Analytical instrumentation > Microscopy

Crest Optics DeepSIM super-resolution confocal microscope module

29 October, 2021

Based on a multispot structured illumination system, the easy-to-use module can be used to study cellular structures up to an XY resolution of ~100 nm.


Colour-changing microscope slides can detect cancer

26 October, 2021

By modifying the surface of conventional microscope slides at the nanoscale, biological structures and cells take on a striking colour contrast which can be used to detect disease.


Thermo Scientific Phenom Pharos G2 Desktop FEG-SEM

01 September, 2021

The FEG-SEM offers floor-model performance on a desktop microscope, with loads of added benefits that make it fast and easy to operate.


CytoSMART Lux3 BR brightfield live-cell imaging system

11 August, 2021

CytoSMART Technologies has announced the CytoSMART Lux3 BR brightfield live-cell imaging system — a small brightfield microscope equipped with a high-quality 6.4 MP CMOS camera.


Mightex Polygon UHC DMD pattern illuminator

22 June, 2021

Mightex's Polygon DMD pattern illuminators provide spatiotemporal control of light with subcellular resolution, making them a suitable illumination tool for life science research.


Quantum microscope achieves otherwise impossible imaging

22 June, 2021

Researchers have created a quantum microscope that can reveal biological structures that would otherwise be impossible to see.


Metamaterial improves resolution in light microscopes

08 June, 2021

A new technology improves the resolution of an ordinary light microscope so that it can be used to directly observe finer structures and details in living cells.


Andor SRRF-Stream+ super-resolution functionality for fluorescence microscopes

01 June, 2021

SRRF-Stream+ from Andor is a real-time super-resolution microscopy functionality that operates exclusively on Andor's iXon Life, iXon Ultra EMCCD cameras and Sona back-illuminated sCMOS cameras.


Thermo Scientific Talos F200E (S)TEM

10 May, 2021

Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced the Talos F200E scanning transmission electron microscope ((S)TEM), combining atomic-level resolution imaging and fast energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) analysis for the demands of the semiconductor industry.


Nikon Eclipse Si biological microscope

01 May, 2021

Nikon has announced the release of the Eclipse Si biological microscope, with intelligent time-saving features, an automatic shut-off mode and an ergonomic design to reduce the physical strain that can occur with prolonged microscope use.


Pocket-sized microscope based on nanoLEDs

29 March, 2021 by Lauren Davis

Researchers have created a new type of super-resolution optical chip-sized microscope — described as the smallest and cheapest high-resolution microscope to date.


Thermo Scientific Spectra Ultra STEM

08 March, 2021

The Thermo Scientific Spectra Ultra is a scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) that offers structural and chemical insight on a wide range of materials at atomic-scale resolution.


Thermo Scientific Helios 5 PXL PFIB Wafer DualBeam FIB-SEM

03 March, 2021

The Thermo Scientific Helios 5 PXL PFIB Wafer DualBeam is a plasma focused ion beam scanning electron microscope, designed to reduce time to data from days to hours for inline through-stack metrology and verification of high-aspect ratio structures.


Scanning force microscopy turned on its head

17 February, 2021

European researchers have developed a new approach that inverts the standard paradigm of scanning force microscopy, raising the prospect of force sensing at the fundamental limit.


JEOL CRYO ARM 300 II (JEM-3300) cold field emission cryo-electron microscope

05 February, 2021

JEOL has announced the release of a cold field emission cryo-electron microscope (cryo-EM), the CRYO ARM 300 II (JEM-3300), that makes it quick and easy to obtain high-contrast and high-resolution images.


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