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Scientists Develop Technique for Imaging Nanostructures on the Surface of Living Cells

An international team of scientists, co-led by a University of Kentucky researcher, has developed a technique for imaging nanostructures on the surface of living cells.

2 Mar 2009

Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces Launch of NanoDrop 2000 and 2000c Spectrophotometers

Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced the launch of the Thermo Scientific NanoDrop 2000 and 2000c Spectrophotometers. These easy-to-use, UV-Vis instruments enable a 5-second measurement time of DNA, RNA and proteins on a sample size as low as 0.5uL.

2 Mar 2009

X-Ray Nanoprobe Pushes Observation to Ever Smaller Frontiers

The unparalleled access to state-of-the-art tools and high-intensity X-rays gives researchers at Argonne's Advanced Photon Source the capability to see structural details of cells and materials at smaller scales than ever before.

2 Mar 2009

Technique Shown to be Effective in Detecting the Presence of Pancreatic Cancer

Optical technology developed by a Northwestern University professor of biomedical engineering has been shown to be effective in detecting the presence of pancreatic cancer through analysis of neighboring tissue in the du...

2 Mar 2009

New Standard in AFM and Light Microscopy Integration

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), a leading provider of instrumentation to the nanoscience community, announced today the release of its BioScope™ Catalyst™ Life Science Atomic Force Microscope (AFM). The Catalyst provides an unprecedented level of integration between atomic force microscopy and light microscopy.

2 Mar 2009

Technique Reveals Crystal Colour Centres with Nanometric Resolution

A research team at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen has now probed these color centers inside the crystal with unprecedented resolution using an optical microscope. Using STED microscopy, the scientists identified even densely packed color centers and determined their position inside the crystal with a precision better than 0.15 nanometers, corresponding to the dimension of an atom.

2 Mar 2009

Carl Zeiss Sending its Latest Mmicroscope Systems on Tour of Universities and Institutes Throughout Europe

Carl Zeiss is sending its latest microscope systems on a tour of universities and institutes throughout Europe. The ZEISS on Your Campus Tour gives microscope users the opportunity to become familiar with the systems and...

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 27 Feb 2009

An Alloy Between Two Incompatible Elements now Possible

What has been impossible has now been shown to be possible - an alloy between two incompatible elements. The findings are being published in this week's edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA....

26 Feb 2009

Fundamental Property of Mixture Behavior May Help Extend Life of Vaccines and Food

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have discovered a fundamental property of mixture behavior that might help extend the life of many things including vaccines, food and library books-and save money while doing it.

25 Feb 2009

Project Represents One of the Most Ambitious Electron Microscopy Development Efforts to be Undertaken

Carl Zeiss SMT today announced the creation of a technology development project that represents one of the most ambitious electron microscopy development efforts to be undertaken in recent years.

25 Feb 2009