AMETEK to Acquire Gatan from Roper Technologies

Friday, September 27, 2019 BERWYN, Pa. and SARASOTA, Fla. (September 27, 2019) – AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Gatan, a leading manufacturer of instrumentation and software used to enhance and extend the operation and performance of electron microscopes, from Roper Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ROP) in... Read more

New Desktop SEM from Thermo Fisher Scientific Helps Manufacturers Improve Quality Control, Production Efficiency and Material Cleanliness

New Desktop SEM from Thermo Fisher Scientific Helps Manufacturers Improve Quality Control, Production Efficiency and Material Cleanliness Easy-to-use Thermo Scientific Phenom ParticleX can characterize particles up to 10 times faster than outsourcing HILLSBORO, Ore., Sept. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific today introduced the Thermo Scientific Phenom ParticleX, a versatile and intuitive desktop scanning electron microscope... Read more

GE Healthcare launches super-resolution microscope

• Gives fast, deep and clear images for live observation over long periods • Scientists can study a larger range of applications thanks to multiple imaging modes integrated on one device – saving the need for multiple instruments. • EDGE Confocal imaging allows deeper imaging into samples, tissues or organisms Seattle, Washington, September 18, 2019 –... Read more

New Multiplex mode for ZEISS Airyscan 2 enables fast and gentle confocal microscopy

JENA/Germany, The new Multiplex mode for ZEISS Airyscan 2 delivers more information in less time. Smart illumination and detection schemes allow parallel pixel acquisition for fast and gentle confocal microscopy. Researchers can now image their most challenging three-dimensional samples with high framerates in superresolution. The speed and sensitivity gain can be used to gently capture... Read more

Detecting Sperm on Washed Textiles

Application note on light microscopy in forensic analyses Knowledge The ability to identify spermatozoa is a particularly important technique in forensic science, for example within the scope of solving sexual crimes. A suspected perpetrator’s sperm needs to be detected on the victim’s clothing and identified through the use of a specific test. This is achieved,... Read more

Bruker Launches Nanoscale Infrared Spectroscopy and Chemical Imaging SNOM/AFM Microscopy System with Broadband Femtosecond IR Laser

Most Advanced s-Scanning Near-field Optical Microscopy/Atomic Force Microscopy-IR System Commercially Available AMSTERDAM, Sept. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — At the 4th Annual European Forum on Nanoscale IR Spectroscopy, Bruker (Nasdaq: BRKR) today announced the release of the nanoIR3-s Broadband™, the most advanced nanoscale FTIR spectroscopy system available to researchers. The system combines Bruker’s industry-leading, high-performance, nanoIR3-s s-SNOM (scattering... Read more

European Research Initiative Adopts PacBio Sequel II System to Solve Rare Diseases

MENLO PARK, Calif., Sept. 05, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq:PACB), a leading provider of high-quality sequencing of genomes, transcriptomes and epigenomes, today announced that its Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT®) Sequencing technology has been selected by the European research program SOLVE-RD to help reveal the genetic mechanisms responsible for rare genetic... Read more

Bruker Launches Highest Resolution Large-Format Bio-AFM System

MUENSTER, Germany, Sept. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ –At the 9th AFM BioMed Conference, Bruker Corporation (Nasdaq: BRKR) today announced the release of the NanoWizard® 4 XP extreme performance Bio-AFM system. The new system integrates Bruker’s exclusive PeakForce Tapping®, which enables both superior force control and unparalleled AFM ease of use, and industry-leading QI™ mode for high-resolution... Read more