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Liquid Crystal Sensor offers Breakthrough for Rapid COVID-19 Diagnostic Test

Researchers at OSU have designed a liquid crystal (LC) based diagnostic kit and a smartphone-based application to enable automatic detection of SARS-CoV-2 ssRNA, which could be used for reliable self-test of SARS-CoV-2 at home without the need for complex equipment or procedures. See how Linkam’s Peltier stage was in volved in the research.

In the press: Linkam Temperature-Controlled Stage Used in Research for Mars Missions

NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover will land on Mars on 18 February 2021, to search for signs of life and explore the planet's geology. The rover will explore the Jezero Crater to characterise the planet's ancient climate and geology, and will be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith. The subsequent 2022 mission of the ExoMars programme will deliver a European rover and a Russian surface platform to the surface of Mars to search for signs of life.

Researchers detect cancer cells at an early stage of development via luminescent nanothermometers

A recent study undertaken at Rovira i Virgili University in Tarragona, Spain, reveals that biolabelling through luminescence thermometry has the potential to detect cancer cells at an early stage of development, just by monitoring the temperature rise in the body, due to accelerated metabolic activities in abnormal cells.

The Linkam THMS600 stage was used by researchers at the university to study the fluorescence of the nanoparticles that are produced.

In the Press: Cryo-Correlative Fluorescence and Electron Microscopy With Linkam’s CMS196V3 Stage

Cryo-imaging techniques are making the news across a wide range of applications. Cryo-imaging enables researchers to qualitatively assess the effectiveness of new compounds or biomolecules, and the CMS196V3 has been used by researchers from universities and research hospitals around the world to prepare and characterize many different sample types.

In the Press: Linkam THMS600 Stage Used to Study Laser-Induced Phase Separation

A team of scientists set out to understand how and why lasers trigger crystallization and how changes made to the properties of the laser could influence which crystal form would be generated. Researchers working with Prof. Klaas Wynne of The School of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow have used the Linkam THMS600 temperature-controlled stage to explore phase transitions in mixed liquid systems and laser-induced nucleation.

In the Press: Cryo-Correlative Fluorescence and Electron Microscopy With Linkam’s CMS196V³ Stage

The Linkam CMS196V³ is a cryo-CLEM instrument designed to facilitate the full workflow of CLEM. As well as maintaining the sample, it provides proven capabilities of safe handling of the sample, making it a simple and reliable process for transferring and imaging cryo samples with an optical microscope, while keeping them free of contamination at all times. With a short-start up time and an optional autofill system providing up to 6 hours of continuous, uninterrupted use, the CMS196V3 is time-efficient and increases workflow productivity. Furthermore, it enables co-ordinate mapping, required to locate the same sample in the fluorescence or Electron microscope.

In the Press: Update to Linkam's CMS196 cryo stage for correlative microscopy

Linkam has launched an latest update to its cryo-stage for correlative microscopy; CMS196V 3. The CMS196V 3 is a cryo-correlative microscopy system enabling the full workflow of Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy (CLEM). It is ideal for the correlation of high resolution structural information with biochemical processes within cells. The latest model can be integrated with a wide range of research grade upright microscopes, offers enhanced sample stability for cryo-imaging, improved sample handling and reduced sample contamination.

In the Press: Linkam Launches New Modular Force Stage (MFS) for Characterising Complex Materials

Market leader in temperature controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments, has launched the latest version of the tensile stage, the new Modular Force Stage (MFS). Designed to characterise the mechanical properties of samples, the system is a new and improved version of the popular TST350 tensile stage with increased sensitivity, resolution and a modular design.