect choice for quick, accurate DNA imaging. Featuring a touch screen controlled by image capture software, the system is simple for both students and experienced scientists alike to set up and...

Quorum Technologies report on the use of their PP3000T cryo preparation system in conjunction with the new beamline at Diamond Light Source to help align protein crystals prior to X-ray macromolecular crystallography experiments. 

Dr Anna Warren is a Senior Support Scientist on VMXm, a new beamline currently under development and construction at Diamond Light Source where it will be used to carry out X-ray macromolecular crystallography experiments. Diamond offers 26 separate beamlines to aid with research groups in the UK and abroad, allowing them to determine the three dimensional structure of matter, such as protein molecules...

EM Resolutions, manufacturers and suppliers of tools and accessories for users of electron microscopes, report on the use of their support films in use at the Cambridge Advanced Imaging Centre. 

CAIC, the Cambridge Advanced Imaging Centre is a core resource in advanced light and electron microscopy for the School of Biological Sciences in the University of Cambridge. It has some 200 registered users and around 75 of those are electron microscopists....

Who is becoming the fastest growing gel documentation company?

Yet another successful installation of an Aplegen gel documentation system. The Omega Lum C is fast becoming the system of choice by scientists around the world for the imaging of gel and chemiluminescent blots. Dr. James Tollervey and his team at Aelan Cell Technologies in San Francisco have recently installed an Omega Lum C in their laboratory....

First installation of new optical imaging system at Institute of Microbiology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Bruker’s recently introduced preclinical in vivo imaging system – In-Vivo Xtreme II™ – is accelerating the preclinical research into infectious diseases being undertaken at the Institute of Microbiology at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Infectious diseases are the second leading cause of death worldwide....

Award presentation at the ZEISS Symposium 'Optics in the Digital World'

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the use of their NanoWizard® AFM and ForceRobot® systems at the Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in Korea.

They are being applied to the field of medical diagnostics. Professor Joon Won Park is head of the Supersensitive Molecular Laboratory at Korea's Pohang University of Science & Technology. His group's research goal is to bring AFM into the field of medical diagnostics. It is their belief that AFM is the most sensitive tool for detecting various biomarkers without amplification or labelling. Reliability and speed have been...

FLIR Systems has published a new paper that looks to strip away the technical jargon terms and explain infrared camera accuracy and measurement uncertainty in plain language.

Often explanations of infrared camera measurement accuracy involve complex terms and jargon that can be confusing and misleading. To trust measurements from infrared cameras when you don’t have a clear understanding of how their sensitivity and accuracy is derived means you are unlikely to get the best results. The authors of the paper explain infrared camera accuracy specifications and introduce the...

Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions, is pleased to introduce a new Dynamic Fielding feature in its GeneSys image capture software.

This powerful feature autocorrects for edge effects caused by all lens and lighting in image analysers, providing a consistent image for scientists to accurately quantify DNA and proteins on their gels. With UV, blue and white lighting and lenses used in all CCD based image analysis systems, there is an edge effect which makes the outside lanes of a gel darker than the middle. This can cause inaccuracy issues if the...

Market leaders in temperature controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments, have announced the launch of a new heating stage that can control sample temperatures up to 1500 °C whilst maintaining a clear optical path for observing any changes in its characteristics.

Linkam high temperature stages are used in a wide variety of applications including geology, metallurgy, ceramics and high temperature polymers. When some samples are heated to high temperatures, they can release volatile components which condense on the window, obscuring the optical path. To overcome this, Linkam engineers have developed a simple but extremely effective solution. The new HS1500...

CEREBRO sample tracking and workflow solution deployed to reduce errors 

Pathline Emerge, a leading provider of subspecialized anatomic pathology services, has teamed up with Leica Biosystems, a global leader in pathology solutions. In order to fight against medical errors in the laboratory, such as the misidentification of cancer tests, Pathline has implemented Leica Biosystems CEREBRO, a state-of the-art sample tracking and workflow management solution....

Private equity firm Holland Venture and the Brabant Development Agency (BOM) are together investing in CytoSMART Technologies.

Founded in 2012 under the name CytoMATE, CytoSMART is a spin-off of Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). The company develops smart devices for use in laboratories around the world.  The first product, CytoSMART^TM Lux, is a small digital microscope that can be used to continually monitor cell cultures in a CO₂ incubator and send the images straight to the cloud, where they can then be examined by...

EIKOS Enables Routine, High-Performance 3D Nanoanalysis For Both Industrial and Research Applications.

CAMECA, a world leader in scientific instrumentation and metrology solutions, is pleased to announce the release of EIKOSTM, a new atom probe microscope. EIKOS provides accessibility to atom probe tomography with increased ease of use and a low cost of ownership. Utilizing standard microscopy sample preparation methods, it delivers nanoscale structural information that is expected to yield a greater understanding of...

The FLIR SC7000 Series is specifically designed for academic and industrial research applications that require a flexible thermal imaging camera with high sensitivity, accuracy, spatial resolution, and speed at an affordable cost.

Designed to address any application in single and multispectral analysis, FLIR SC7000 Series cameras offer researchers a choice between mid-infrared Indium Antimonide (InSb) as well as mid-infrared and longwave infrared Mercury Cadmium Telluride (MCT) detectors.....

Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions, is pleased to introduce its UV-Blue Light Converters Screens which can quickly and simply change harmful UV into blue light.

These screens offer a safe, affordable way of using the UV transilluminator in Syngene imaging systems to visualise DNA and protein gels labelled with many commercial fluorescent dyes. The new UV-Blue Light Converter Screens come in two sizes (21cm x 26 cm and 25cm x 30cm) and are made of scratch-resistant plastic. They have handles on two sides making them easy to retrofit onto a UV transilluminator so that...

Bruker introduces rapifleX™, the highest performance MALDI-TOF/TOF mass spectrometer, which had been shown as work-in-progress to early adopters at HUPO 2015. 

The rapifleX is by far the most advanced TOF/TOF system today, and was re-designed from the ground up to meet today’s highest demands for in-depth intact and top-down protein characterization, and high-performance, high-throughput mass spectrometry imaging (MSI). With its next-generation TOF/TOF ion optics and smartbeam® 10 kHz proprietary laser technology, the rapifleX system now offers...

Life Science Customers Benefit from Affordable and Superior Camera Performance with an Intuitive Imaging Interface

QImaging, a manufacturer of scientific cameras for life science and OEM applications, introduces a new series of Retiga™ CCD cameras, accompanied by QImaging’s new acquisition software to deliver high-performance tools for microscopy and imaging to researchers at an affordable price....

For a limited time NanoHybrids is accepting applications for a chance to win a supply of their top Gold Nanoparticles to enhance imaging project results.

NanoHybrids has launched a contest to give promising research free premium gold nanoparticles. Targetingbiomedical imaging applications, the contest offers free nanoparticles as well as various services to winning study or research proposals. Called the NanoHybrids Imaging Research Contest, applications are being accepted now until July 31^st through the NanoHybrids website....