The future is frozen
15 December, 2017 by Mansi GandhiCryo-electron microscopy may not yet have revolutionised the world of medicine but it has definitely transformed the field of structural biology.
Olympus LEXT OLS5000 3D laser microscope
21 November, 2017Olympus developed the LEXT OLS5000 laser measuring microscope to perform three-dimensional measurement of the surface shape of a wide variety of samples using a technique that is non-contact and non-destructive.
Nanomanipulator enables UNSW researchers to probe the inner workings of cells
09 November, 2017The mechanism of how cells work is key to understanding how tumours metastasize as well as tissue regeneration and other bodily functions.
Phenom-World 5th generation Phenom Pro and ProX series of desktop SEMs
01 September, 2017The 5th generation Phenom Pro and ProX series of desktop SEMs by Phenom-World feature enhanced imaging, a 20% resolution improvement and added software to significantly widen the application range.
Leica TCS SP8 confocal laser scanning microscope
30 August, 2017The Leica TCS SP8 combines high-performance optics, a fast true confocal scanner and a sensitive detection system.
TESCAN S8000G FIB-SEM
27 July, 2017The TESCAN S8000G is a next-generation FIB-SEM. The product delivers good image quality with high contrast, making it suitable for characterising biomaterials and nanostructures.
ASI Light Sheet Microscope
01 July, 2017The Dual Inverted Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy (diSPIM) system utilises two water emersion objectives mounted at 45° angles above the sample on an inverted microscope. A third objective can also be used to view the sample from below.
Nanolive 3DCX-fluo and 3DCX-discovery microscopes for live cell imaging
01 June, 2017Nanolive, the creator of the holographic tomographic 3D Cell Explorer (3DCX), has expanded its family of microscopes to include two more systems.
Rescan Confocal Microscope
01 June, 2017The Rescan Confocal Microscope from SANE Asia includes two scanning-mirror sets: the scanner and the re-scanner. While the scanner scans the specimen, the re-scanner writes the emission signal on the camera chip.
Hitachi FlexSEM 1000 variable-pressure scanning electron microscope
23 May, 2017The FlexSEM 1000 VP-SEM is a compact system (450 mm wide) that delivers the performance of a conventional SEM in a lab-friendly footprint and requires only a standard wall outlet for power.
Breaking the colour barrier: microscopy in biology
26 April, 2017Researchers are one step closer to breaking the so-called 'colour barrier' of light microscopy for biological systems, allowing for more comprehensive labelling and imaging of biomolecules in living cells and tissues than is currently attainable.
Chip-sized super-resolution microscopes
07 April, 2017A new European project, ChipScope, is set to revolutionise optical microscopes with super-resolution capabilities, making them chip-sized, convenient, affordable and ubiquitously available.
Prior Scientific Lumen 200 Fluorescence Illumination System
05 April, 2017The Lumen 200 Fluorescence Illumination System from Prior Scientific is a powerful alternative to 100 W mercury and halogen lamp houses for microscopy applications.
The robotic microscope that detects asbestos
20 March, 2017Frontier Microscopy has developed an automated microscopy analysis system for the asbestos air monitoring industry.
Switching oxygen molecules on and off
15 March, 2017It is now possible to selectively switch individual oxygen molecules 'off' and 'on', from a non-reactive to a reactive state, using a special force microscope.
