Mannheim, Germany — The Scientist magazine has chosen the Leica TCS SP8 STED 3X as one of the Top 10 Innovations 2014 that will change the way life scientists work. An independent jury of experts from science and industry selected the latest generation of Leica Microsystems’ super-resolution microscopes. This is the second time that the […]

The scientific community of Argentina has much to celebrate with the inauguration of the Max Planck Laboratory for Structural Biology, Chemistry and Molecular Biophysics of Rosario (MPLbioR) at the Rosario National University (UNR). Along with welcoming the laboratory, attendees also celebrated the opening of the firstNikon International Center of Microscopy and Excellence in Latin America, […]

Secondary ion mass spectrometry(SIMS) is a versatile, highly sensitive technique for compositional analysis of surfaces from the atomic level through to depths of 100’s of nanometres. Hiden Analytical extend their latest series of SIMS systems to offer the choice of equipment specification levels to suit a broad spread of budget capacities whilst maintaining the potential […]

Vienna, Austria — Leica Microsystems’ ion beam milling system Leica EM TIC 3X is now available with a docking port for vacuum cryo transfer. This docking port enables transfer at vacuum and / or cryo conditions with the Leica EM VCT100 vacuum cryo transfer system. Room-temperature or cryo sections can be taken up directly from […]

Mannheim, Germany — Leica Microsystems introduces the Leica HyD SMD universal hybrid photodetector with superior characteristics for single molecule detection (SMD), which allows precise measurement of concentration and observation of fast cellular processes. It was presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) 2014 in Washington, D.C., and will also be shown […]

HORIBA Scientific, global leader in Raman spectroscopy systems, announces the release of a new MultiWell module for its acclaimed LabSpec 6 Spectroscopy Suite. The module transforms HORIBA’s Raman microscopes into high throughput chemical analyzers, coupling non-destructive, chemically rich analysis, with high sample turn around and fast return on investment. The MultiWell module is an add-on […]

Westmont, IL — The Organization for Scientific Area Committee (OSAC) appointed Wayne Niemeyer to its Subcommittee on Gunshot Residue, one of five Scientific Area Committee areas focusing on Chemistry/Instrumental Analysis. Niemeyer is a senior research scientist for McCrone Associates, Inc., the analytical service division of The McCrone Group. OSAC is part of an initiative by […]

Nikon Instruments, Inc. is pleased to announce a strategic partnership between Nikon and JEOL to research and develop solutions to address correlative light and electron microscopy Overcoming resolution limits imposed by the diffraction of light has been a major breakthrough in the field of light microscopy, as evidenced by the recent 2014 Nobel Prize in […]

TUCSON, AZ — Photometrics joins top imaging companies to create an open industry board that will work in collaboration with Euro-BioImaging, a pan-European research infrastructure project developed to facilitate interaction between the imaging industry and academic researchers. Designed to boost European innovation in biomedical science, the board includes Leica, Nikon, Zeiss, FEI, Olympus, SVI and […]

Bielefeld — LaVison BioTec, developers of advanced microscopy solutions for the life sciences, announce they will introduce new products for their UltraMicroscope and TriM Scope microscopy products at the 2014 annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN). LaVision BioTec will announce the release of several ground-breaking new products at the 2014 meeting of the […]