BILLERICA, Mass.– Bruker (NASDAQ:BRKR) today announced that it has acquired Vutara Incorporated, a technology leader in high-speed, three-dimensional (3D), super-resolution fluorescence microscopy for life science applications. Transaction details were not disclosed. Vutara’s estimated revenue for the full year 2014 is expected to be approximately $2 million. The acquisition further strengthens Bruker’s biological microscopy business by […]
Mannheim, Germany. Leica Microsystems launched the “Confocal” iPad app, which introduces researchers and students of the life sciences to confocal methods and technologies, and provides a bandwidth of articles that ranges from basic knowledge to advanced applications. It also serves as a compact source for product information. The app is interactively linked to Leica Science […]
HILLSBORO, Ore.– FEI (Nasdaq:FEIC) announced two new products for cryo-electron microscopy applications: a new phase plate solution and the Titan Halo™ transmission electron microscope (TEM). The phase plate is a stable, durable solution to increase the contrast of sensitive biological samples and is available on most TEM platforms from FEI. The Titan Halo TEM provides […]
JENA/Germany — Today, ZEISS launches Mineralogic Mining to provide fully quantitative evaluation during ore exploration, recovery and tailings-control processes. The new solution will enable the mining industry to maximize the recovery of natural resources. ZEISS Mineralogic Mining combines a mineral analysis engine with a scanning electron microscope and energy dispersive spectrometers to provide automated analysis, […]
BATON ROUGE, La.– A unique collaboration between catalyst researchers from Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), Delft University of Technology, Haldor Topsoe, FEI Company and Leiden Probe Microscopy has led to an innovative new method for studying catalyst dynamics under actual operating conditions. The process uses a technique called high-resolution electron microscopy to monitor changes in the […]
JENA/Germany, THORNWOOD/USA — ZEISS Microscopy announces that it will be demonstrating its new ZEISS Crossbeam Focused Ion Beam Scanning Electron Microscope (FIB-SEM) at M&M 2014, August 3-7 at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, CT. ZEISS Crossbeam FIB-SEM increases throughput using a high beam current of up to 100 nA. While milling samples at unprecedented […]
Oxford Instruments Asylum Research announces the opening of its first Nanotechnology Lab for Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) in India. The new lab is located at the Oxford Instruments India headquarters in Mumbai and adds to the range of industrial analysis tools available for demonstration. The AFM lab is staffed by a dedicated business manager, Manju […]
Besançon, France and Hørsholm, Denmark– Digital Surf, a leading provider of surface imaging and metrology software for microscopes and profilers, and Image Metrology, a leading provider of nano- and microscale image processing software, have announced that they are joining forces. Digital Surf has acquired a 100% interest in Image Metrology. Both companies will continue to […]
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the use of their AFM system, the NanoWizard® in the Physics Department at Swansea University. Dr Peter Dunstan is an associate Professor in the Department of Physics at Swansea University and a member of the University’s Centre […]
Santa Clara, CA — Park Systems, a leading manufacturer of atomic force microscopy (AFM) products announces Park NX-Wafer, a revolutionary AFM design for bare wafer manufacturing that fully automates the automatic defect review process and increases production throughput by an astounding 1,000%. Park NX-Wafer produces sub-Angstrom roughness measurements for the flattest substrates and wafers with […]
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