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8/19/2026
New compact single-axis controller offers premium performance at a cost-effective price
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8/19/2026
New compact single-axis controller offers premium performance at a cost-effective price
Prior Scientific has launched the ES12ZETTL, a compact single-axis stepper motor controller designed to simplify control of motorized focus axes, filter wheels,…
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5/13/2026
Flatter, more accurate wafer positioning from Queensgate
Flatter, more accurate wafer positioning from Queensgate 13.05.26 The new WP120B Z-axis, tip-and-tilt piezo positioning stage for 300 mm (12”) wafers offers…
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3/25/2026
New 8-position filter cube turret offers rapid multi-channel imaging for fluorescence microscopy
New 8-position filter cube turret offers rapid multi-channel imaging for fluorescence microscopy 25.03.26 The HF108FC filter cube turret from Prior Scientific enhances…
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2/26/2026
New direct-drive, heavy-duty piezo nanopositioning stage for metrology and precision manufacturing
New direct-drive, heavy-duty piezo nanopositioning stage for metrology and precision manufacturing 26.02.26 Queensgate Instruments has extended its range of high-performance nanopositioning piezo stages with a direct-drive, heavy-duty stage…
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1/8/2026
Prior Scientific Launches PureFocus690: Advanced Hardware Laser Autofocus for Raman and Infrared Microscopy
Prior Scientific Launches PureFocus690: Advanced Hardware Laser Autofocus for Raman and Infrared Microscopy 08.01.26 Prior Scientific, a global leader in precision optical…
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9/30/2025
Prior Scientific Instruments Strengthens Global Position with Strategic Acquisition of US Vibration Isolation Specialist
Prior Scientific Instruments Strengthens Global Position with Strategic Acquisition of US Vibration Isolation Specialist 30.09.25 Cambridge-based microscopy and automation leader acquires Boston's…
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9/29/2025
24-hour gaming challenge raises over £1,000 for rare cancer charity
24-hour gaming challenge raises over £1,000 for rare cancer charity 29.09.25 Prior Scientific’s Supply Chain Manager, Peter Hall, raised £1,266.25 from a…
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9/23/2025
New HF108B from Prior: The fastest 32 mm filter wheel available for microscopy
New HF108B from Prior: The fastest 32 mm filter wheel available for microscopy 23.09.25 Prior Scientific has released a new, high-speed 8-position…
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9/18/2025
New compact motorized microscope stage offers high accuracy at an affordable price
New compact motorized microscope stage offers high accuracy at an affordable price 18.09.25 The H100A compact motorized stage for upright microscopy is…
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9/16/2025
Accelerating Innovation in Imaging: Join Our Joint OEM Webinar
Accelerating Innovation in Imaging: Join Our Joint OEM Webinar 16.09.25 Discover how Prior Scientific and leading partners are shaping the future of…
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9/9/2025
New cost-effective, high-precision nanopositioning stages for OEM integration from Queensgate
New cost-effective, high-precision nanopositioning stages for OEM integration from Queensgate 09.09.25 The XP series of medium-duty nanopositioning stages offers exceptional repeatability, low…
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9/4/2025
Large area high-speed atomic force microscopy with arbitrary scan path playback: paper available now
Large area high-speed atomic force microscopy with arbitrary scan path playback: paper available now 04.09.25 Queensgate and the UK’s National Physical Laboratory…
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8/26/2025
Local Students Gain Real-World Experience at Prior Scientific
Local Students Gain Real-World Experience at Prior Scientific 26.08.25 We were delighted to welcome some local students for work experience through the…
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6/19/2025
New multi-axis nanopositioning stage from Queensgate offers market-leading dynamic performance
New multi-axis nanopositioning stage from Queensgate offers market-leading dynamic performance 19.06.25 Queensgate Instruments has expanded its range of high-performance nanopositioning stages with…
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6/11/2025
Queensgate’s ultra-compact long-range piezo stage offers best-in-class high-performance positioning
Queensgate’s ultra-compact long-range piezo stage offers best-in-class high-performance positioning 11.06.25 The NPS-Z-500C piezo stage from Queensgate provides unrivalled position precision and accuracy…
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6/4/2025
‘Highest precision positioning’: Queensgate launches new heavy-duty piezo stage
‘Highest precision positioning’: Queensgate launches new heavy-duty piezo stage 04.06.25 Queensgate Instruments has extended its range of high-performance nanopositioning piezo stages with…
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3/28/2025
New Queensgate Objective Positioner: affordable market-leading accuracy and superior step-settle time
New Queensgate Objective Positioner: affordable market-leading accuracy and superior step-settle time 28.03.25 Queensgate has launched its latest addition to the OP family…
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3/27/2025
Popular Piezo Objective Positioners – available with short lead time
Popular Piezo Objective Positioners – available with short lead time 27.03.25 Queensgate’s OP series of piezo objective positioners are available to order…
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2/10/2025
New Motorized Stage Brings Enhanced Precision to Evident IX85 Microscopes
New Motorized Stage Brings Enhanced Precision to Evident IX85 Microscopes 10.02.25 Prior Scientific has introduced new variants of the H117 motorized stages…
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2/10/2025
New 2-axis heavy-duty motorized stage series offers precision positioning for large samples
New 2-axis heavy-duty motorized stage series offers precision positioning for large samples 10.02.25 Prior Scientific has launched the HT11 Series, a new…
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12/5/2024
High-accuracy sample positioner offers fast travel over 200 µm
