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The light or optical microscope is the most common type of microscope, using glass lenses to focus beams of visible, infrared and ultraviolet electromagnetic radiation for imaging and compositional analysis at a typical resolution of 0.2 µm. Superresolution or sub-diffraction techniques can now resolve fluorescent objects below 50 nm.

Monthly highlights

HORIBA Scientific has released the XploRA confocal Raman microscope

HORIBA Scientific has launched the XploRA Raman microscope with the ground-breaking SWIFT confocal Raman image operation, enabling this compact analytical Raman spectrometer to enter into the realm of the research microscope

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HORIBA Scientific has released the XploRA confocal Raman microscope

12 March 2010
HORIBA Scientific has launched the XploRA Raman microscope with the ground-breaking SWIFT confocal Raman image operation, enabling this compact analytical Raman spectrometer to enter into the realm of the research microscope
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Leica Microsystems launches new line of digital microscopes

11 March 2010
Leica Microsystems’ new generation of digital microscopes – Leica DVM5000, DVM3000, and DVM2000 – opens new horizons of mobility and speed, benefitting industrial quality control – which places the most stringent requirements on macroscopic and microscopic imaging and image processing
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Andor Technology launches Clara E high-resolution interline CCD camera

11 March 2010
Clara E uses Andor’s proven vacuum process, delivering air cooling performance to -20C, complementing a low read noise of 3 e- at 1 MHz. Dynamic events can be followed with outstanding quantitative stability via low noise 10 or 20 MHz readout modes