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ZEISS Creates Surgical Microscope with Integrated Intraoperative OCT

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared RESCAN 700 for sale in the United States, bringing to U.S. ophthalmologists an emerging technology that aims to overcome the trouble surgeons may have in seeing certain anatomical details during eye surgery.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 23 Dec 2014

Atomic Force Microscopy Etches Nanoscale Patterns on Conductive Polymers

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have successfully carved out nanoscale designs on polymer surfaces using atomic force microscopy (AFM).

From Oak Ridge National Laboratory 18 Dec 2014

Lens-Free Microscope Detects Cancer with the Same Accuracy as Expensive Optical Microscopes

UCLA researchers have developed a lens-free microscope that can be used to detect the presence of cancer or other cell-level abnormalities with the same accuracy as larger and more expensive optical microscopes.

18 Dec 2014

Compact Device Enables Smartphone to Image and Size Single DNA Molecules

Fluorescence microscopes use technology that enables them to accomplish tasks not easy to achieve with normal light microscopes, including imaging DNA molecules to detect and diagnose cancer, nervous system disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, and drug resistance in infectious diseases.

18 Dec 2014

HHMI Researchers Win First Prize in 2014 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition

A team of researchers at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus has won first prize in the 2014 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition, widely recognized as the world’s foremost showcase for outstanding images and movies of life science subjects captured through light microscopes. Fernando Amat, Philipp Keller, and William Lemon were awarded the prize for their video that captures the early development of a fruit fly embryo.

17 Dec 2014

Bruker Releases BioScope Resolve™ Biological Atomic Force Microscope at Sixth AFM BioMed Conference

At the Sixth AFM BioMed Conference, Bruker today announced the release of BioScope Resolve™, a biological atomic force microscope (bioAFM) that features the highest resolution imaging and most complete cell mechanics capabilities available for use with an inverted optical microscope (IOM).

From Bruker 17 Dec 2014

Advanced Microscopic Imaging Helps Determine How Cells Encode Information About Incoming Chemical Signals

Scientists have discovered a general principle for how cells could accurately transmit chemical signals despite high levels of noise in the system, they report in Science this week.

12 Dec 2014

Leica Microsystems Enhances Medical Microscope Distribution in Southern California

Leica Microsystems, a technology leader in microscope and image analysis solutions, announces new market representation for its neurosurgical, ophthalmic, otolaryngologic, dental and plastic reconstructive microscope sales in southern California. This distribution enhancement impacts the area from Bakersfield, San Luis Obispo and Visalia south through Los Angeles and San Diego.

From Leica Microsystems GmbH 10 Dec 2014

Specialized Microscope Helps Watch How Unfolded Protein Diffuses

When a large protein unfolds in transit through a cell, it slows down and can get stuck in traffic. Using a specialized microscope -- a sort of cellular traffic camera -- University of Illinois chemists now can watch the way the unfolded protein diffuses.

10 Dec 2014

Optical Microscopy and Multiphoton Fluorescence Help Analyze Silicized Surface

Changing flesh to stone sounds like the work of a witch in a fairy tale.

From Sandia National Laboratories 10 Dec 2014

Microscopy News

ZEISS Creates Surgical Microscope with Integrated Intraoperative OCT

Atomic Force Microscopy Etches Nanoscale Patterns on Conductive Polymers

Lens-Free Microscope Detects Cancer with the Same Accuracy as Expensive Optical Microscopes

Compact Device Enables Smartphone to Image and Size Single DNA Molecules

HHMI Researchers Win First Prize in 2014 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition

Bruker Releases BioScope Resolve™ Biological Atomic Force Microscope at Sixth AFM BioMed Conference

Advanced Microscopic Imaging Helps Determine How Cells Encode Information About Incoming Chemical Signals

Leica Microsystems Enhances Medical Microscope Distribution in Southern California

Specialized Microscope Helps Watch How Unfolded Protein Diffuses

Optical Microscopy and Multiphoton Fluorescence Help Analyze Silicized Surface

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