High-accuracy sample positioner offers fast travel over 200 µm 05.12.24 Queensgate Instruments has introduced a new, short-range nanopositioning Z-axis sample positioner in…
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11/20/2024
Large-area scanning for high-speed AFM: latest developments announced
Large-area scanning for high-speed AFM: latest developments announced 20.11.24 Queensgate and NPL revealed their latest breakthrough at Euspen's Special Interest Conference: Precision…
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11/11/2024
Enhance your focusing capabilities with the PureFocus850 Laser Autofocus System
Enhance your focusing capabilities with the PureFocus850 Laser Autofocus System 11.11.24 As modern microscopy evolves, autofocus is a critical requirement for many…
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2/27/2024
Semiconductor metrology: positioning is key
Semiconductor metrology: positioning is key 27.02.24 Specialist positioning subsystems provide core building blocks in 3D surface measurement and inspection solutions for the…
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1/29/2024
Queensgate awarded funding for fourth research project with NPL
Queensgate awarded funding for fourth research project with NPL 29.01.24 Queensgate, a brand of Prior Scientific, has won funding from Innovate UK,…
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1/24/2024
New Microscope Automation Guides Available Now!
We’ve updated our popular microscope automation guides for Nikon and Evident/Olympus Microscopes.
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11/14/2023
High accuracy sample positioner now offers up to 800 µm travel
Queensgate has added a new model to its range of piezo-driven sample positioners. The SP800 offers 800 µm of travel (closed loop)…
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11/7/2023
New ISO certifications demonstrate Prior Scientific’s commitment to improved environmental practices
Prior Scientific is now certified to ISO Environment (14001:2015) and Health & Safety (45001:2018). The company already has Quality Management (9001:2015) which has been successfully…
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8/9/2023
Prior Scientific achieves EcoVadis sustainability award
We are proud to announce that we have achieved a bronze medal for our sustainability practices from EcoVadis. The award is based on…
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6/15/2023
What is the recipe for success in nanopositioning quality assurance?
As part of the Analysis for Innovation (A4I) program from Innovate UK, Queensgate has been working with experts in dimensional nanometrology at…
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5/17/2023
Update to Privacy Policy
We have updated our privacy policy to give website users a better understanding of how we may collect, process and, use personal…
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5/17/2023
Queensgate to partner with NPL on third A4I-funded research project
Queensgate, the nanopositioning expert, has won funding in round 8 of Innovate UK’s Analysis for Innovation (A4I) program. This is their third successful…
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4/24/2023
Meet DESI XS – MS imaging Case Study
Prior Scientific is known for developing and manufacturing cutting-edge microscope automation, working with OEMs and start-ups to help bring their concepts to…
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4/17/2023
Prior and NPL collaborate on 3D spatial positioning correction
A new video case study from Innovate UK’s Analysis for Innovators (A4I) program explores Prior Scientific’s collaboration with the UK’s National Physical…
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3/22/2023
24-hour gaming challenge set to raise £1000 for rare cancer charity
Prior Scientific’s Supply Chain Manager, Peter Hall, is undertaking a 24-hour gaming challenge to raise £1000 for two charities: the AMMF and UK Sepsis Trust.…
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3/16/2023
Prior Scientific is pleased to introduce the HT11300KTNL heavy duty motorized stepper stage
The HT11300KTNL motorized stepper stage from Prior Scientific is ideal for automating the XY scanning of larger samples used in electrophysiology, multiphoton and industrial…
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1/18/2023
New piezo objective scanner offers market leading accuracy and resolution
Nanopositioning expert, Queensgate, has announced the launch of the NanoScan OP800 piezo objective scanner. Its unique mechanical design together with integral capacitive feedback sensors…
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1/3/2023
The new NanoCeramic sensor from Queensgate provides nanoscale precision in highly demanding environments
The NanoCeramic (NC) series from Queensgate offers high precision positioning in demanding applications. The sensor’s materials and construction make it suitable for use in…
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12/20/2022
Prior Scientific introduces the H189 Motorized XYZ Deck
Prior Scientific has announced the launch of the H189 Motorized XYZ Deck. Prior Scientific’s new motorized XYZ Deck is the latest in…
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11/29/2022
NPL and Queensgate collaboration improves spatial correction for multi-axis nanopositioning
As part of the Analysis for Innovators program round 6, Queensgate, in collaboration with the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), were awarded funding…
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9/14/2022
Prior Scientific is pleased to introduce its newest automated slide loader, the SL160
Prior Scientific is pleased to introduce its newest automated slide loader, the SL160. This 160 slide capacity loader combines reliability, easy set…
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8/16/2022
Introducing a new high-load Piezo wafer Z stage
Queensgate, a brand of Prior Scientific, introduces a new high-load Piezo wafer Z stage
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7/21/2022
Prior Scientific introduces motorized nosepieces for use with OpenStand microscopes
Prior Scientific introduces motorized nosepieces for use with OpenStand microscopes
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6/10/2022
Prior Scientific introduces CS200 joysticks and touchscreen to control Prior stages and focus drives, and motorized accessories
Prior Scientific release the new CS200 series of joysticks and TS200 touchscreen display to control their ProScan™ and OptiScan™ products.
