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Kleindiek Nanotechnik to Give Two Presentations at MicroScience 2010

Agar Scientific announce that their German partners in microscopy, Kleindiek Nanotechnik, will be giving two presentations at MicroScience 2010 on June 29th.

From Kleindiek Nanotechnik 12 May 2010

Silicon Cantilevers Now Available from LOT-Oriel

LOT provide Silicon Cantilevers for contact and non-contact modes, cantilever for MFM, EFM, Force Modulation mode as well as High Aspect Ratio cantilevers. These cantilevers are suitable for all commercial AFM systems. All cantilevers can be supplied with Aluminium backside coating for enhanced reflectivity.

From Quantum Design UK and Ireland Ltd 5 May 2010

Carl Zeiss and Yonsei University Open Advanced Imaging Center

The medical faculty of the South Korean Yonsei University and Carl Zeiss together opened an Advanced Imaging Center on April 20. The university has equipped the new center with ZEISS microscope systems for biomedical research, including the LSM 710 and LSM 700 laser scanning microscopes.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 5 May 2010

Cryo-Electron Microscopy Technique Helps to Study Biological Nano-Structures

UCLA researchers report in the April 30 edition of the journal Cell that they have imaged a virus structure at a resolution high enough to effectively "see" atoms, the first published instance of imaging biological complexes at such a resolution.

5 May 2010

Effortless Microscopy of Large Samples

Carl Zeiss offers the Axio Imager Vario microscope module in particular for tasks in industry where large samples such as solar cells, wafers, flat panel screens or printed circuit boards have to be examined under the microscope with various contrasting methods.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 4 May 2010

Veeco Launches "The Nanoscale World"

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), the leading provider of scanning probe microscopes (SPM) to the nanoscience community and industrial sectors, today announced the launch of "The Nanoscale World,"an online community resource and forum website for SPM + Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) collaboration.

From Veeco 4 May 2010

New Microscopic Method Used to Observe How Individual Nerve Cells Process Visual Information

German scientists have refined and used a method to observe how individual nerve cells process visual information in a living brain. The new microscopic method made it possible for them to study tiny synapses (one microm...

3 May 2010

New Systems for Materials Research and Quality Inspection

At CONTROL 2010 to be held in Stuttgart from May 4-7, 2010, Carl Zeiss will introduce its new and proven system solutions for materials research, quality inspection and routine applications. The Carl Zeiss Industrial M...

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 3 May 2010

CRANN's Advanced Microscopy Laboratory Officially Opens

The AML is a world class nanoscience research, which features some of the world's most advanced microscopes allowing material to be viewed at the atomic scale. It will allow Ireland to compete globally to win new research funding and foreign direct investment that previously would have been beyond our capability.

2 May 2010

Novel Microscopy Technique Helps Neuroscientists to Observe Individual Synapses

Pioneering a novel microscopy method, neuroscientist Arthur Konnerth and colleagues from the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) have shown that individual neurons carry out significant aspects of sensory processing: ...

30 Apr 2010