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Decoded Structure of Secretion System Could Lead to New Drugs

New details of the composition and structure of a needlelike protein complex on the surface of certain bacteria may help scientists develop new strategies to thwart infection.

26 Apr 2009

UWO Offering the Most Popular and Well Organized Annual Short Course in Modern X-Ray Spectrometry

The Department of Earth Sciences of the University of Western Ontario is proud to announce that it will continue offering the most popular and well organized annual Short Course in Modern X-ray Spectrometry (XRF2009) from June 1 to June 12, 2009 at its main campus in London, Ontario, Canada.

25 Apr 2009

Asylum Research Sponsors AFM Conference at Technical University of Munich

Asylum Research, in conjunction with IMETUM, Nano Initiative Munich, and Atomic Force F+E, announces the 2nd Euro AFM Forum to be held at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Garching, Germany, July 1-3, 2009.

From Asylum Research - An Oxford Instruments Company 24 Apr 2009

SERS of TiO2 Nanoparticles

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy has the potential to allow single-molecule detection sensitivity. This capability presents new approaches for studying the biophysical and biomedical properties of complex biologically relevant systems in situ.

24 Apr 2009

Microscopy Technique Unveils Previously Hidden Information on the Nature of Superconductivity

Superconductivity is caused by electrons forming pairs in particular types of materials. This pairing makes the electrons insensitive to the perturbations in their pathway and leads to the disappearance of any electrical resistance.

23 Apr 2009

ActiPix D-100 UV Area Imaging Detector Providing Novel Technique for Testing Biocatalyst Substrate

A new applications note from Paraytec describes how the ActiPix D-100 UV Area Imaging detector provides a novel technique for testing biocatalyst substrate specificity towards a mixture of UV active compounds using a continuous engagement electrophoretically mediated microanalysis (EMMA) assay method.

23 Apr 2009

One-Day Symposium on The Photonic Universe

The Institute of Photonics and Optical Science (IPOS), the newest institute in the University of Sydney and the only one of its kind in Australia, launched this week with a one-day symposium The Photonic Universe - Faster, Further, Smarter.

23 Apr 2009

System Help Enable the Dating of Ancient Asteroids

Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq:ESIO), a leading provider of world-class photonic and laser systems for microengineering applications, today announced that its New Wave Research (NWR) Division's UP213 las...

From Electro Scientific Industries (ESI) 22 Apr 2009

Carl Zeiss Setting New Performance Standard for Entry-Level Confocal Microscopy

Carl Zeiss is setting a new performance standard for entry-level confocal microscopy with the introduction of the LSM 700 Laser Scanning Microscope, which uses proven modules from the world's largest range of fluorescence and laser scanning microscope systems to offer radical flexibility in both application and system structure.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 22 Apr 2009

inXitu Introduces New Benchtop Combination XRD/XRF Instrument

Following from technology developed for the NASA Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), inXitu inc., a Silicon Valley based company, has introduced a new benchtop combination X-Ray Diffraction, X-Ray Fluorescence instrument.

21 Apr 2009