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New Iverted Microscope from Olympus Automatically Maintains Focus

Olympus has today announced the release of the inverted IX81 microscope with ZDC2 Z-Drift compensation system. This next generation solution ensures that your samples are always in focus, providing extremely sharp images. The two modes, continuous and ‘one-shot’, enable the completion of any time-lapse experiments.

18 Apr 2011

Olympus LEXT OLS4000 Being Used to Develop Standards in Optical Metrology

The Olympus LEXT OLS4000 is being used as a benchmark tool for the development of good practice guidelines and new reference standards in optical metrology.

7 Apr 2011

Olypmus to Exhibit at Internatihnal Metrology Conference

Olympus has today announced that it will be exhibiting at the 13th International Conference on Metrology and Properties of Engineering Surfaces. Hosted by the National Physics Laboratory (NPL), the conference will take place from 12 – 15 April 2011 at the Twickenham Stadium in London.

31 Mar 2011

WITec´s True Surface Microscopy Receives Editor’s Gold Award at 2011 PITTCON Expo

WITec has announced that its True Surface Microscopy has received the Editor’s Gold Award at the 2011 PITTCON symposium and technical exhibition, which was held in Atlanta from 14 to 17 March, 2011.

From WITec GmbH 25 Mar 2011

NASA Deploys Light Microscope Module in Space for Remote Scientific Study

To help scientists determine the effects of the space environment on physical and biological elements, NASA has begun testing its multi-capability microscope in the International Space Station.

17 Mar 2011

Olympus Release Top of the Range BX63 Microscope

Olympus has announced the release of the BX63 microscope system, the top-of-the-range model of the powerful BX3 portfolio. BX3 microscope systems are built by your needs, with a modular, customisable design that makes them flexible enough to be adjusted to different experimental requirements, while providing inherent future-proof adaptability.

10 Mar 2011

TILL Photonics Launches Two-Photon Imaging Fluorescence Microscope

TILL Photonics has launched a two-photon, dual-color imaging fluorescence microscope called the IntraVital2P that provides efficient images of live tissues.

5 Mar 2011

Researchers Develop Optical Microscope for Viewing Fine Biological Structures

Researchers at the University of Manchester, in collaboration with the Singapore team, have developed an optical microscope that can analyze substances measuring 50 nm, which is 20 fold smaller than the current limit of existing optical microscopes.

5 Mar 2011

Coherent Introduces High Peak Power Laser for Multiphoton Excitation Imaging Applications

Coherent has introduced a new laser called the Chameleon Vision-S that sets a new benchmark for multiphoton imaging by coupling short pulsewidths of 80 fs with long wavelength tuning range and optimal average power.

2 Mar 2011

Next Generation Desktop SEMs Now Available from Phenom-World

When first launched in 2006, the Phenom™ desktop scanning electron microscope (SEM) caused a stir with its 30 second load time, superb image quality and easy to use touch screen user interface. Phenom-World has built on that success and has launched the second generation of desktop SEMs; the Phenom G2 pro and the Phenom G2 pure.

1 Mar 2011