Spinning disc confocal captures fast live cell processes
April 3, 2009 6:26 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe Cell Observer SD from Carl Zeiss integrates the CSU-X1 confocal scanning unit from Yokogawa Electric Corp. to enables confocal observation of life’s transient events over a long period of time and at high frame rates.
LISTED UNDER: MicroscopesAnalysis automated for micro- and nano-fibers
March 31, 2009 10:19 am | Product Releases | CommentsFEI today announced the Fibermetric system powered by the Phenom personal electron microscope.
LISTED UNDER: MicroscopesLaser amplifier reaches higher pulse energy
March 24, 2009 8:31 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe new Libra HE from Coherent, Inc. is a one-box ultrafast, Ti:Sapphire amplifier that delivers significantly higher pulse energy and shorter pulsewidth than earlier Libra models, while still offering the convenience and cost advantages associated with these popular laser systems.
LISTED UNDER: Amplifiers | LasersChemometric software supports Raman imaging
March 23, 2009 10:36 am | Product Releases | CommentsWITec, a manufacturer of high-resolution optical and scanning probe microscopy solutions, has introduced the WITec Project Plus software package for advanced data evaluation and chemometric image processing.
LISTED UNDER: Microscopes | Computer SoftwareVersatile SEMs enable high vacuum, low-landing energy technology
March 10, 2009 8:35 am | Product Releases | CommentsMarch 10, 2009 FEI Company announces the Quanta 50 Series scanning electron microscope (SEM), which offers a combination of versatility for a wide range of samples.
LISTED UNDER: MicroscopesModule offers flexible confocal fluorescence
March 9, 2009 7:01 am | Product Releases | CommentsOlympus’ FluoView FV1000 confocal laser scanning microscope (cLSM) and FV1000MPE Multiphoton ranges can now be fitted with the PicoQuant module for fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS).
LISTED UNDER: MicroscopesAlgorithms simplify container imaging
March 4, 2009 7:19 am | Product Releases | CommentsDynaflow, Inc. has recently introduced DynaEIT, a suite of efficient algorithms for solution of electrical impedance tomography (EIT) problems. EIT is used to image the interior of a container based on variation of electrical properties.
LISTED UNDER: Electronic Test | Image Analysis | Computer SoftwareLaser scanning microscope designed for materials analysis
March 4, 2009 7:18 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe LSM 700 Laser Scanning Microscope from Carl Zeiss MicroImaging encompasses multiple solutions for image analysis. This system can be combined with a large number of microscope stands and tailored to the personal requirements of each user.
LISTED UNDER: MicroscopesRinglight system fits most popular microscopes
February 10, 2009 5:29 am | Product Releases | CommentsDolan-Jenner Industries of Boxborough, Mass., has introduced the Fiber-Lite MI-150 Ringlight System. Ideal for laboratory use, the Fiber-Lite MI-150 Ringlight System features 360 degrees of shadow-free, high-intensity illumination and provides the greatest range of working distance.
LISTED UNDER: MicroscopesFluid extractor offers parallel processing flexibility
February 2, 2009 8:00 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe SFT-2000 Supercritical Fluid Extraction (SFE) System allows for two vessels up to 1 liter capacity each or a single vessel as large as 2 liters. Pressurization of CO2 at flow rates up to 250 ml/min. is possible with a newly designed pump.
LISTED UNDER: MicroscopesElectron multiplication microscope launches
February 2, 2009 7:58 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe addition of a charge-coupled device that improves electron count helps the LM10-HS electron microscope achieve a sensitivity boost of 100 times, resulting in a system doubles the lower limit of particle detection.
LISTED UNDER: MicroscopesNanoIndenter works without cantilevers
January 30, 2009 7:51 am | Product Releases | CommentsAsylum’s MFP NanoIndenter is the first AFM-based indenter that does not use cantilevers as part of the indenting mechanism. The MFP-3D is also the first AFM with true independent piezo positioning in all three axes, combined with low noise closed-loop feedback sensor technology.
LISTED UNDER: MicroscopesInverted microscope fights focus drift
December 18, 2008 11:15 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe Ti-E Perfect Focus System, supplied with Nikon’s Eclipse Ti-E inverted live cell microscope, resists negative thermal and mechanical effects. The hardware component holds focus in both time-lapse experiments and short-term studies without readjustments.
LISTED UNDER: MicroscopesSpinning disc system for live cell imaging
December 16, 2008 12:41 pm | Product Releases | CommentsThe Cell Observer SD enables confocal observation and documentation of experiments with living cells over a long of period and at high frame rates. It integrates a Yokogawa Electric Corp. CSU-X1 confocal scanning unit and uses AxioVision software. Carl Zeiss MicroImaging, Inc., www.zeiss.
LISTED UNDER: MicroscopesConfocal imaging method recovers lost data
December 16, 2008 11:33 am | Product Releases | CommentsVAAS Detector Imaging, introduced at the 48th American Society for Cell Biology annual meeting in San Francisco this week, collects emission photons normally rejected by the emission slide pinhole, allowing for data post-acquisition and signal-to-noise improvements.
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