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10/13/2020
Prior Scientific Introduces the OpenStand Motorized Optical Stand
A new motorized stand combined with Prior Scientific’s portfolio of automation and optical components offers a new way to develop custom optical…
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7/17/2019
Prior exhibit at the Cambridge Museum of Technology
Prior Scientific Instruments Ltd is honored to be the first company to exhibit in the reopening of the Cambridge Museum of Technology…
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5/24/2019
Prior Scientific's 100 Year Celebration
Swynford Manor near Newmarket, Cambridge, hosted Prior Scientific and their guests for Prior’s 100-year anniversary celebration on Thursday 16th May 2019. The…
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4/2/2019
A hive of activity for Prior Scientific!
Spring offers many surprises as things come out from hibernation during the winter period. This week Prior received an old PriorLux 100…
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2/5/2019
The PureFocus850 – Ultimate in High Speed Microscope Auto Focus
Prior Scientific is proud to announce the release of its new PureFocus850 a revolutionary autofocus for biological and industrial imaging. The PureFocus850…
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1/14/2019
Prior Scientific celebrates 100 years
Prior Scientific Instruments Ltd marks its 100th anniversary of the company’s founding in 1919, a rare achievement in today’s business climate.
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8/10/2018
Prior Scientific opens new office in China
Prior Scientific a global leader in the design and manufacture of precision positioning devices, automated solutions and components. Is today pleased to…
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5/25/2018
Queensgate Instruments has been acquired by Prior Scientific Instruments Ltd
Prior Scientific Instruments are global leaders in delivering high precision motorized stages, microscope automation products and specialty opto-mechanical automation systems. Queensgate instruments…
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10/17/2017
Fluorescent tags and Nanoparticles compared as biological imaging tools using Prior stage
A Prior stage has been used in a ground-breaking study comparing traditional fluorescent tags to Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Nanoparticles (SERS NPs),…
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4/28/2017
Prior Scientific Announces Enhanced Warranty Policy
Prior Scientific announces an enhanced warranty for their products. Our new improved warranty for motorized stages is five years from the date…
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1/20/2017
Prior Introduces Translation Stage
Providing a method to precisely move microscopes whilst allowing the sample to remain stationary, the Microscope Translation Stage from Prior Scientific is…
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11/15/2016
Microscope Stage for Productive Microplate Imaging
Offering precise movement (repeatability 0.7 µm) in the X and Y axis (280 x 80 mm), the H139 is the perfect tool…
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10/6/2016
Accurate & Precise Microscope Stage for Electronics Material Testing
Fully compatible with a wide range of microscopes the H112 can easily accommodate wafers up to 12-inches (300 mm) in diameter, or…
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9/8/2016
Microscope Stage for Precision Mapping of Large Samples
Delivering precise motorized movement in steps as small as 0.04 microns, the H105 stage is adaptable with a variety of sample holders,…
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7/26/2016
XY Stages from Prior Scientific for the New Nikon Ts2R Intermediate Sized Inverted Research Microscope
Prior Scientific is pleased to announce that both the ProScanTM H117 high-precision motorized flat-top stage and the IS102/103 OptiScanTM series microscope automation…
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7/26/2016
Linear Motor Stages Set New Standard for Microscope Automation
Prior Scientific has announced that the Core Imaging Facility at the UK’s prestigious National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) has chosen a…
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7/15/2016
Prior Scientific Announces Accessories for New Nikon Ts2R Microscope
For applications requiring highly accurate and precise XY sample positioning, the Prior Scientific H117 microscope stage delivers top performance on the Nikon…
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7/14/2016
Flat Top Motorised Stage for Upright Microscopes
The thin, flat design of the H101F stage maximises obstruction free space, enabling easy and convenient sample loading / unloading, as well…
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5/16/2016
Fast 10 position filter wheel for fluorescence microscopy
Filtering of excitation and emission light is vital in fluorescence microscopy. The HF110A/32 filter wheel from Prior Scientific offers a way to…
