A NEW CCD camera which exploits thermoelectric cooling to give rapid imaging in low light conditions, for use in Raman spectroscopy, chemiluminescence, and microscopy, has been launched by Artemis CCD. The QS14 camera is designed primarily for imaging in very low…
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Confocal microscope gives enhanced imaging of living specimens
RESEARCHERS seeking more sensitive live cell imaging along with high-speed measurement capability will find the Olympus FluoView FV1200 confocal laser scanning microscope meets their needs, says the company. Offering ultra-high sensitivity along with fluorescence measurement, this instrument is designed specifically…
3D imaging solves mouse genome puzzle
SCIENTISTS in Canada and the USA have used 3D imaging techniques to settle a long-standing debate about how DNA and structural proteins are packaged into chromatin fibres. A paper published in Embo Reports shows that the mouse genome consists of…
Microscope camera needs no PC connection
FOR THE first time, the Olympus DP26 microscope camera can be operated in standalone fashion without the need of a PC connection. This new facility will streamline the image capture process and save valuable space in the laboratory, says Olympus.…
Ballistic imaging at ultra-high resolution
THE SUCCESSOR to Specialised Imaging’s popular Sir2 high-speed camera, the Sir3, can acquire two separate full resolution images to provide displacement and velocity data on tracked objects. Mainly aimed at harsh environments associated with military proving grounds and industrial installations,…
Chemical identification at nanometre scale
ELECTRON microscopy and scanning probe microscopy offer the scientific researcher powerful high-resolution imaging at the nanometre scale, but are poor at identifying the chemical composition of the structures they image. Spectroscopy offers powerful chemical identification, but has resolution limited to…
Forensic fingerprinting from spent cartridges
A NOVEL system to image fingerprints on spent gun cartridges has been made available to forensics experts thanks to a custom made lens from Resolve Optics. The new technique, Cartridge Electrostatic Recovery and Analysis (Cera), can extract fingerprints when other…
Imaging RNA in living cells in real time
THE IMAGING of RNA inside individual living cells seems like the stuff of science fiction, but is becoming a laboratory reality says Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT). The latest issue of Decoded, the company’s quarterly newsletter, highlights the use of IDT…
Surfs imaging sheds light on bacterial mobility and adhesion
NEW RESEARCH in France has shown that that both the adhesion of a bacterium to a surface, and its motion on that surface ,are driven by the same mechanism. The work, carried out by groups belonging to Inserm and CNRS…
Digging deeper into images for biomedical research
THE UPDATED version of Definiens Image Miner, just released, promises to give life sciences researchers deeper biological insights by integrating data analysis with images. The company says Image Miner 2 can reduce the time needed for image-based studies from weeks…