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New Biomedical Optics Express Journal Released by OSA

The Optical Society (OSA) announced today the launch and publication of the first issue of its newest monthly journal, Biomedical Optics Express. With a focus on biomedical optics and photonics, Biomedical Optics Express joins OSA's diverse portfolio of 14 peer-reviewed optics journals.

4 Aug 2010

Scientists Develop New Technique to Tag Proteins of Interest

Scientists hoping to understand how cells work may get a boost from a new technique to tag and image proteins within living mammalian cells. The new technique, developed by a research team led by University of Illino...

4 Aug 2010

Dynamic Transmission Electron Microscope Wins Microscopy Today's MT-10 Award

An innovation that can help scientists observe a reaction moving at greater than 10 meters per second, with a few nanometers spatial resolution, is a feat some would say is nearly impossible.

From Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 2 Aug 2010

Researchers Examine Stem Cell Dynamics Using Fluorescent Microscope

Within 24 hours of culturing adult human stem cells on a new type of matrix, University of Michigan researchers were able to make predictions about how the cells would differentiate, or what type of tissue they would become.

2 Aug 2010

Carl Zeiss Introduces New Gas Injection System for ORION Plus Helium Ion Microscope

Carl Zeiss today introduced a new Gas Injection System for the ORION® Plus Helium Ion Microscope. The combination of a sub-nanometer (less than 0.35nm) probe of inert gas ions with a small interaction volume at the s...

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 2 Aug 2010

AFM Helping Scientists Reveal Exact Chemical Structure of Natural Compound

In a pioneering research project, for the first time, scientists at IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the University of Aberdeen have collaborated to “see” the structure of a marine compound from the deepest place on the Earth using an atomic force microscope (AFM).

2 Aug 2010

WITec Acquires Majority of Optical Measurement Solution Provider

WITec GmbH announces the acquisition of the majority of the optical measurement solution provider omt optische messtechnik gmbh. With the addition of omt, WITec has taken an important step to further enhance its market position in the field of measurement technology for industrial applications.

From Oxford Instruments WITec 31 Jul 2010

Thermo Fisher to Showcase Material Analysis Systems at Microscopy and Microanalysis 2010

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced it will showcase its range of instruments for materials analysis at booth #436 at Microscopy and Microanalysis 2010, August 1-5, in Portland, Ore.

31 Jul 2010

Hitachi High-Tech to Display New Transmission Electron Microscope at M+M-2010

Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (Hitachi High-Tech) has announced the development and release of the HT7700, a new type of transmission electron microscope (TEM) that integrates previously complex system operation onto a single monitor screen, and allows for sample observation even under normal room light conditions.

30 Jul 2010

Thermo Fisher Introduces Two New DXR Nanocarbon Analysis Packages

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the availability of two new DXR Nanocarbon Analysis Packages for the characterization and microcharacterization of carbon nanomaterials.

29 Jul 2010