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Super Resolution Microscope Provides Insight into Immune System

A group of researchers headed by Dr. Jordan S. Orange at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have gained detailed insight into the immune system by making use of the stimulation emission depletion (STED) microscope.

17 Sep 2011

OHSU and FEI to Establish Living Lab for Cell Biology to Study Cancer and AIDS

Scientific instruments company FEI has entered into a partnership with Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) to establish the OHSU/FEI Living Lab for Cell Biology that will have advanced electron microscopes to enhance knowledge about lethal diseases such as AIDs and cancer and their treatment.

16 Sep 2011

Bruker's ContourGt-X8 Optical Surface Profiler Chosen to Characterize Alcon IOLs

Bruker announced today that Alcon Corporation has selected the Bruker ContourGT®-X8 Optical Surface Profiler to provide non-destructive, non-contact reference metrology for critical dimensioning and 3D characterization of Alcon’s current and next-generation intra-ocular lenses (IOLs).

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 30 Aug 2011

Researchers Develop Spatial Light Interference Microscopy to Measure Cell Growth

A research team at the University of Illinois has devised a novel imaging technique called spatial light interference microscopy (SLIM) that uses two light beams to quantify cell mass.

29 Aug 2011

Global Microscopes Market Expected to Grow to More Than $9 Billion by 2017

According to a market research report titled 'The World Microscopes Market: Optical, Electron and Scanning Probe' available from Research and Markets, the global microscopes market, including scanning probe, electron, confocal and optical microscopes, will generate revenues of more than $9 billion in 2017.

From Research and Markets 27 Aug 2011

Researchers Use Digital Holographic Microscopy to Observe Neuronal Activity in Real-Time

The need for powerful tools for understanding the fine inner functionings of neurons is critical. By using a technology from materials science as the basis, a research team comprising advanced imaging experts, psychiatrists, and neurobiologists from Switzerland's CHUV and EPLF has identified a new way to use digital holographic microscopy (DHM) for observing in real-time the neuronal activity at three-dimensions with a resolution of up to 50 times greater than existing methods.

19 Aug 2011

Researchers Develop Multi-Layer Lens to View Objects at Nanoscale

A research team from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has created a unique multi-layer "Laue” lens that is capable of focusing high-energy X-rays in a precise manner to enable detection of minute specimens ranging from 10 nm to 15 nm in size.

19 Aug 2011

Researchers use STED Microscopy Technique for Dual-Color Imaging of Live Cells

Scientists can now attain superior-resolution microscopy by means of a technique called stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy.

19 Aug 2011

Researchers Develop High-Tech Microscope to Monitor Super-Fast Processes

Scientists from Würzburg, Kaiserslautern, and Bielefeld have introduced a unique advanced technology microscope that is capable of magnifying specimens a million times and captures the object’s movements with one million billion times retardation. The report of this new discovery was published in the magazine "Science".

18 Aug 2011

Bruker Nano Surfaces Receives Award for AcuityXR Optical Microscopy Technology

Bruker Nano Surfaces division has declared that the company has been chosen for receiving the R&D 100 award for its AcuityXR enhanced-resolution optical microscopy technology.

18 Aug 2011