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New Spectroscopy Technique May Help Detect Deadly Disease Early

A team of researchers in Chicago has developed a way to examine cell biopsies and detect never-before-seen signs of early-stage pancreatic cancer, according to a new paper in the Optical Society (OSA) journal Optics Letters. Though the new technique has not yet proven effective in double-blind clinical trials, it may one day help diagnose cancers of the pancreas and, potentially, other organs at their earliest and most treatable stages, before they spread.

13 Feb 2009

Worldwide Optical, TEM and SEM Microscope Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts

Research and Markets has announced the addition of WinterGreen Research, Inc.'s new report "Worldwide Optical, Transmission TEM, and Scanning SEM Electron Microscope Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, 2009 to 2015" to their offering.

11 Feb 2009

New Kind of Microscope to Visualize Cells in 3-D

University of Washington researchers have helped develop a new kind of microscope to visualize cells in three dimensions, an advance that could bring great progress in the field of early cancer detection.

9 Feb 2009

Innovative Imaging Solution Promises to Revolutionize How Researchers View and Evaluate Scientific Data

Photometrics is pleased to announce the introduction of the Evolve™ EMCCD camera, an intelligent bio-imaging technology destined to change the way life science researchers conduct experiments, measure results, and report study outcomes.

9 Feb 2009

New Microscopy Technique Could Help Scientists Improve Drug Design

CSIRO has patented an improved microscopy method for measuring the shapes and sizes of proteins which could help scientists create new pharmaceuticals that are a better match for the proteins they target.

6 Feb 2009

Differential Interference Contrast Microscopy Research Wins ABC Best Paper Award

The Springer journal Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (ABC) has chosen the chemist Wei Sun (26) as the recipient of its Best Paper Award 2008. Sun is the lead author of a paper in ABC on developing advanced tools for in vivo biological imaging. The award, including the 1,000 euro prize, was created by Springer to help exceptional young scientists establish their research careers.

5 Feb 2009

New Imaging Technology that Produces the Best 3-D Resolution Ever Seen with an Optical Microscope

The shapes of some of the tiniest cellular structures are coming into sharper focus at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Farm Research Campus, where scientists have developed a new imaging technology that produces the best three-dimensional resolution ever seen with an optical microscope.

2 Feb 2009

Pore-free Ceramics Shine New Light on Lasers

To most people, the word "ceramics," refers to opaque clay flower pots or translucent porcelain tea cups. But not all ceramics block or scatter light. Gary L. Messing, distinguished professor of ceramic science and engineering, and his group at Pennsylvania State University, are developing a brand new class of ceramics that are so pure and perfectly transparent, they can be used as a substitute for crystals in solid-state lasers.

31 Jan 2009

Anisotropy Imaging Technique Now Available for LSM 710 Laser Scanning Microscope from Carl Zeiss

The anisotropy imaging technique is now available for the serial equipment of the LSM 710 laser scanning microscope from Carl Zeiss. It supplements the special imaging techniques such as RICS (Raster Image Correlation Spectroscopy) and FCS (Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy) already possible with the LSM 710.

31 Jan 2009

Carl Zeiss Installs 1,500th GEMINI SEM at Dresden University of Technology

Carl Zeiss SMT today officially put into service the 1,500th GEMINI®-class scanning electron microscope. The customer is the "Center for Non-Destructive Nano Evaluation nanoeva®" in Dresden, a joint facility of the Electronics Packaging Laboratory (German abbreviation: IAVT) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Non-Destructive Testing (IZFP-D) through its Dresden-based department.

30 Jan 2009