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Patents Issued for Licensed PAL-M Super-Resolution Technology

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued three patents (US 7,626,694, US 7,828,695 and US 7,626,703) to Dr. Eric Betzig and Dr. Harald Hess for their invention relating to super-resolution Photo-Activated...

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 15 Dec 2009

New Microscopic System Could Provide Novel Method for Moving Tiny Objects Inside Microchip

A new microscopic system devised by researchers in MIT's department of materials science and engineering, in collaboration with researchers in Germany and Boston University, could provide a novel method for moving tiny objects inside a microchip, and could also provide new insights into how cells and other objects are transported around within the body.

14 Dec 2009

Architectural Honour for Microscopy Research Centre

Monash University's state-of-the-art electron microscopy research facility has been awarded the Australian Institute of Architects 2009 National Award for Public Architecture.

9 Dec 2009

Imaging Technique Step Closer to Fulfilling Promise as Window on Nanometer-Scale Structures in Biological Samples

An ultra-high-resolution imaging technique using X-ray diffraction is a step closer to fulfilling its promise as a window on nanometer-scale structures in biological samples. In the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers report progress in applying an approach to "lensless" X-ray microscopy that they introduced one year ago.

7 Dec 2009

Nikon Corporation Signs Licensing Agreement with Harvard University

Nikon Corporation, an innovator of advanced optical instruments, announced today that it has signed a licensing agreement with Harvard University granting Nikon the rights to use the Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Mic...

3 Dec 2009

Olympus Announces Another Significant Leap Forward in Multicolor TIRF Imaging

Olympus, the world leader in objective-based total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy, has announced another significant leap forward in multicolor TIRF imaging.

3 Dec 2009

Unique Transmission Electron Microscope for High Resolution Imaging of Vitrified Biological Specimens

Carl Zeiss completed the installation and acceptance testing of a transmission electron microscope featuring a new type of optics for the high-resolution imaging of biological specimens at the Max Planck Institute for Bi...

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 2 Dec 2009

Veeco Introduces MultiMode 8 High-Performance Scanning Probe Microscope

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), the leading provider of atomic force and scanning probe microscopes (AFM/SPMs) to the Research and Industrial communities, announced today the release of the MultiMode® 8 High-Performance Scanning Probe Microscope (SPM), bringing extensive new capabilities to the world's highest resolution, most widely-used and field-proven SPM.

From Veeco 1 Dec 2009

Veeco Introduces Two Patent-Pending AFM Scan Modes

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), the leading provider of atomic force microscope (AFM) instrumentation to the Research and Industrial communities, announced today the introduction of two patent-pending AFM scan mod...

From Veeco 1 Dec 2009

Monolithic Laser Combiner System for Confocal and Fluorescence Microscopy

Agilent Technologies Inc., (NYSE: A) today introduced its monolithic laser combiner system for confocal and fluorescence microscopy applications. The MLC400 monolithic laser combiner brings Agilent's patented complex...

30 Nov 2009