Olympus has announced that its FluoView FV1000 confocal laser scanning microscope (cLSM) and FV1000MPE Multiphoton ranges can now be fitted with the PicoQuant module for Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging (FLIM) and Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS). FLIM and FCS are advanced methods for measuring minute changes in fluorescence that occur in cells over very short periods of […]

New innovation to help enable semiconductor and pharmaceutical industries to evaluate and influence vital ultra-small structures RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.–Just as x-ray technology, MRI and sonography transformed the practice of medicine, a newly created approach for seeing the invisible promises great potential for finding new ways to improve the health of human and microelectronic patients […]

The New Standard in AFM and Light Microscopy Integration PLAINVIEW, N.Y.–Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO – News), a leading provider of instrumentation to the nanoscience community, announced today the release of its BioScope™ Catalyst™ Life Science Atomic Force Microscope (AFM). The Catalyst provides an unprecedented level of integration between atomic force microscopy and light microscopy. […]

Carl Zeiss Initiates Landmark Development Project with University of Ulm for Low-voltage Transmission-Electron-Microscopy Downloads and Links ULM/Germany, OBERKOCHEN/Germany, 25.02.2009. Carl Zeiss SMT today announced the creation of a technology development project that represents one of the most ambitious electron microscopy development efforts to be undertaken in recent years. Together with the University of Ulm and […]

RHK announces the release and shipment of its new research platform: UHV AFM/STM-VT with Variable Magnetic Field (VMF). In contrast to typical implementations of UHV SPM magnetic fields, RHK’s design delivers VMF capability that is precise, versatile, and affordable. Several RHK VMF platforms have already shipped to labs around the world. TROY, MI (PRWEB) February […]

February3, 2009 (Peabody, Mass.) — JEOL USA is pleased to offer the latest tomography solutions for transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Tomography, or three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of multiple TEM images, has developed in the past decade as one of the more important applications in the field of life sciences and, more recently, in the field of […]

February 2009 – Shackleton Ventures Limited (Shackleton), the secondaries venture capital firm, today announces that it has completed a follow-on investment in one of its portfolio companies, NanoSight Limited, with the purchase of a significant shareholding from the National Endowment for Science, Technology & Arts (NESTA) for an undisclosed amount. NanoSight is the world-leading supplier […]

PLAINVIEW, N.Y.–Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO – News), the leading provider of atomic force microscopes (AFMs) to the nanoscience community, announced today the release of its Dimension® Icon™ AFM. Building upon the world’s most utilized large-sample AFM platform, the latest member of Veeco’s Dimension product line delivers the highest resolution, best ease-of-use, and fastest time-to-results […]