World’s Highest Numerical Apertures Among Water-Immersion Objectives – New Lambda S Objective Series Employs Nikon’s Unique Nano-Crystal Coat Technology; Optimized for Live Cell Imaging MELVILLE, N.Y. — Nikon Instruments, Inc. (www.nikoninstruments.com) today introduced the Lambda S Objective Series of high performance objectives for use with biological microscopes. The Lambda S Objective Series, which includes CFI […]

Analyzing fast processes in the cell Carl Zeiss has developed the DirectFRAP imaging system for all microscope users in cell biology and molecular genetics who examine processes in living cells on the basis of fluorescence-labeled proteins. Thanks to its operating principle and the photomanipulation in the wide field, DirectFRAP opens up the possibility of also […]

Max Planck Innovation, the technology transfer organization of the Max Planck Society, grants Leica Microsystems, Wetzlar, an exclusive license for implementing the latest generation of optical microscopes with a resolution far below the diffraction limit (nanoscopes). This innovative optical nanoscopy, named GSDIM (ground state depletion microscopy followed by individual molecule return), achieves image resolutions in […]

The NanoStructures Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently purchased and installed the Novelx mySEM®, a benchtop field emission scanning electron microscope (SEM). LAFAYETTE, CA – Novelx, Inc. announced that the NanoStructures Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently purchased and installed the company’s award-winning benchtop field emission SEM, the Novelx mySEM. […]

Nanogea Announces New Scientific Advisory Board Members Westlake Village, Calif. (PRWEB) October 9, 2009 — Nanogea, a nano-biotech company focused on commercializing the industry’s most sensitive single molecular detection platform, is pleased to announce today that Dr. C. Thomas Caskey and Dr. Saul Tendler have joined its scientific advisory board. Dr. Caskey is a prominent […]

Carl Zeiss Speeds Brain Mapping and 3-D Reconstruction with Advanced Electron Microscopy and Analysis Instruments PEABODY, Massachusetts, USA/OBERKOCHEN, Germany — Electron microscopy and analysis instruments from Carl Zeiss are redefining the science of brain mapping and 3-D reconstruction. Wide-field, high resolution imaging, huge data storage and manipulation capabilities plus highly automated sample preparation techniques are […]

Adopted by Ingrain of Houston, Texas, the AURIGA® CrossBeam® workstation from Carl Zeiss provides the ultra-high resolution images, plus powerful analytical capabilities, needed to understand shale rock in a revolutionary new way. HOUSTON & OBERKOCHEN, Germany–The AURIGA® CrossBeam® FIB-SEM workstation, recently introduced by Carl Zeiss, now has demonstrated the ability to improve the analysis of […]

Leica Microsystems brings an expanded level of microscope and imaging expertise to industrial customers in the New England region Bannockburn, Illinois. Leica Microsystems, a technology leader in microscope and image analysis solutions, announces a strategic transition in its market representation for New England industrial segment customers. Leica Microsystems is pleased to announce that as of […]

Product Actively Used in Industrial and Educational Applications Worldwide TOKYO–Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (TOKYO:8036) today announced that cumulative shipments of the tabletop microscope TM-1000, launched in April 2005, have now surpassed 1,000 units. The compact, affordably priced and exceptionally user-friendly TM-1000 has been adopted not only in Japan but worldwide, including in North America, Europe, and […]