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Improving Performance of Nanotubes in Solar Cells that Produce Hydrogen Gas from Water

A research team from Northeastern University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has discovered, serendipitously, that a residue of a process used to build arrays of titania nanotubes-a residue that wasn't even noticed before this-plays an important role in improving the performance of the nanotubes in solar cells that produce hydrogen gas from water.

21 Apr 2009

Overcoming the Challenges of Imaging Deep Inside Living Tissues

Zeiss has overcome the challenges of imaging deep inside living tissues with the launch of the LSM 7 MP, a purpose-built multiphoton laser scanning microscope that, for the first time, incorporates two separate scanners.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 20 Apr 2009

Innovative Method Opens Door for Targeted Design of Nanoantennas

In a recent publication in Nature Photonics, a joint team of researchers at CIC nanoGUNE, Donostia International Physics Center DIPC, Centro de Física de Materiales of CSIC/UPV-EHU in San Sebastian (Spain), Harvard University (USA) and the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Munich (Germany) reports an innovative method for controlling light on the nanoscale by adopting tuning concepts from radio-frequency technology.

19 Apr 2009

Discovering How Carbon Nanotubes Work as Catalysts May Result in Cleaner Fuels

Among their many other interesting properties, carbon nanotubes have been found to act as catalysts for some important chemical reactions, including some that could be used to make cleaner fuels. But many unanswered questions remain about how this process works.

16 Apr 2009

Just How Much Water is there in Calcined Gypsum

The structure and exact water content of hemihydrate have remained a matter of speculation. Michael F. Bräu (BASF Construction Chemicals GmbH) and Horst Weiss (BASF SE) have now brought this speculation to an end: by using single-crystal structural analyses they were able to solve the structure, generate a structural model, and support it with computer calculations.

16 Apr 2009

New Yellow Lasers from Coherent Offers Highest Power for Bioimaging and Cytometry

Coherent, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) (Nasdaq: COHR) has unveiled a new series of yellow (561 nm) lasers that produce higher power and offer greater efficiency than anything previously available at this wavelength.

From Coherent Inc. 15 Apr 2009

Improving the Speed and Sensitivity of Scanning Tunnelling Luminescence Spectroscopy

Andor Technology plc (Andor), a world leader in scientific imaging and spectroscopy solutions, has applied Electron Multiplying (EM) technology for the first time to dramatically improve both the speed and sensitivity of Scanning Tunnelling Luminescent spectroscopy (STL) by replacing the standard CCD camera, used to detect photons, with one of its Electron Multiplying CCD (EMCCD) cameras.

15 Apr 2009

CRAIC Technologies Introduces QDI 2010 Film Microspectrophotometer Designed to Measure Thickness of Thin Films

CRAIC Technologies, the leading manufacturer of UV-visible-NIR microscopes and microspectrometers, is pleased to announce the QDI 2010 Film™ microspectrophotometer. The QDI 2010 Film™ instrument is designed to measure the thickness of thin films of sub-micron sampling areas rapidly and non-destructively.

14 Apr 2009

Anasys Webinar on The World's Smallest Heat Source

Anasys Instruments will be organizing a webinar on research frontiers in AFM with heated probes.

14 Apr 2009

Researchers Produced an Aligned Films Less Than a Nanometer Thick

With the human genome in hand, biochemists have cataloged the 3-D structures of thousands of proteins isolated from living cells. But one important class of proteins -- those stuck in the cell membranes -- has proven dif...

14 Apr 2009