News

PerkinElmer showcased the enhanced Columbus 2.3 Image Data Storage and Analysis System at the High Content Analysis Conference in San Francisco. Researchers in the areas of cancer and stem cells, predictive toxicity, neuroscience and developmental biology can benefit from the updated Columbus system, which enables faster and more powerful high content analysis-based research applications

MountainsMap software is used to analyze surfaces in accordance with the latest standards and methods. M3 and M3-XL 3D Optical Profilers now integrate Heliotis’ patented and proven smart-pixel CMOS sensor based on parallel optical low-coherence tomography technology, providing high speed measurement (up to 1 million 2D-slices per second) and vertical resolution down to 20 nm

Olympus has launched the latest version of its highly successful Olympus Stream software family for industrial and materials science microscopy applications. Building on the renowned functionality of previous iterations, Olympus Stream 1.7 with High Dynamic Range (HDR) enables you to capture perfectly illuminated images, even when high material contrast occurs

Andor Technology has announced several performance enhancements to the Neo camera, based on next-generation scientific CMOS (sCMOS) technology. Key enhancements include faster sustained frame rates, even better image quality, hardware pixel binning, flexible region of interest capability (with single pixel granularity), accurate timestamp and improved global (snapshot) exposure performance

Digital microscopes by Leica Microsystems are successfully established as analytical instruments in applications such as pharmaceutics, materials research, and electronics production. Industrial quality control derives particular benefit from innovative digital technology. Leica Microsystems now presents its next generation of digital microscopes, the Leica DVM5000 HD and DVM2500

Olympus has introduced another advanced 25x super-long-working-distance microscope objective designed for use with the SCALEVIEW-A2 clearing reagent first developed at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Japan which delivers vivid 3D image capture of structures 8-mm deep, much further into tissue than ever possible before

PicoQuant GmbH introduced three new products at SPIE Photonics West held January 21 to 26, 2012 in San Francisco, USA: a high-power green picosecond pulsed laser head that provides up to 200 mW average power, a laser system for the generation of nanosecond pulses with programmable pulse shape, and the fastest commercial quantum random number generator (QRNG) available to the market.

Molecular Devices has announced the launch of a Digital Confocal Module for use on its ImageXpress Micro High Content Screening (HCS) systems. Designed for use as part of the MetaXpress 4 software package, the Digital Confocal Module significantly increases throughput and assay quality

The Axio Vert.A1 is a compact, inverted light microscope that can be used for different, large test pieces and components in metallography and materials testing. Structures are analyzed quickly and efficiently, making it possible to obtain fast information about the properties and quality of the material. Users determine structures such as grain size, grain boundaries, phases and inclusions

Olympus has released the CX22 microscopes for routine and educational microscopy. Without compromising image quality, these microscopes provide a bigger field of view and increased flexibility when it comes to altering the height of the eye point. Ergonomically designed and easy to use, these microscopes are also the ideal solution to a wide range of routine microscopy needs