Analytical microscope users conducting research and routine analysis can now perform more comprehensive and efficient microscopic studies on complex samples using a new X-ray microanalysis software package that complements electron microscopy imaging instruments. Thermo Scientific Pathfinder X-ray microanalysis software, which debuts at Microscopy & Microanalysis 2016 (Booth #1402) at the Columbus Convention Center, is designed […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — At the Microscopy & Microanalysis 2016 Meeting, Bruker today introduces the e-FlashFS and e-FlashHD, two models of a new generation of detectors for electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) analysis on scanning electron microscopes (SEM), and ESPRIT™ QUBE, a new software package for advanced post-processing and visualization of 3D EBSD/EDS data cubes. EBSD detectors […]
SANTA ROSA, Calif. — Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) announced the addition of several powerful new capabilities for theultrafast-scanning 9500 atomic force microscope. These new capabilities include quantitative mapping of nanomechanical properties as well as electrochemistry applications and scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) techniques. The Keysight 9500, already being embraced by scientific and industrial markets due […]
FEI (NASDAQ: FEIC) and the University of Liverpool announced that they have entered into an agreement to enable Liverpool to undertake novel research in the field of petroleum reservoir geoscience using FEI’s QEMSCAN® technology. According to Professor Richard Worden, the lead academic in the Department of Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences at Liverpool, “We see […]
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reported on the use of their NanoWizard® AFM and ForceRobot® systems at the Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in Korea. They are being applied to the field of medical diagnostics. Professor Joon Won Park is head of […]
Rigaku Analytical Devices will be presenting demonstrations of its handheld laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) analyzer, KT-100 Katana. The KT-100 handheld LIBS has recently successfully passed rigorous MIL-STD-810G and IP-54 durability tests making it the world’s only handheld metal grade and composition analyzer to have achieved certification. As the first handheld metal analyzer to have passed […]
BERLIN — Bruker announced that it has acquired the assets of Yingsheng Technology Pty Ltd. inBrisbane, Australia, that relate to the 3rd generation Advanced Mineral Identification and Characterization System (AMICS) software package, and respective IP for advanced minerals identification and characterization. AMICS Mineral Phase Map AMICS is a highly innovative software platform for automated identification […]
Hillsboro, Ore. — FEI (NASDAQ: FEIC) announced the release of three new tools for process control and defect/failure analysis in advanced semiconductor manufacturing. Two of the tools are specifically targeted at the 7nm node, and all are designed to allow manufacturers to address critical production issues with industry-leading time-to-data, throughput and low cost-per-sample. “Perhaps more […]
Hillsboro, Ore – FEI (NASDAQ: FEIC) announced the release of the latest version of its Auto Slice &View three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction software, which makes 3D imaging faster, easier, more accurate and cost effective. The software works with all of FEI’s current DualBeam focused ion beam (FIB)/scanning electron microscope (SEM) platforms to enable 3D structure and […]
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced that it has completed development of the CSU-SR confocal scanner unit and will release this new product to the market in September. The CSU-SR can be used in combination with a conventional optical microscope to observe the physiological responses of organelles and other intracellular structures with super resolution, a Yokogawa first. […]
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