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Carl Zeiss Officially Opened its New North American Headquarters

Carl Zeiss SMT, a leading global provider of electron- and ion-beam imaging and analysis solutions, today officially opened its new North American headquarters in Peabody, Mass., near Boston.

24 Apr 2008

Researchers Have Built a Rechargeable Microscope Illumination System for NASA Scientists

Auburn University researchers have built a rechargeable microscope illumination system for NASA scientists who are using it during Antarctic expeditions.

22 Apr 2008

New Building a Necessity in Order to Secure Future Growth Potential

The microscope manufacturer WITec has begun construction of a new headquarters building in Ulm, Germany including research, production and office facilities. The official ground breaking ceremony with the mayor of Ulm occurred on Friday April, 18. 2008.

22 Apr 2008

Specimens Specially Developed for Resolution Testing and Calibration

Agar Scientific provides a broad range of tin on carbon and gold on carbon SEM resolution test specimens which have been specially developed in their laboratory for SEM and FEGSEM resolution testing and calibration.

18 Apr 2008

Using Unique Properties of Diamond to Produce Single Particles of Light

The world's first commercial source of individual photons using diamond based quantum technology has been developed by Quantum Communications Victoria (QCV) within the School of Physics at The University of Melbourne, Australia.

17 Apr 2008

System Designed for Photometry of Microscopic Samples in Mineralogy and Cytophotometry

The QDI MP1(TM) is an all solid state system designed for photometry of microscopic samples in such fields as mineralogy and cytophotometry. This rugged instrument is can measure the reflectance, transmittance or fluorescence photometric values rapidly and accurately.

16 Apr 2008

Novel Imaging Technologies to Solve Biological Problems

Scientific questions are becoming increasingly complex - scientists and engineers must respond by spanning the traditional boundaries between disciplines to develop the sophisticated tools needed to conduct leading research.

9 Apr 2008

Joint Laboratory Selects EnviroScope AFM to Aid in Cutting-Edge Physics Research

Veeco Instruments Inc., a leading provider of instrumentation to the nanoscience community, announced today that the prestigious 'Unité mixte de Physique' (UMP), a joint laboratory between the French National Scientific Research Center (CNRS) and Thales Group, has selected the EnviroScope(TM) Atomic Force Microscope to aid in the lab's cutting-edge physics research. Professor Albert Fert, the 2007 recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics, manages the UMP laboratory, which is based in Palaiseau, France.

From Veeco 3 Apr 2008

Agilent Technologies Acquires Developer of Microscopy Products for Life Sciences

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced it has completed the acquisition of TILL Photonics GmbH, a developer, manufacturer and marketer of optical, fluorescence microscopy products for life sciences. Financial details were not disclosed.

1 Apr 2008

New Type of Imaging System That Can Illuminate Tumors in Living Subjects

Doctors' quest to see what is happening inside a living body has been hampered by the limits on detecting tiny components of internal structures and events. Now a team of Stanford University School of Medicine researchers has developed a new type of imaging system that can illuminate tumors in living subjects-getting pictures with a precision of nearly one-trillionth of a meter.

1 Apr 2008