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MICROSCOPY NEWS
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Nanocylinder Vibrations Help Quantify Polymer Curing For 3D Printing
In a step toward making more accurate and uniform 3D-printed parts such as personalized prosthetics and dental materials, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a method of measuring the rate at which microscopic regions of a liquid raw material harden into a solid plastic when exposed to light.
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Record Resolution In X-Ray Microscopy
Researchers at FAU, the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland and other institutions in Paris, Hamburg and Basel, have succeeded in setting a new record in X-ray microscopy. With improved diffractive lenses and more precise sample positioning, they were able to achieve spatial resolution in the single-digit nanometre scale.
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Scientists Invent A New Type Of Microscope That Can See Through An Intact Skull
Non-invasive microscopic techniques such as optical coherence microscopy and two-photon microscopy are commonly used for in vivo imaging of living tissues. When light passes through turbid materials such as biological tissues, two types of light are generated: ballistic photons and multiply scattered photons.
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Controlling Fully Integrated Nanodiamonds
Using modern nanotechnology, it is possible nowadays to produce structures which have a feature sizes of just a few nanometres. This world of the most minute particles – also known as quantum systems – makes possible a wide range of technological applications, in fields which include magnetic field sensing, information processing, secure communication or ultra-precise time keeping.
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An Electrical Trigger Fires Single, Identical Photons
Secure telecommunications networks and rapid information processing make much of modern life possible. To provide more secure, faster, and higher-performance information sharing than is currently possible, scientists and engineers are designing next-generation devices that harness the rules of quantum physics.
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Getting A Grip On Near-Field Light
There are many types of light — some visible and some invisible to the human eye. For example, our eyes and brain don’t have the tools to process ultraviolet light when it hits our eyes, making it invisible.
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Tiny Bubbles Make A Quantum Leap
Researchers at Columbia Engineering and Montana State University report today that they have found that placing sufficient strain in a 2D material—tungsten diselenide (WSe2)—creates localized states that can yield single-photon emitters.
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Excelitas To Highlight Fluorescence Illumination Solutions For Microscopy At Biophysical Society 2019
Excelitas Technologies Corp., a global technology leader delivering innovative, customized photonic solutions, will showcase its broad offering of X-Cite fluorescence illumination products for microscopy and debut its new white light LED light source at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society.
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New Ophir® PD300-MS Power Meter For Fluorescence Microscopy Measures High NA Microscope Objectives
MKS Instruments, Inc., a global provider of technologies that enable advanced processes and improve productivity, has announced the Ophir® PD300-MS microscope slide power meter for accurate measurements of light emitted from fluorescence microscopes. The PD300-MS measures power levels of high numerical aperture (NA) objectives, from 5µW to 1W. A special filter provides low angular dependence, enabling higher accuracy measurements. NIST-traceable calibration allows for measurement of wavelengths from 350nm to 1100nm. The power meter is designed for use with a wide range of light sources in such applications as photoactivation or photobleaching. To accommodate limited space, it has the same footprint as a standard microscope slide. The PD300-MS can be used at the sample plane in air or with water/oil immersion objectives without damage.
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Powerful New Imaging Method Reveals In Detail How Particles Move In Solution
New research published in Nature Methods will dramatically improve how scientists “see inside” molecular structures in solution, allowing for much more precise ways to image data in various fields, from astronomy to drug discovery.
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Rice Team Designs Lens-Free Fluorescent Microscope
Lenses are no longer necessary for some microscopes, according to Rice University engineers developing FlatScope, a thin fluorescent microscope whose abilities promise to surpass those of old-school devices.
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Super-Resolution Microscopy In Both Space And Time
In a breakthrough for biological imaging, EPFL scientists have developed the first microscope platform that can perform super-resolution spatial and temporal imaging, capturing unprecedented views inside living cells. The landmark paper is published in Nature Photonics.
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Leti Develops Lens-Free, Point-Of-Care System For Diagnosing Spinal Meningitis
Leti, a research institute at CEA Tech, has invented a lens-free microscope technology that provides point-of-care diagnosis for spinal meningitis. Outlined in a paper presented at Photonics West, the new technology provides immediate results and eliminates errors in counting white blood cells (leukocytes) in cerebrospinal fluid, which is required to diagnose the infection.
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Researchers Achieve Resolutions In The 30 Nanometre Range
Objects smaller than half the wavelength of the utilised light cannot be viewed with the aid of traditional light microscopes. A research team from Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) and the University of Basel has succeeded in enhancing the resolution for microscopic analysis of solid state systems to 1/31 of the wavelength of the utilised light.
MICROSCOPY VIDEOS
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Introducing The pco.edge bi For Microscopy Applications
Dr. Scott Metzler from PCO introduces the pco.edge 4.2 bi back illuminated camera sensor with high resolution and a 6.5 x 6.5 μm² pixel size for high-quality images with quantum efficiency up to 95%. This next-generation camera offers an extremely versatile solution for all of your microscopy needs.
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High Speed 5 Axis Micro Drilling Scanhead In 2016
We were fortunate enough to meet with Taiki Iida at Canon to hear about two brand new releases.
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Video: Nanopositioning Applications For Microscopy, Neuroscience, And Metrology
PI provides a large variety of fast Z-Stages and collar piezo objective positioners for 3D imaging (Z-stack acquisition), deconvolution, and fast focusing applications. These Piezo nanopositioning stages & positioners are essential tools for high-resolution metrology and microscopy applications due to their sub-atomic resolution and extremely fast response times.
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Gooch & Housego Introduces The New Fiber-QTM Fiber Coupled Modulators
The new Fiber-QTM Fiber is a fiber coupled acousto-optic modulator (FCAOM) solution for fiber laser modulation and frequency shifting. These devices can directly control the timing, intensity, and temporal characteristics of the active output from a fiber laser, offering a wider variety of pulse shapes.
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Stable And Low Noise CW Laser Modules
One of Modulight’s more popular displays at Photonics West this year involved their ML6000 series of laser modules. These lasers are ideal for applications involving illumination, microscopy, optical pumping, fluorescence, and more.
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Precise Positioning Results in Higher Quality Imaging
Stefan Vorndran with PI (Physik Instrumente) gives us a rundown of their precision positioning technology capabilities at SPIE DSS 2013.
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Nova Sensors Cameras: From Surveillance To Microscopy
Tony Vengel, VP of business development for Nova Sensors, gives some background of his company and their cameras covering the full electromagnetic spectrum under their parent company, Teledyne Technologies.
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Three-Chip Cameras For Surgical Imaging, Medical Microscopy, Broadcast Applications
Paul Dempster, director of sales and marketing for Toshiba’s Imaging Systems Division, walks us through their three-chip industrial camera offerings at Photonics West 2013.
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New Green Laser For Raman Spectroscopy, Flow Cytometry, Confocal Microscopy
Bob Struthers of PD-LD introduces us to its new 530nm green laser at Photonics West 2013.
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Inverted Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy With ASI’s RAMM System
ASI (Applied Scientific Instrumentation) displayed its microscope automation, precise motion control, and optics products at the BiOS and Photonics West 2013 exhibitions.
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Scanners, Sensors, And Encoders For A Wide Range Of Applications
Ronald Travis, sales manager with Canon USA, introduces us to his company’s line of miniature optical encoders, galvano scanners, laser Doppler velocity sensors, and rotary encoders at Photonics West 2013.
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Fine Resolution, Better Sensitivity, And SWIR Imaging Make For Deeper OCT Imaging
Doug Malchow of UTC Aerospace gives us an overview of the GL2048L InGaAs Linescan Camera at Photonics West 2013.