Microscopy News
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Zygo Announces A Brand Evolution To Reflect Its Half Century As A Global Leader
9/12/2022
Zygo Corporation, a worldwide supplier of optical instruments, components, and systems, has just completed a refresh of its brand to better reflect its leadership position in the sectors it serves.
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Zygo Corporation Collaborates With Digital Surf To Launch MX Software With Mountains Advanced Contour Module
9/12/2022
Zygo Corporation has partnered with Digital Surf for the release of Mx™ with Mountains® Advanced Contour, a new software package for users of Zygo Corporation’s range of optical profilers.
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A Lesson In Bioluminescence: Swimming With The Dinos
6/13/2022
Forget swimming with the dolphins. Last month, I swam with the dinos. Well, technically, dinoflagellates. These single-cell creatures are responsible for one of nature's most captivating and inspiring phenomenon — bioluminescence — which has gone on to influence advances in medical imaging.
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Researchers Take Optical Coherence Tomography To The Next Level
6/1/2022
With clearer imaging and enhanced resolution, new OCT approach could improve medical diagnostic imaging.
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Bright Ideas — Fluids Viable For Freeform Optics, Visible Light Modulators See Improved SWaP
12/1/2021
Bright Ideas presents the most captivating news and innovations in photonics. This week, novel approaches are explored in freeform optics and fluorescence imaging, NASA nails down a new date for the James Webb Space Telescope launch, and Optica names its photo contest winners and honorary member award recipient.
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Bright Ideas: 9/22/21 — NASA & LISA To Catch Ripples in Gravitational Field, Nikon Picks 'Small World' Winners
9/22/2021
Bright Ideas presents the most captivating news and innovations in photonics. This week, a 3-mile laser beam successfully transmitted data across the Congo River and between two African cities, a new polarimetric imaging method is helping take clearer pictures in murky water, and the secret to cooking juicier chicken is... lasers?
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Bright Ideas: 8/30/21 — NASA's MISR Analyzes Wildfire Smoke, LiDAR To Detect Pipeline Methane Leaks
8/26/2021
Bright Ideas presents the most captivating news and innovations in photonics. This week, a 3D-printed microscope detects COVID-19 in a single drop of blood, and scientists use imaging and machine learning to identify drought-tolerant crops.
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PI's Digital Piezo Controller Family Grows Again
8/23/2021
Improved resolution with 24bit DAC, higher power integrated piezo amplifier, ideal for piezoelectric single-axis nanopositioning systems with capacitive position-feedback sensors, it’s compact, affordable, and new from PI.
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Bright Ideas: 8/23/21 — Raytheon Outfits Army Stryker With Laser | Nuclear Fusion Ignition Gets Closer
8/19/2021
Bright Ideas presents the week's most captivating news and innovations in photonics. This week, the U.S. Army debuted a laser-outfitted combat vehicle, researchers got even closer to achieving nuclear fusion ignition, and tech innovators found a way to use cellphone screens as pocket-sized breathalyzers.
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New Piezo Motor For AutoFocus/Nano-Metrology Applications
8/10/2021
The next gen piezo focusing stages, new from PI, have longer travel ranges to 800µm, faster step/settle, better guiding precision, and higher resolution.