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Bruker Launches 3D Optical Microscope System with Vibration Tolerant Design

Bruker announced the launch today of the ContourGT-I 3D Optical Microscope to enhance R&D productivity and maximize manufacturing throughput for industrial applications.

16 Oct 2012

Nikon Optimizes Perfect Focus System for Multi-Photon Microscopy

Nikon Instruments, an innovator of advanced optical instruments, today announced the release of the third generation Perfect Focus System. This new generation, consisting of two new models will be debuting at Neuroscience 2012. The new models of the TI-ND6-PFS-S Perfect Focus Unit have been optimized for UV-Visible imaging and Visible-IR Imaging for multi-photon microscopy.

From Nikon Instruments Inc. 16 Oct 2012

High-Tech Imaging Technique Reveals Basic Reactions of Advanced Battery Technology

Exactly what goes inside advanced lithium-air batteries as they charge and discharge has always been impossible to observe directly. Now, a new technique developed by MIT researchers promises to change that, allowing study of this electrochemical activity as it happens.

8 Oct 2012

PI Release New Catalog on Piezoelectric Motors

PI (Physik Instrumente), a leading manufacturer of piezo positioning equipment has released a new catalog on piezoelectric motors. The 70 page brochure covers three different types of piezo motors - inertial motors, often referred to as stick slip motors, ultrasonic motors and stepping (walk) type motors.

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 4 Oct 2012

Researchers Model Structure of a Sea Urchin's Spine

For the first time, a team of Australian engineers at the University of New South Wales has modelled the microscopic mechanics of a sea urchin’s spine, gaining insight into how these unusual creatures withstand impacts in their aquatic environment.

3 Oct 2012

New Optical Technique to Monitor and Control Semiconductor Etching Process

A research team led by Professors Gabriel Popescu and Lynford Goddard from the University of Illinois has developed an inexpensive technique using a special kind of microscope to etch delicate features on the surface of semiconductors, while simultaneously monitoring the entire process in real time with nanoscale resolution.

29 Sep 2012

NTS Reports Successful Metallization of Optical Images in Commercial-Scale Run

Nanotech Security (NTS), a producer of advanced authentication and security features utilizing optics based on nanotechnology, announced that it has achieved a high speed production run of metallized optical images.

25 Sep 2012

Olympus Launch New IX3 Inverted Microscope IX3 Series

Olympus has released the innovative new IX3 series of inverted research microscope systems for effortless, intuitive live cell imaging and clinical analysis.

24 Sep 2012

Advanced X-Rays Reveal the Cause of Discoloration in Van Gogh Painting

Scientists have used powerful X-ray beams to find out the cause of color degradation in a Van Gogh painting. Certain parts in the "Flowers in a blue vase" painting have changed in color, which is suspected to be due to a varnish coating which had been applied for protection.

15 Sep 2012

Daylight Solutions Receives Grant from National Science Foundation for its Patented Infrared Microscope

Daylight Solutions. offers imaging and molecular detection systems that find their application in medical diagnostics, scientific research, defense, and even in commercial markets. Years of hard research has made the company come out with the development of infrared microscopes that use a special patented technology in the application of quantum cascade lasers (QCLs).

13 Sep 2012

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