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Superresolution with Microscope Systems from Carl Zeiss

With ELYRA, Carl Zeiss is introducing a product family that allows the superresolution PAL-M and SR-SIM microscopy techniques to be comprehensively used and individually combined for the very first time.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 17 Oct 2009

Sensitivity in a New Dimension

With the LSM 780, Carl Zeiss is now adding a new member to its family of LSM 7 laser scanning microscopes. The use of the new GaAsP detector technology has almost doubled the sensitivity of the currently leading LSM 710.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 17 Oct 2009

Examining Dynamics of Living Specimens Easily and Quickly

The VivaTome for fluorescence microscopes from Carl Zeiss is an optimal tool for developmental and cell biologists to examine the dynamics of living specimens without extensive prior know- ledge of optical sectioning.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 17 Oct 2009

Three-Dimensional Measurement on the Nanoscale

From the motion sensor to the computer chip, in many products of daily life components are used whose functioning is based on smallest structures of the size of thousandths -- or even millionths -- of millimetres.

13 Oct 2009

DirectFRAP from Carl Zeiss Answers Questions on Dynamics in Live Cell Imaging

Carl Zeiss has developed the DirectFRAP imaging system for all microscope users in cell biology and molecular genetics who examine processes in living cells on the basis of fluorescence-labeled proteins.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 13 Oct 2009

Max Planck Innovation Grants Rights for Developing New Nanoscopic Method to Leica Microsystems

Max Planck Innovation, the technology transfer organization of the Max Planck Society, grants Leica Microsystems, Wetzlar, an exclusive license for implementing the latest generation of optical microscopes with a resolut...

From Leica Microsystems GmbH 13 Oct 2009

MIT NanoStructures Laboratory Installs Novelx's Award-Winning Benchtop Field Emission SEM

Novelx, Inc. announced that the NanoStructures Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently purchased and installed the company's award-winning benchtop field emission SEM, the Novelx mySEM.

9 Oct 2009

Hamamatsu Corporation Introduces Next-Generation Slide Scanners

Hamamatsu Corporation has announced the release of its next-generation slide scanners, the NanoZoomer 2.0 series. Operating at nearly twice the speed of the original series, the NanoZoomer 2.0 converts a 20 mm x 20 mm area on a glass slide into a 1.9-gigapixel color image in as little as 1 minute 40 seconds.

From Hamamatsu Photonics Europe 7 Oct 2009

Quantum Mechanics Could Help Build Ultra-High-Res Electron Microscopes that Won't Destroy Living Cells

Electron microscopes are the most powerful type of microscope, capable of distinguishing even individual atoms. However, these microscopes cannot be used to image living cells because the electrons destroy the samples.

5 Oct 2009

Understanding Shale Rock in a Revolutionary Nanotechnology Way

The AURIGA® CrossBeam® FIB-SEM workstation, recently introduced by Carl Zeiss, now has demonstrated the ability to improve the analysis of shale rock's porosity and permeability.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 1 Oct 2009