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4/29/2016
New Equipment added for Neuroscience
Prior Scientific’s Rigid Post Mounts provide a simple, versatile and stable set up for electrophysiology and neuroscience applications. Without the use of…
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4/4/2016
Z Deck Platform Provides the Ideal Solution for In-vivo Image Application
Prior Scientific reports that its collaboration with Neurotar (Helsinki, Finland) has produced a seamlessly integrated solution for in vivo microscopic imaging in…
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1/18/2016
Artist using Prior equipment featured in InFocus Magazine
Prior Scientific’s OptiScan® controller together with the associated microscope stage and focus motor have been used to create stunning artistic designs. Using…
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12/10/2015
47 mm Sample Holder from Prior Scientific
Prior Scientific has announced a new 47 mm filter sample holder for its H101A microscope stage.
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12/3/2015
Introducing The Lumen 100-LED Fluorescence Illumination System
The new Lumen 100-LED illuminator provides advanced, high-quality illumination for a wide range of fluorescence microscopy applications. With a 25,000 hour lifetime,…
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10/19/2015
HLD117 Linear Motor Stage used at the NIMR
NIMR (http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/) is one of the world’s leading medical research institutes. Research at NIMR covers a broad spectrum of basic biomedical science,…
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9/17/2015
Prior launches the HZP Series Adjustable Rigid Post Mounts for Physiology Applications
Prior Scientific proudly introduces the HZP Series Adjustable Rigid Post Mounts for physiology applications to provide a simple, flexible, stable, low-cost solution…
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7/13/2015
Prior Scientific provides illumination for sperm analysis
Microptic’s SCA system is designed to quickly and accurately determine the number of live and dead sperm cells within a sample via…
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4/22/2015
Stage extension wings now available
Available as a pair, our stage extension wings give end users the ability to increase the space on their inverted stages; thus…
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3/11/2015
Illumination range extended
Small and compact, the Lumen 100 offers powerful, precise and high quality LED illumination. Producing minimal vibration and heat, allowing the unit…
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1/7/2015
Introducing The Lumen 1600-LED Universal Fluorescence Illumination System
The new Lumen 1600-LED from Prior Scientific is the latest product in Prior’s ever expanding microscopy illumination product line. The Lumen 1600-LED…
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1/6/2015
Introducing the New OptiScan III Control System
The OptiScanTM III is the latest release of the popular OptiScanTM system from Prior Scientific, and is an affordable yet accurate stage…
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10/9/2014
Improved Multi-stain Testing With The Lumen 300-LED
The Lumen 300-LED broad spectrum illumination system has an additional capability that allows the user to combine single and multi-stain testing to…
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6/2/2014
Introducing The Lumen 300-LED Broad Spectrum White Light Fluorescence Excitation Illumination System
Rockland, MA. (June 2, 2014) – The new Lumen 300-LED from Prior Scientific is the latest product in Prior’s ever-expanding microscopy illumination…
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5/1/2014
Introducing The HLD117 Series of High Precision Microscope Stages With Linear Motor Technology
Rockland, MA. (May 8, 2014) – Prior’s newest stage technology, the HLD117 Linear Motor Stages bring a new level of speed and…
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2/14/2014
Introducing the LDB100F Brightfield LED Illumination System
Prior Scientific is proud to announce the latest addition to their wide range of illumination products for microscopy – the new LDB100F…
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1/5/2014
Optimize Z Stack Image Acquisition Speed Using ProScan III TTL Breakout Box (H31TTLBB)
This Application Note describes using a Master 8 pulse generator and Prior ProScan® III XYZ motor controller with Prior’s TTL Breakout Box,…
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5/1/2013
H101F Flat Top Stage
Prior Scientific proudly introduces our latest and most innovative motorized stage for upright microscopes, the H101F Flat Top Stage.
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7/1/2012
New LED System for Fluorescence Microscopy
The use of LEDs as an excitation source for fluorescence microscopy offers a range of advantages over conventional illumination systems. The new…
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