The Woodlands, TX – Rigaku Americas Holding Inc., the North American subsidiary of Rigaku Corporation, Japan’s leading manufacturer of X-ray analysis, measurement and testing instruments, announced Kent Heath as its new CEO. Heath was also named President of Rigaku Americas Corporation. Heath is the former VP and GM of the Tribology, Stylus and Optical Metrology […]

New Embedded CryoSPARC Live software to be made available by Structura and Thermo Fisher and designed to integrate with Thermo Fisher technology HILLSBORO, Ore. — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, and Structura Biotechnology Inc., a leading provider of cryo-EM data analysis software, today announced a collaboration to make available a […]

Today the Open Microscopy Environment (OME) and Glencoe Software are pleased to announce the release of the latest versions of OMERO and OMERO Plus with support for OME-NGFF, a cloud-friendly data format optimized for multi-dimensional bioimaging datasets. This technology makes working with bioimaging data in cloud deployments easier, faster and more cost effective. These tools make a dedicated cloud strategy […]

CALIBRE SCIENTIFIC ACQUIRES AGAR SCIENTIFIC, A UK-BASED MANUFACTURER AND DISTRIBUTOR OF MICROSCOPY CONSUMABLES AND EQUIPMENT LOS ANGELES — Calibre Scientific is pleased to announce the acquisition of Agar Scientific, a global manufacturer and distributor of microscopy consumables and equipment with headquarters in Stansted, United Kingdom. Agar Scientific further enhances Calibre Scientific’s growing presence in the field of microscopy. […]

Georg von Erffa will be the new Head of Corporate Human Resources (CHR). He will succeed Susan-Stefanie Breitkopf, who was appointed Chief Transformation Officer (CTO) on the Executive Board of Carl Zeiss AG from 1 July 2022. Arlett Hesse will take on the newly created role of Head of CHR Germany. Oberkochen, Germany — Effective […]

(M&M 2022 Portland, Oregon) — JEOL, the global leader in the development of cutting-edge Electron Microscopes for materials characterization and analysis, introduces its latest Energy Dispersive Spectrometer (EDS), the Gather-X. This new windowless EDS answers the need for higher sensitivity and low-energy X-Ray detection in the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). It can collect the entire […]

DECTRIS is proud to introduce its latest development: DECTRIS ARINA, a new hybrid-pixel electron detector designed for 4D STEM applications. This detector model was first presented to the community at the M&M 2022 in Portland and will be available for ordering in summer 2023.  In the meantime, DECTRIS will continue its collaboration with industrial and academic […]

Thermo Scientific Arctis Cryo-Plasma FIB enables speed and consistency of cellular cryo-electron tomography HILLSBORO, Ore. – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today unveiled the Thermo Scientific Arctis Cryo-Plasma Focused Ion Beam (Cryo-PFIB), a new connected and automated microscope designed to advance the pace of cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) research. Cryo-ET makes […]

Deep learning cell segmentation algorithm incorporated into Aivia 11 update Wetzlar, Germany – Leica Microsystems, a leader in microscopy and scientific instrumentation, has released a new version of its AI-powered image analysis solution, Aivia. The new Aivia 11 features a new deep learning-based cell segmentation algorithm that offers advanced insight creation capabilities for all levels of users. […]

FAPS will use the FIB-SEM for silver printing and copper coating analysis in an effort to improve mechatronic systems, battery components, additive manufacturing and more Brno, Czech Republic, and Erlangen, Germany ― TESCAN ORSAY HOLDING a.s. announces the installation of the AMBER X focused ion beam-scanning electron microscope (FIB-SEM) at the Institute for Factory Automation […]