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Automatic Supply of Water Immersion During Experiments

Leica Microsystems has now launched a Water Immersion Micro Dispenser that is easy to retrofit and can be used with water immersion objectives even for long term experiments of living organisms and screening experiments in live cell research.

22 Jun 2009

Microscope System Offers Convenient Solutions for Routine and Research

The 2nd generation Axio Imager microscope systems from Carl Zeiss meet all user demands for a versatile and easy-to-use polarization microscope. In geology, mineralogy, metallography, coal and oil petrography and forensic science, they provide more information in less time.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 19 Jun 2009

The Smallest Droplet of Acid

Exactly four water molecules and one hydrogen chloride molecule are necessary to form the smallest droplet of acid. This was the result of work by the groups of Prof. Dr. Martina Havenith (physical chemistry) and Prof. Dr. Dominik Marx (theoretical chemistry) within the research group FOR 618 at Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

19 Jun 2009

JPK Instruments Announces Registration Open for Annual Symposium on Applications of SPM

JPK Instruments are happy to announce that registration is now open for the eighth annual symposium on the applications of scanning probe microscopy (SPM) to be run alongside the second annual symposium on optical tweezers.

From Bruker BioAFM 18 Jun 2009

Microscopic Polymer Beads that Change Color Instantly and Reversibly

A research team led by a chemist at the University of California, Riverside has fabricated microscopic polymer beads that change color instantly and reversibly when external magnetic fields acting upon the microspheres change orientation.

16 Jun 2009

Protein Structures Can Provide Keys to Understanding and Preventing Diseases of Catastrophic Proportions

In the rarified world of protein crystal hunters, Fluidigm's TOPAZ® system is the tool that has helped researchers solve the structures of proteins from the Ebola Virus and Avian Flu Influenza. Now Fluidigm is in...

From Standard BioTools 16 Jun 2009

Carbon Nanotube-Based AFM Tips Promise Better Imaging

Carbon Design Innovations, Inc. (C|D|I) today announced the availability of two new atomic force microscope (AFM) probes types with carbon nanotube (CNT) tips. The CCHAR (carbon core high-aspect ratio) and CCHR (carbon core highresolution) CNT probes offer quantum improvements for AFM imaging, substantially improving results, reducing overall cost of operation and opening new avenues for research.

From Carbon Design Innovations 15 Jun 2009