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Scientists to Measure Optical Properties of Carbonaceous Aerosols with New Type Electron Microscope

Research at ASU that promises to provide more insight into factors that influence climate change and cause air pollution will get support from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

8 Apr 2010

JEOL Brings Thin Film Phase Plate Technology for Transmission Electron Microscopes

The imaging performance of today’s generation of Transmission Electron Microscopes (TEMs) is improved dramatically through the use of a novel technique, the thin film phase plate.

8 Apr 2010

Olympus Unveils Upright Microscopes With Advanced Imaging Features

Olympus has unveiled its BX3® line of upright clinical and research microscopes with exclusive ergonomic and imaging features that provide unprecedented comfort, ease of use and accuracy.

8 Apr 2010

Molecular Devices to Demonstrate Microscope-Based Platform at SBS Meeting

Today, Molecular Devices, Inc. announced that it will launch two new products—the IonWorks Barracuda System & the 96 Cell-Wash Head for the AquaMax 2000/4000 Microplate Washer—as well as its new Molecular Devices brand at the Society for Biomolecular Sciences (SBS) Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, April 13-16.

7 Apr 2010

New Portable Digital Microscopes from Leica Feature High-Quality Optics

Leica Microsystems' new generation of digital microscopes -- Leica DVM5000, DVM3000, and DVM2000 -- opens new horizons of mobility and speed.

6 Apr 2010

New Company Nikon Metrology to Focus on Industrial Microscopy Market

Nikon today announced that it has formed Nikon Metrology, Inc., a new company that combines Nikon Instruments Inc.’s industrial instruments business with the former Metris business, acquired by Nikon Corp. in 2009.

2 Apr 2010

PNNL and AIST Selects ORION PLUS Microscope for Research Work

The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), located in Richland, Washington, is bringing an ORION® PLUS instrument into the U.S. Department of Energy’s Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory as a resource.

1 Apr 2010

ORNL Researchers Analyze Light Atoms Using Electron Microscope

Using the latest in aberration-corrected electron microscopy, researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and their colleagues have obtained the first images that distinguish individual light atoms such as boron, carbon, nitrogen and oxygen.

26 Mar 2010

New Patent Proves Ikonisys as Pioneer in Medical Digital Image-Analysis Industry

Ikonisys, Inc., a leading provider of next-generation, cell-based diagnostic solutions, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued the company United States Patent No. 7,660,454 entitled “Process for identifying FISH signals.”

24 Mar 2010

New Study Conducted on Spliceosome Using FRET and Sophisticated Microscope

Like a film director cutting out extraneous footage to create a blockbuster, the cellular machine called the spliceosome snips out unwanted stretches of genetic material and joins the remaining pieces to fashion a template for protein production.

22 Mar 2010