Cost-effectively convert a conventional microscope into a billion-pixel imaging system
06 August, 2013 by Kimm FesenmaierUsually microscopists have to decide between high resolution and a small field of view or low resolution and a large field of view. But that need no longer be the case.
Nikon SMZ25 and SMZ18 stereomicroscopes
25 June, 2013Nikon Instruments has released the SMZ25 and SMZ18 stereomicroscopes. Suitable for all bioscience applications, the microscopes meet the increasing need of scientists for imaging systems capable of spanning spatial scales from single cells to whole organisms.
Shimadzu iMScope Imaging Mass Microscope
05 June, 2013Shimadzu has introduced the iMScope, an instrument that combines an optical microscope and high-resolution mass spectrometer into a single seamless platform.
Carl Zeiss Axio Imager Vario microscope system
28 May, 2013Axio Imager Vario is a flexible, high-performance microscope system that reliably and easily safeguards the quality of large samples.
BioTek Cytation3 Cell Imaging Multi-Mode reader
26 April, 2013The Cytation3 Cell Imaging Multi-Mode reader from BioTek combines automated digital microscopy with conventional microplate reading in one instrument. The patent-pending design of the product provides rich phenotypic cellular information with well-based quantitative data.
Got worms? Turn your iPhone into a microscope and check
12 March, 2013Scientists working in rural Tanzania have used a simple US$8 glass lens, a strip of double-sided tape and a cheap flashlight to convert an Apple iPhone into a field microscope that can successfully detect intestinal worm infections in children.
Handheld device for detecting counterfeit and substandard medicines
08 March, 2013With substandard and counterfeit medicines a dangerous and growing problem in the developing world and elsewhere, identifying new technologies to detect such drugs is an urgent matter.
Nikon Perfect Focus System for live cell imaging
23 February, 2013The third generation of Nikon’s Perfect Focus System (PFS) has been released. The product combats the challenges of live cell imaging by eliminating focus-drift, which reduces the reliability of acquired data.
Nikon A1R MP+ multiphoton microscope
21 February, 2013The Nikon A1R MP+ multiphoton confocal microscope provides fast and sharp imaging deep within living organisms.
Carl Zeiss Axio Scan.Z1 Digital Slide Scanner
12 February, 2013Axio Scan.Z1 is an automated microscope system that allows researchers to digitalise fixed-tissue sections and cytologic specimens in brightfield and fluorescence.
Quantum microscope for living biology
05 February, 2013A team of Australian scientists has developed a powerful microscope using the laws of quantum mechanics to probe the inner workings of living cells.
Carl Zeiss Lightsheet Z.1 light sheet fluorescence microscope
16 November, 2012Carl Zeiss’s Lightsheet Z.1 is a multiview light sheet fluorescence microscope. The innovative system allows the user to record the development of large, living samples, delivering high-information content in a fraction of the time it takes using other techniques.
Nanosurf FlexAFM atomic force microscope
15 November, 2012Nanosurf has made the FlexAFM force microscope versatile and flexible, allowing a large variety of applications to be performed easily.
Super-resolution microscopy provides insight on cell division
31 October, 2012 by Claire ThompsonThe latest in super-resolution microscope technology has allowed Australian researchers to rewrite the book on the process of bacterial cell division, potentially opening the door to new kinds of antibiotics.
TILL Intravital2P two-photon microscope
10 October, 2012The Intravital2P is an upright two-photon laser scanning microscope specifically created for the imaging of living tissues and animals at low laser power.
