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Olympus BioScapes Announces Winners of 2014 Digital Imaging Competition

The Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition® 2014 is the world’s foremost forum for exhibiting amazing microscope images of life science subjects. When seen under the microscope, subjects ranging from algae to zebrafish look attractive, strange and astonishing. Incredible views of the unseen universe won top prizes in the competition.

18 Dec 2014

New 5 Megapixel SC50 Microscope Camera from Olympus

Designed for the convenience of everyday use and ideal under low light conditions, the new 5 megapixel SC50 microscope camera from Olympus is built on the latest CMOS chip technology to deliver improved speed, sensitivity and resolution at a truly affordable price.

18 Nov 2014

History Uncovered with High-Resolution Light Microscopy

A new application note from Olympus explores how, moving into the future of cultural heritage research, the latest high-resolution light microscopy is rapidly advancing our knowledge of the past. Discovering and unde...

4 Nov 2014

Three Additional Patents Sought for Visualant ChromaID Technology

Visualant, Inc., a leading provider of disruptive light-based technologies, announced today that Intellectual Ventures has filed three additional patents focused upon both unique applications of the Visualant ChromaID™ technology and advancements to the technology itself.

29 Oct 2014

2.5kW Fiber-Coupled Diode Laser System for Materials Processing Applications

DILAS, the diode laser company, now offers a higher power fiber-coupled diode laser system for materials processing applications with output power of 2.5kW at 980nm.

29 Sep 2014

Innovative Optical Method Makes Individual Proteins Visible

In future, some diseases might be diagnosed earlier and treated more effectively. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Erlangen have developed an optical method that makes individual proteins, such as the proteins characteristic of some cancers, visible.

15 Sep 2014

PicoQuant releases STED add-on for the time-resolved confocal microscope MicroTime 200

PicoQuant has released a STED (stimulated emission depletion) add-on for the time-resolved confocal microscope MicroTime 200. This new super-resolution extension allows the MicroTime 200 to perform measurements that break the diffraction limit of light reaching lateral resolutions below 50 nm.

From Picoquant GmbH 5 Sep 2014

Novel Microscopy-Based Decision Support System for Diagnosing Malaria

A Finnish-Swedish research group at the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, and Karolinska institutet, Stockholm, has developed a novel "man and machine" decision support system for diagnosing malaria infection. This innovative diagnostic aid was described in PLOS One scientific journal today, 21 August.

25 Aug 2014

Brien Holden Vision Institute Employs Phasefocus High-Precision Lens Profiler for Developing Contact Lenses

Phase Focus Ltd (Phasefocus), the company that is revolutionising microscopy and imaging with the Phasefocus Virtual Lens®, reports on how the Brien Holden Vision Institute is applying the Phasefocus high-precision Lens Profiler to assist in the development of new contact lenses.

13 Aug 2014

JPK Reports on the Use of AFM and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy at the University of Freiburg

Within this work, the group is developing a unique platform for membrane research based on natural and synthetic membrane systems of different complexity in combination with state-of-the-art microscopy techniques.

From JPK Instruments Limited 12 Aug 2014