Apr. 14, 2010

Storming the Barriers of Light

Live cell imaging is one of the most rapidly evolving areas of life science research. The more researchers see, the more they want to see and this is driving innovation in imaging technologies to see deeper, clearer and faster. While light is the fundamental enabling factor in optical microscopy, light can also create significant barriers when trying to image biological samples. Visible light, for example, cannot pass easily through living tissue and is scattered, preventing it from reaching areas of interest in thicker specimens. moreDec. 17, 2009

Molecular Scale Resolution Possible with N-SIM

Nikon Instruments announced that Nikon has signed an agreement with the University of California (USA), San Francisco Office of Technology Management for Structured Illumination Microscopy (SIM) technology. Under the terms of the agreement, UCSF will license its technology to make N-SIM enabled microscopes designed to realize resolution higher than can be achieved by conventional optical microscopes. more