Santa Barbara, CA – Anasys Instruments reports on the NIST announcement in their Tech Beat publication which describes the work of Andrea Centrone and his colleagues demonstrating the use of AFM-IR for chemical composition studies at nanoscale resolution. The latest work from NIST researchers applying photothermal induced resonance (PTIR), a technique also referred to as […]

MUMBAI and BENGALURU, India -– Bruker, a leading provider of high-performance scientific instruments for molecular and materials research, as well as for industrial, clinical and applied analysis, celebrates the grand openings of its new Mumbai and Bengaluru Centers of Excellence (CoE) this week. For over three decades, Bruker has grown its presence in India, with […]

Chalfont St Giles, UK –– GE Healthcare Life Sciences today announced Jane Stout, from the United States, Anushree Balachandran from Australia and Markus Posch from the UK as the winners of the GE Healthcare 2012 Cell Imaging Competition. With over 15,000 votes cast in a public vote, the winners can now look forward to seeing […]

Oxford Instruments NanoAnalysis, a world leader in microanalysis software and systems, has announced a major release of AZtec, its solution for EDS and EBSD based analyses. This version of AZtec contains new products, new analysis features, and integrates over. 50 suggestions raised by AZtec users since its launch in April 2010. The EDS module, AZtecEnergy, […]

Element Materials Technology Laboratories have purchased three TESCAN VEGA-XMU Variable Pressure Scanning Electron Microscopes to replace existing equipment. The microscopes, which will be placed in Element`s laboratories located in California, Michigan and Wisconsin, feature upgraded detector technology and imaging software which will enable Element`s engineers to evaluate samples and communicate results even faster. In addition, […]

A project to drive forward the understanding of key biological processes by developing new microscope technologies has received a £2m funding boost. The new technologies will allow researchers to answer previously inaccessible questions related to cell biology, cancer, learning and memory, and molecular/cellular microbiology. Led by the University of York and the Cancer Research UK […]

REDWOOD CITY – XEI Scientific Inc, maker of the popular EVACTRON® De-Contaminator™ Plasma Cleaning System for electron microscopes and other vacuum chambers, reports on the recent announcement that the company has been awarded a patent for its innovative TEM Wand™ technology. January 8th, 2013, was an important day in the history of XEI Scientific. The […]

Mannheim, Germany — the Seoul National University Hospital Biomedical Research Institute (SNUH) in Korea offers super-sensitive and super-resolution imaging with the advanced high-end imaging system Leica TCS SP8 STED to its more than 400 reseachers. For the wide range of applications from simple cell biology to reperfusion live experiments, the institute’s confocal microscopy core facility […]

Fusion IP (AIM: FIP), the university commercialisation company which turns university research into business, is pleased to announce that Sheffield based, Phase Focus Ltd (“Phase Focus”), the portfolio company that is revolutionising microscopy and imaging with its lens-free Phase Focus Virtual Lens® technology, has announced that it has entered into an Licencing Agreement with Gatan, […]