Company Announcements FEI’s 2009 sales declined 3.6% to $577.3 million (see IBO 3/31/10). Electronics sales fell 16.9%, Research and Industry Sales declined 3.0%, Life Sciences sales grew 15.5%, and Service and Components revenue was flat to make up 22%, 40%, 14% and 24% of sales, respectively. Veeco Instruments’ 2009 sales declined 14.2% to $380.1 million […]
Company Announcements Nikon acquired a license from Harvard University for the right to use the Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy (STORM) technology. Nikon licensed from the University of California, San Francisco, the rights for Structured Illumination Microscopy (SIM) technology. For the year ended September 30, 2009, revenue for Carl Zeiss’s Microscopy Group rose 8% to €339 […]
Atomic Spectroscopy Bruker AXS launched the D8 DISCOVER X-ray diffractometer. The D8 DISCOVER further increases ease of use with real-time component detection, plug-and-play functionality and fully integrated two-dimensional X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) capabilities. These capabilities allow the user to switch between all materials research XRD applications, including reflectometry, high-resolution diffraction, grazing incidence diffraction and small angle […]
Atomic Spectroscopy Bruker introduced the Q2 ION at its Pittcon press conference. The Q2 ION is a compact benchtop arc-spark spectrometer. It is a cost-effective complement to handheld XRF for metals analysis at smaller foundries and recycling centers. The system is now available at a price of roughly $35,000. Following the success of its Terra […]
Like several related surface analysis techniques, Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis (ESCA) provides information about the composition of surfaces by probing the interaction of the samples with various types of radiation. In ESCA, a beam of energetic X-rays irradiates the surface, while detectors measure the energies of the electrons ejected by the high-energy X-ray photons. […]
Company Announcements NanoString Technologies announced a three-year collaboration with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard to investigate molecular networks involved in immune response and other important biological processes. Caliper Discovery Alliances & Services announced a comarketing agreement with medicinal-chemistry services firm Prestwick Chemical. Protea Biosciences entered into a distribution and product development agreement with […]
Surface science techniques provide microscopic analysis of surfaces and samples. The individual technologies span an enormous range of sophistication, from light microscopes that cost thousands of dollars to complicated confocal microscopes and ultra high-vacuum surface analysis systems with price tags a thousand times larger. Microscopic analysis of surfaces and samples together represented nearly $4.3 billion […]
Company Announcements Leica Microsystems named Optical Analysis as its new exclusive regional dealer for New England for industrial microscope and imaging equipment sales. Leica Microsystems’ exclusive South Central US regional dealer McBain Systems expanded its market coverage for microscope imaging products to industrial, educational and forensic customers to include Southern California, southern Nevada, Arizona, New […]
Company Announcements Carl Zeiss designated Zollner Electronik, which manufactures and tests subsystems for electron microscopes, a Carl Zeiss SMT Supply Chain Partner. In August, Asylum Research appointed Intertech as a distributor for Russia and Eurasia. Carl Zeiss and Singapore’s Biopolis Shared Facilities announced a strategic partnership and collaboration. Product Introductions McPherson introduced the 251MX X-ray, […]
The development of optical tweezers dates back to the 1970s when a Bell Laboratory scientist, Arthur Ashkin, first discovered the effect of gradient forces and optical light scattering on a particle. Shortly thereafter, Drs. Ashkin and JM Dziedzic were successfully able to lift a particle in air by creating a single-beam trap. However, it was […]
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