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Volpi AG, Switzerland

Volpi develops and produces fiber optic and optoelectronic systems and equipment. The two Volpi plants are situated in the center of the major European and American economic zones. In its target markets Diagnostics, Bio-Pharma, Medical Technology, Machine Vision and Industrial Endoscopy Volpi is the more

Olympus Deutschland GmbH, Germany

Olympus is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of professional opto-digital products in medicine, science and industry. The company covers a broad-ranging business segment, including microscope systems for life and materials science as well as powerful analytical systems. more

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On the spot, intelligent, reliable – The first pro-active NIR contact measurement head NIRON II

Lamp failures are not predictable; they are a fact of life. Consequently tec5 not only chose a lamp with long life time of 10,000 hours, but also integrated an identical lamp more

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• Can you analyze me now? Cell phones bring spectroscopy to the classroom

  University of Illinois chemistry professor Alexander Scheeline wants to see high school students using their cell phones in class. Not for texting or surfing the Web, but as an analytical chemistry instrument. Scheeline developed a method using a few basic, inexpensive supplies and a digital camera more

• Fuel cells in operation: A closer look

  Measuring a fuel cell's overall performance is relatively easy, but measuring its components individually as they work together is a challenge. That's because one of the best experimental techniques for investigating the details of an electrochemical device while it's operating is x-ray photoelectro more

• Advanced imaging for bone research and materials science

  A novel nano-tomography method developed by a team of researchers from the Technische Universität München (TUM), the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) and the ETH Zurich opens the door to computed tomography examinations of minute structures at nanometer resolutions. The new method makes possible, for e more

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• Nature's Ingenuity Shows the Way
  

  Up to 80 percent of our experience of our visual environment takes place via our visual perception. Without spatial vision, we would hardly be able to stay oriented. In recent decades, the neurosciences have gained many insights into the complex processes by which our brain's visual cortex and cerebral cortex do the fascinating job of processing the signals originating from the eyes into an image. A study carried out jointly by Leica Microsystems and the Institute of Neuroinformatics at the University of Zurich and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology showed how flexible and powerfull our brain joins visual signals to create an optimal spatial image. The results provided the basis for an innovation in stereomicroscopy which, in terms of resolution and focus depth, has broken through limits that were previously impossible to overcome. more

• Measuring particle size using modern laser diffraction techniques
  

  Many different techniques have been devised for determining particle size distribution, but for a wide range of industries laser diffraction has become the preferred choice. Laser diffraction, alternatively referred to as Low Angle Laser Light Scattering (LALLS), can be used for the non-destructive analysis of wet or dry samples, with particles in the size range 0.02 to 2000 micron and has inherent advantages which make it preferable to other options for many different materials. more

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