THE latest iteration of Olympus‘s range of routine and educational microscopes, the CX23, promises high performance with ergonomic design in a compact package. The company says this latest microscope is packed full of well-considered, clever features to enhance every step…
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Light microscope as ‘fast and efficient’ alternative to SEM
IN DETAILED studies for a heritage conservation project, researchers at the University of Antwerp in Belgium have found that high-resolution optical microscopy can be as powerful as scanning electron microscopy (SEM). This is the claim made by Olympus, whose DSX500…
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…
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…
Rotifer video scoops Bioscapes microscopy imaging competition
THE 2012 Olympus Bioscapes microphotography competition has been won by a video showing the feeding habits of freshwater rotifers. The video was made by Ralph Grimm, a teacher from Jimboomba, Australia, who beat off stiff competition from over 2000 entries.…
Instant, PC-free, microscope imaging
A NEW standalone controller for the five megapixel Olympus DP26 microscope camera makes it possible to view samples and capture images directly on a monitor screen with no need for a dedicated computer. This means that microscopy images can be captured…
Microscope claims new standard for luminescent live cell imaging
NORTH American researchers can now get their hands on the Olympus LV200 benchtop microscope, which has already been available to those in Europe and Japan. The LV200 is designed to acquire very low-light bioluminescence images and, when used with the…
Caption competition: microscope makes student sad
THIS picture was sent to us by Meiji Techno, which has just commissioned a new suite of 365 microscopes at the University of Liverpool, UK. The university’s new central teaching laboratory was opened last month, October 2012, just in…
Raman microspectroscope with multiple laser colours
CRAIC Technologies has added further laser wavelengths to its Apollo Raman microspectrometer, with blue, green, red, and infrared now available. Used in conjunction with a light microscope, the Craic Apollo measures Raman spectra from samples or selected areas of large…
Zebrafish image scores Nikon prize
THE WINNING image in the 2012 Nikon Small World photomicrography competition is an image of the blood-brain barrier in a live zebrafish embryo, submitted by Dr Jennifer Peters and Dr Michael Taylor of St Jude Children’s Research Hospital. This is…