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X-Ray Spectroscopy Enables Atomic-Level Mapping

FEI enhanced its ChemiSTEM Technology to facilitate energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy at the atomic level, which can be implemented for all the elements in the periodic table.

24 May 2011

Olympus to Exhibit at European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology

Olympus will be exhibiting at the upcoming European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology (EUSPEN) 11th International Conference and Exhibition in Lake Como, Italy from 23 – 26 May 2011. With expertise in the field of optical metrology, Olympus will display its LEXT OLS4000 confocal laser scanning microscope (CLSM) at booth 1314, as well as present an informative poster and participate in the commercial session.

23 May 2011

Nano-Gyroscope with Optical Sensor for Medical and Security Applications

Jacob (Koby) Scheuer, a researcher at the Tel Aviv University (TAU) of Electrical Engineering, Israel, has designed a nano- gyroscope. An optic-fiber nano-sensor had been designed four years earlier, together with an optic gyroscope that operates in combination with the sensor.

20 May 2011

Atomic Force Microscope Offers Rapid Scanning Speeds to Enhance Productivity

Bruker has launched a Dimension FastScan Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), which delivers increased imaging speed while maintaining nanoscale resolution.

16 May 2011

Atomic Force Tunneling Microscope for Point Defect Nano-Resolution in Liquids

The Cypher AFM launched recently by Asylum Research is delivering nano-scale point defects resolution in a liquid. During scanning, tunneling microscopes have revealed point defect resolution.

13 May 2011

University of St Andrews Use Nanosight NTA to Characterize Exosomes

NanoSight, world-leading manufacturers of unique nanoparticle characterization technology reports that the School of Medicine at the University of St Andrews is using nanoparticle tracking analysis, NTA, to characterize exosome behaviour.

10 May 2011

Egg-shaped Nano-magnets Enable Energy-efficient Computer Memories

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers recently colored batches of egg shaped nano-particles to enable energy efficient computer memories.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 29 Apr 2011

New SoftClean Specimen Cleaning Chamber from XEI Scientific

XEI Scientific Inc, maker of the popular EVACTRON® De-Contaminator Plasma Cleaning System for electron microscopes and other vacuum chambers, announces their new SoftClean™ specimen cleaning chamber to be used with the Evactron De-Contaminator for electron microscopy.

From XEI Scientific 26 Apr 2011

Polarized Microscopy for DNA Transcription

Researchers at the Rockefeller University have developed a technique to help analyze the course of specific proteins in the cell by harnessing the properties of polarized light.

20 Apr 2011