THE potential for high-speed video to reveal the hidden details of fracture and crush tests is illustrated in a YouTube video posted by Daniel Rittel. Using a Kirana ultra high-speed video camera from Specialised Imaging, the movie shows a number…
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Time-lapse cell imaging in better focus
TWO new customisation tools for its IX3 inverted microscopes deliver better multi-well time-lapse images and more stable focus during long studies, says Olympus. The IX3-ZDC2 module provides focal drift compensation for accurate focus stability during long time-lapse experiments. Updated CellSens…
4K microscope camera is ‘noise-free’
THE new UC90 microscope camera has a nine-megapixel sensor to deliver ultra-high definition (UHD) 4K images, says Olympus. The one-inch type (14.6 x 12.8mm) CCD colour sensor provides a large field of view, covering almost the same sample area as…
Better blot and gel imaging at lower cost
GEL and western blot imaging documentation is made simpler with the Omega Lum G, says Aplegen. The imaging package comes with everything needed, it says, to quickly start capturing images of gels and blots. The company says this comes at…
High-speed camera has greater sensitivity
PHOTRON says its new FastCam Mini AX100 high-speed camera is the fastest, most light sensitive high-speed imager available. The camera achieves ISO 40,000 for monochrome and ISO 16,000 for colour. Measuring only 120 x 120 x 94mm, the Mini AX100…
New cleanroom for NIT France
NEW Imaging Technologies has inaugurated its new clean room facility at Verrières-le-Buisson, France. The company, known as NIT, says it has invested almost 500,000 euro in the ISO 4-standard clean room. Together with its full range of inspection equipment, the…
Controlling temperature during live-cell imaging
A CONSTANT concern when imaging live cells in the laboratory is maintaining a survivable environment for the microscopic subjects. Now Okolab has introduced its T Plates to provide a steady temperature on the microscope stage. Said to be compatible with any…
Darkfield illumination now possible on virtual slide imaging
OLYMPUS says its new VS120 virtual slide microscope system is the only microscope-based virtual slide system to offer darkfield illumination. This novel whole slide imaging system also offers brightfield and fluorescence illumination. Darkfield imaging is favoured in situations where the…
Weekly news: the power of scientific video
I’VE ALWAYS been a sucker for scientific imaging competitions, which is just as well as this seems to be one of the main growth areas in science today. Every month seems to bring along a new competition for scientists to…
Microscope imaging software ‘breaks the limits’ of resolution
THE LATEST release of MetaMorph software from Molecular Devices enables the online microscopic analysis of cell compartments at nanometre scale, boosting resolution by a factor of more than ten, the company says. In conventional light microscopy, images of biological details…