Latest Microscopy Stories

Researchers Develop Novel Technique For Chemical Identification At The Nanometer Scale

2013-03-11 10:26:42

For more than 20 years, researchers have been using atomic force microscopy (AFM) to measure and characterize materials at the nanometer scale. However AFM-based measurements of chemistry and chemical properties of materials were generally not possible, until now. Researchers at the University Illinois report that they have measured the chemical properties of polymer nanostructures as small as 15 nm, using a novel technique called atomic force microscope infrared spectroscopy (AFM-IR). The...

Leica Biosystems and Dell Enable Access to Pathology Images Between China and the U.S.

2013-03-06 08:27:45

VISTA, Calif., March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Leica Biosystems, which through its acquisition of Aperio became the leading provider of digital pathology systems, announced today that Chinese physicians have access to U.S. healthcare organizations for real-time, expert review of pathology cases through the first scalable, secure medical cloud network through its strategic collaboration with Dell Healthcare and Life Sciences. The U.S. institutions providing pathology services include:...

Engineers Develop More Efficient Way To Capture Light

2013-02-16 07:55:19

April Flowers for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Engineers at the University of Buffalo have created a more efficient way to catch a rainbow than chasing leprechauns. They have created an advancement in photonics that could lead to technological breakthroughs in solar energy, stealth technology and other areas of research. The study findings were described in a recent issue of the online journal Scientific Reports. Qiaoqiang Gan, PhD, an assistant professor of electrical...

Caltech Invents Microscope Which Captures Motion Of DNA Structures In Space And Time

2013-02-11 13:32:51

California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Every great structure, from the Empire State Building to the Golden Gate Bridge, depends on specific mechanical properties to remain strong and reliable. Rigidity—a material's stiffness—is of particular importance for maintaining the robust functionality of everything from colossal edifices to the tiniest of nanoscale structures. In biological nanostructures, like DNA networks, it has been difficult to measure this stiffness, which is...

UMD Researchers Achieve Breakthrough in Nanoprecision Imaging

2013-02-11 12:26:50

Flow control of single quantum dot enables measurements with nanoscale accuracy at lower cost COLLEGE PARK, Md., Feb. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Finding ways to see, position, measure, and accurately manipulate nanoscale objects is an ongoing challenge for researchers developing the next generation of ultra-compact electronics, sensors and optical devices. Even the most advanced conventional microscopes are limited by diffraction of the shortest wavelength of visible light,...

Looking Into Living Cells Without Using Dyes Or Fluophore

2013-02-09 09:46:22

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne 2 young EPFL scientists have developed a device that can create 3-D images of living cells and track their reaction to various stimuli without the use of contrast dyes or fluorophores In the world of microscopy, this advance is almost comparable to the leap from photography to live television. Two young EPFL researchers, Yann Cotte and Fatih Toy, have designed a device that combines holographic microscopy and computational image processing to...

Cloud Computing Code Speeds Processing Of Data-intensive Microscopy Data

2013-02-01 10:33:43

Salk Institute In this week's Nature Methods, Salk researchers share a how-to secret for biologists: code for Amazon Cloud that significantly reduces the time necessary to process data-intensive microscopic images. The method promises to speed research into the underlying causes of disease by making single-molecule microscopy of practical use for more laboratories. "This is an extremely cost-effective way for labs to process super-resolution images," says Hu Cang, Salk assistant...

Hamamatsu introduces the versatile ORCA-Flash4.0 V2 sCMOS camera

2013-02-01 08:26:30

BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Feb. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hamamatsu Photonics has released the ORCA-Flash4.0 V2, a 4-megapixel scientific CMOS camera that offers unrivaled flexibility across a wide range of microscopy applications. The ORCA-Flash4.0 V2 has many new features such as two scan speeds, a readout mode for light sheet microscopy, and USB 3.0 and Camera Link interfaces. Camera users have the option of running the ORCA-Flash4.0 V2 in a blazing fast scan mode or a virtually noiseless...

New Carmel Femtosecond Laser Advances Multiphoton Microscopy

2013-01-24 12:30:21

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Calmar Laser, a developer and manufacturer of leading-edge, fiber based picosecond and femtosecond lasers, today introduced the new Carmel family of all fiber-based femtosecond lasers, which at 780nm, 500mW of power, 10 nJ of pulse energy, and less than 100fs pulse widths, are ideally suited for multiphoton microscopy, biophotonics applications, materials characterization, optical metrology, and terahertz radiation. Calmar has...

Clemex appoints a "Chief Operations Officer"

2013-01-21 16:22:49

Symbol: CXG.A-CDNX www.clemex.com Shares Outstanding: 30,999,810 MONTREAL, Jan. 21, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Clemex Technologies Inc. (TSXV: CXG.A), designer and manufacturer of Image Analysis systems and software for microscopy applications, is pleased to announce the appointment of Monique Dallaire, currently VP Product Development and Marketing, a new position as Chief Operations Officer of the Company. Mrs. Dallaire, who holds a Bachelor's degree in engineering from McGill...