Brooks Finalizes Divestiture of Semiconductor Cryogenics Business to Atlas Copco

CHELMSFORD, Mass., July 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq:BRKS), a leader in automation solutions for the semiconductor manufacturing and life sciences industries, announced today that it has completed the previously announced sale of the company’s Semiconductor Cryogenics business to Edwards Vacuum LLC ( a member of the Atlas Copco Group) for $675 million... Read more

JEOL Announces New High Throughput Analytical Transmission Electron Microscope

JEOL to Remotely Demonstrate New High Throughput, Ultrahigh Resolution Analytical FE SEM at Semicon West 2009 June 30, 2009 (Peabody, Mass.) — JEOL, a leading supplier of electron microscopes for ultrahigh resolution imaging and analysis, will demonstrate its new ultrahigh resolution, analytical Thermal Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), the JSM-7600F, via live remote viewing... Read more

Understanding the toxicity of nanoparticles

[embedded content] Physico-chemical characterization provides more information Customer Story Nanomaterials have become present in our daily life, they could be found in food, cosmetics, textiles, paints, electronic devices, etc. The Consumer Product Inventory (CPI) lists nearly 2000 consumer products which contain such nanomaterials. Metallic and metal-oxide particles are the most abundant group (about 650 products)... Read more

Correlative Microscopy in Materials Science (Second Edition)

ZEISS & Wiley present free guide Knowledge Correlative microscopy is not a single technique but a varied collection of techniques that share a common approach. By applying several different microscopy techniques to a single sample, scientists can study it at a much broader range of magnifications than is possible with a single technique. This allows... Read more

BD Statement on FDA Circulatory System Devices Panel Regarding Paclitaxel-Coated Devices

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., June 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today issued the following statement following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee meeting related to the potential increase in mortality associated with the use... Read more

X Line Objective Lenses Break Optical Barriers with Simultaneously Improved Image Flatness, Chromatic Aberration

June 19, 2019 First plan apochromat objectives in the world to achieve a numerical aperture of 1.5*1 were launched concurrently It is difficult to improve one area of an objective lens, such as numerical aperture, without tradeoffs in another area, like chromatic aberration correction. However, X Line objectives overcome the common tradeoffs by simultaneously improving optical... Read more

Nikon establishes “Nikon BioImaging Lab” in Boston to support drug discovery research

Development of customized drug discovery assays and image analyses upon request June 13, 2019 Nikon Corporation (Toshikazu Umatate, President, Tokyo) and its subsidiary Nikon Instruments Inc. (Toshiaki Nagano, President, NY, USA) have established the Nikon BioImaging Lab in Boston, USA to provide contract imaging and assay services for pharmaceutical companies and venture companies involved in... Read more

Konica Minolta to Accelerate Manufacturing Reforms by Combining IoT Technology with the Capabilities of Employees at Manufacturing Sites and Encourage Open Innovation in Cooperation with Suppliers

Joining the Smart Industrial Centre Project in Malaysia Tokyo (June 11, 2019) – Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) has been promoting workflow reforms for production facilities under its digital manufacturing initiatives towards the goal of establishing production systems that are independent of people, place, country and fluctuations. As part of its efforts to achieve this goal... Read more

“Without microscopes, restorers would be blind.”

Hermitage Deputy Director and Chief Curator Svetlana B. Adaksina shares some insights Customer Story The Art of Restoration conference took place at the world famous State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg in May 2019. The conference was organized for the second time by Hermitage and Optec/ZEISS Research Microscopy Solutions. We spoke to Hermitage Deputy Director and... Read more

Thermo Fisher Scientific and Roper Technologies Announce Termination of Gatan Acquisition

Thermo Fisher Scientific and Roper Technologies Announce Termination of Gatan Acquisition WALTHAM, Mass. and SARASOTA, Fla., June 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, and Roper Technologies (NYSE: ROP), a leading diversified technology company, today announced that they have mutually terminated the agreement under which Thermo... Read more