(Thermo Fisher Scientific: Ecublens, Switzerland) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has announced the launch of an integrated solution for the metals industry that combines the power of wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence (WDXRF) with optical emission spectrometry (OES).

(ACCU-SCOPE Inc.: Commack, NY) -- ACCUSCOPE Inc. announces the second generation 319CU digital microscopy camera, which builds on and improves the architecture of its predecessor by offering faster frame rates on USB 2.0 microscopy cameras.

(Renishaw: Gloucestershire, UK) -- Renishaw advances technology in laser interferometer calibration with the “lean design” XL-80 system.

(Veeco Instruments Inc.: Plainview, NY) -- Veeco Instruments Inc. has announced that it has agreed to sell its metrology business to Bruker Corp., a provider of high-performance scientific instruments and solutions for molecular and materials research, for $229 million in cash.

(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- NIST will use the new ultra-dark detector, described in a new paper in Nano Letters, to make precision laser power measurements for advanced technologies such as optical communications, laser-base

(Extensible CAD Technologies: Raleigh, NC) -- Extensible CAD Technologies announces a new release of InspectionXpert for Solid Edge.

(Advanced Test Equipment Rentals: San Diego) -- Advanced Test Equipment Rentals, a provider of electronic test and measurement equipment rentals, has agreed with Emerson Process Mana

(Xradia: Concord, CA) -- A new lab-based computed tomography (CT) system, capable of delivering synchrotron-like 3-D imaging at 50 nanometer (nm) resolution within a laboratory setting, was announced today by Xradia Inc.

(Aven Inc.: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Three new color cameras from Aven Inc. can upgrade any microscope with one-click image capture and storage capability. The scientific-grade imaging systems include software with extensive options for user-defined processing, measurement, and analysis.

(Harvard SEAS: Cambridge, MA; University of Leeds: Leeds, UK) --  A collaborative team of applied scientists from Harvard University and the University of Leeds have demonstrated a new terahertz (THz) semiconductor laser that emits beams with a much smaller divergence than conventional THz laser