Feb. 03, 2012

Imaging & Microscopy, 2/2005 part 3 - now available online

Intensified CCD Camera: successor of the LI-μCAM Jenoptik Laser, Optik, Systeme: ProgRes digital microscope cameras (image analysis software ImageAccess) moreFeb. 02, 2012

WITec Wins Photonics Prism Award 2011

WITec has received the prestigious Photonics Prism Award 2011 for the development of TrueSurface Microscopy. This internationally respected product innovation award recognizes cutting-edge products that break conventional ideas and improve life through photonics and is presented each year by SPIE and Photonics Media. moreFeb. 02, 2012

Transmission Electron Microscopy: Observing Cancer Cells in Action

Limitations in biomedical imaging technologies have hampered attempts to understand cellular and molecular behavior, with biologists trying to envision dynamic processes through static snapshots. Deborah Kelly , an assistant professor in the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, has now developed a novel technology platform to peer closely into the world of cells and molecules within a native, liquid environment. moreFeb. 02, 2012

Carl Zeiss: New Customer Office in South Korea

Carl Zeiss Semiconductor Metrology Systems (SMS) Division has opened an office in the Bundang province of South Korea. The new location south of Seoul enables Carl Zeiss SMS to provide optimized customer service with faster delivery of spare parts and on-site activities. Other Carl Zeiss offices are located in Gyeonggi and Kyungnam.

http://www.zeiss.de  moreJan. 25, 2012

Electron Microscopy: A 3-D Image of an Individual Protein

When Gang Ren whirls the controls of his cryo-electron microscope, he compares it to fine-tuning the gearshift and brakes of a racing bicycle. But this machine at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is a bit more complex. moreJan. 23, 2012

Creation of Superlenses - A Scientific Challenge

A superlens would let you see a virus in a drop of blood and open the door to better and cheaper electronics. It might, says Durdu Guney, make ultra-high-resolution microscopes as commonplace as cameras in our cell phones.
moreJan. 20, 2012

UltraPath XVI - Conference on Diagnostic Electron Microscopy, Basic Research & Oncology

The 16th Meeting of the Society for Ultrastructural Pathology (UltraPath XVI) will be held on August 6-10, 2012 in the historical town of Regensburg, Germany. The Society was formed in 1986 with the mission to support and promote the application of electron microscopy in pathological diagnosis and research of human diseases. Over the years the scope of biennial meetings expanded and includes immunochemistry, molecular and cellular biology. moreJan. 19, 2012

AMS Technologies Acquires Azpect Photonics

AMS Technologies announced, that Sweden based Azpect Photonics will join the AMS Technologies team. The acquisition creates the largest pan-European consultancy and solution provider for Optical, Power and Thermal Management Technologies.

Combining Azpect's and AMS Technologies' knowledge and teams will create great synergies for customers and partners in the Nordic countries, providing local technical expertise and customer service which is supported by a pan-European operations backbone. more