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More Powerful Intelligent Microscope Control and Image Analysis from Carl Zeiss

Users in the fields of life sciences and materials microscopy can benefit
from faster, easier-to-use and intelligent microscope control and image evaluation
with the launch of AxioVision 4.7 image analysis software from Carl
Zeiss.

16 Sep 2008

Carl Zeiss Launches Axio Scope.A1 Microscope

Life science research and routine applications will benefit from the outstanding flexibility and adaptability brought to the market by the Axio Scope.A1 microscope from Carl Zeiss. The modular design allows users to configure a microscope to their precise needs, safe in the knowledge that changes and upgrades can be implemented easily and quickly if demands change.

16 Sep 2008

Nikon Instruments Launches New Online Game "Identify the Image"

Nikon Instruments is giving the public the chance to test its skills and interact with microscopic images typically only viewed by scientists with its new online game, "Identify the Image." The game gives playe...

16 Sep 2008

Revolutionary Instrument Wins 2008 R+D 100 award

Hinds Instruments, a leading global supplier of photoelastic modulators (PEMs), today announced it was awarded a 2008 R+D 100 award from R&D Magazine for its Two Modulator Generalized Ellipsometry Microscope (2-MGEM) Optical Anisotropy Factor Measurement System.

12 Sep 2008

Improved Efficiency Could Enable Research, Military and Medical Uses

A bizarre but well-established aspect of quantum physics could open up a new era of electronic detectors and imaging systems that would be far more efficient than any now in existence, according to new insights by an MIT leader in the field.

11 Sep 2008

Nikon Introduces Inverted Materials Microscope with an Innovative Design

Nikon Instruments, Inc. introduces the Eclipse MA200, an inverted materials microscope with an innovative design that has been optimized for digital imaging and ergonomic efficiency. The MA200 uses integrated intelligence to automatically combine captured images with data on their observation settings for more comprehensive documentation.

10 Sep 2008

$iXon+ EMCCD Cameras Used to Deliver 'Sub-Diffraction' Resolution at High Speed$

iXon+ EMCCD Cameras Used to Deliver 'Sub-Diffraction' Resolution at High Speed

Andor Technology plc (Andor), a world leader in scientific imaging and spectroscopy solutions, today reported that their performance leading iXon+ EMCCD cameras have been used in the development of a new structured illumination microscopy approach that delivers 'sub-diffraction' resolution at high speed.

10 Sep 2008

NIST Researchers Probing Newest Microscope Technology to Further Improve Measurement Accuracy

Just as test pilots push planes to explore their limits, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are probing the newest microscope technology to further improve measurement accuracy at the nanoscale. Better nanoscale measurements are critical for setting standards and improving production in the semiconductor and nanomanufacturing industries.

3 Sep 2008

Bruker Announces Launch of New Products and Options for SEM Based Materials Analysis

At the 14th European Microscopy Conference opening today, Bruker AXS Microanalysis announced the European launch of several new products and options for Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) based materials analysis.

1 Sep 2008

Cutting Edge Laser Offering New Insight into the Tiny World of Activity Taking Place within Cells

Researchers at The University of Nottingham have developed a unique technology that will allow scientists to look at microscopic activity within the body’s chemical messenger system for the very first time, live as it happens.

28 Aug 2008