April 23, 2019 Microscopy Product Launch

New Silicone-Immersion Objective Lenses, CFI Plan Apochromat Lambda S 25XC Sil and CFI Plan Apochromat Lambda S 40XC Sil, for Biological Microscopes

April 23, 2019 Nikon Corporation (Toshikazu Umatate, President, Tokyo) is pleased to announce the release of two new silicone immersion objective lenses, the CFI Plan Apochromat Lambda S 25XC Sil and the CFI Plan Apochromat Lambda S 40XC Sil, for confocal laser microscope systems and Ti2 inverted research microscope. These lenses combine high numerical apertures... Read more

April 16, 2019 Atomic Spectroscopy Bio/Pharma/CRO Lab Top-10 Microscopy

PerkinElmer Joins Accenture’s Life Sciences Ecosystem to Help Drive Innovation in Drug Discovery and Scientific Research

Announcement at 2019 Bio-IT World Conference & Expo syncs with PerkinElmer’s strategy to get labs from big data overload to research insights faster and easier WALTHAM, Massachusetts – April 16, 2019 – PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced that it has joined Accenture’s open partner ecosystem, designed... Read more

April 11, 2019 Chromatography Lab Top-10 Mass Spectrometry Microscopy PR/Corporate

Pittcon 2019: On an Upward Trajectory

This year, the 70th annual Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (Pittcon), held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA, featured a number of new events and sessions. Included among them were a birthday celebration and the unveiling of the newly made-over Pete Conn, the conference mascot. Pittcon opened on Saturday, March... Read more

April 11, 2019 Microscopy

Automated microscope for gentle and fast confocal 4D imaging

Enhancing ZEISS Celldiscoverer 7 with ZEISS LSM 900 for optical sectioning News The proven ZEISS Celldiscoverer 7 is a fully integrated high-end imaging system with various incubation and detection options. It combines the easy-to-use automation of a boxed microscope with the image quality and flexibility of a classic inverted research microscope.  To get better data... Read more

April 8, 2019 Lab Top-10 Microscopy PR/Corporate

Thermo Scientific Krios G3i Cryo Transmission Electron Microscope Named Finalist for Fast Company's 2019 World Changing Ideas Awards

Thermo Scientific Krios G3i Cryo Transmission Electron Microscope Named Finalist for Fast Company’s 2019 World Changing Ideas Awards HILLSBORO, Ore., April 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Today, the Thermo Scientific Krios G3i Cryo Transmission Electron Microscope (Cryo-TEM) was named a finalist for Fast Company’s 2019 World Changing Ideas Awards in the Health and Wellness category. The Krios... Read more

April 4, 2019 Microscopy

Why do dopamine neurons die particularly fast in a specific brain area?

Research team from York uses confocal microscopy from ZEISS to investigate neurodegeneration processes in Parkinson’s disease Customer Story People with Parkinson’s lose control of their muscles, resulting in changes of speech and gait. It is caused by the death of a specific population of dopamine-producing neurons in the substantia nigra – a specific brain area that plays an important role... Read more

April 3, 2019 Microscopy Product Launch

Hitachi High-Technologies Launches the SU3800 and SU3900 Scanning Electron Microscopes

April 3, 2019 — Featuring a large specimen chamber and advanced functionalities — Tokyo, Japan, April 3, 2019—Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (TSE: 8036, Hitachi High-Tech) announced today that it will commence sales of the SU3800 and the oversized SU3900 scanning electron microscopes (SEMs) featuring the ability to accommodate large, heavy specimens, along with advanced functionalities for... Read more