TOKYO, Japan – Leading semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation (TSE: 6857) has acquired ISO 9001 Global Multi-site Certification for 21 of its sites in 8 countries worldwide, aiming to establish globally accepted standards of quality and reinforce the quality management system and governance of the entire Advantest Group as a result of system reconstruction […]

Breakthrough platform optimizes productivity and expands cryo-EM entry path for a broader range of researchers HILLSBORO, Ore. — Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced Astex Pharmaceuticals, a leader in innovative drug discovery and development, selected the Thermo Scientific Glacios Cryo Transmission Electron Microscope (Cryo-TEM) to aid in its drug discovery and development program. Astex’s […]

New Prisma has the simplicity and speed required for industrial applications and the advanced capabilities needed for research   HILLSBORO, Ore. – Scientists working in industrial and academic R&D, quality control, and failure analysis laboratories now have access to a simple but powerful new scanning electron microscope (SEM) that also offers a full range of imaging and […]

Correlation of light and electron microscopy leads to better insight into macromolecules in a biological context WALTHAM, Mass., and WETZLAR, Germany – Thermo Fisher Scientific and Leica Microsystems today announced a collaboration to develop an integrated and comprehensive cryo-tomography workflow for life sciences. The hardware and software solution is intended to seamlessly integrate light microscopes from […]

High-resolution imaging and elemental analysis permit fast, accurate characterization of powdered raw materials and inspection of finished parts.   FORT WORTH, Texas – Rapid + TCT  2018 – Manufacturers using additive manufacturing (AM) processes can now easily use the high-resolution imaging and elemental analysis capabilities of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to characterize powders that are the raw […]

Renowned Materials Scientists to Present at the 1st International Symposium on Advanced Microscopy and Spectroscopy (ISAMS)   (Peabody, Mass.) — World-renowned electron microscopists will join Dr. Xiaoqing Pan, Director of the University of California Irvine Materials Research Institute (IMRI), for the Grand Opening of the JEOL Center for Nanoscale Solutions and a three-day symposium June 6-8, 2018. The […]

Canada’s national nuclear laboratory invests in new focused ion beam capability, opening up commercial opportunities in nuclear material characterization CHALK RIVER, Ontario — Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), Canada’s premier nuclear science and technology organization, announced today that it has successfully commissioned a new FEI Versa 3D dual beam focused ion beam (FIB) facility at its […]

The Electron Probe Microanalysis facility at Banaras Hindu University celebrates two years with maximum utilization and performance in all fields of research from Geology, Botany, Chemistry and Microbiology, to Physics, Metallurgical Engineering, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. On the occasion, N.V. Chalapathi Rao, Professor at BHU Institute of Science and leader of the EPMA facility, shares a 3-page […]

TESCAN ORSAY HOLDING a.s. (TESCAN), a leading global developer, manufacturer and supplier of electron, ion and light microscopy systems, announced today the acquisition of EO Elektronen-Optik-Service GmbH, a German distributor of TESCAN products and services. This strategic move will bring TESCAN closer to the German market and will secure a direct access to all current […]

The ZEISS Innovation Hub @ KIT is a new ZEISS site at one of the most innovative locations in Germany A new space for carve-outs and greater collaboration between business and academia 12,000 m2 of flexible space thanks to an investment of €30 million OBERKOCHEN/Germany, KARLSRUHE/Germany. ZEISS held a groundbreaking ceremony today on the north campus […]