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Duke University Develops Laser-Based Imaging Tool to Diagnose Skin Cancer

High-resolution images from a laser-based tool developed at Duke University could help doctors better diagnose melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, while potentially saving thousands of lives and millions of doll...

25 Feb 2011

Global Market Analysis on Scanning Electron Microscopes

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "The World Market for Scanning Electron Microscopes" report to their offering. World market sales for SEMs in 2010 were approximately US$132.56 million...

24 Feb 2011

Nanometrics Supplies Next Generation 3D Metrology System for 3D Wafer Inspection

Nanometrics Incorporated (Nasdaq: NANO), a leading provider of advanced process control metrology systems, today announced that a leading manufacturer of advanced logic devices has taken delivery of its next generation U...

23 Feb 2011

Researchers Measure the Atomic Structure of Individual Nanoparticles for the First Time

For the first time, scientists from Empa and ETH Zurich have, in collaboration with a Dutch team, managed to measure the atomic structure of individual nanoparticles. The technique, recently published in Nature, could help better understand the properties of nanoparticles in future.

22 Feb 2011

FEI to Provide TEM Technology to CEA-Leti to Characterize 22nm Semiconductor Materials

FEI will provide advanced nanobeam diffraction technology with its Titan™ scanning transmission electron microscope (S/TEM), the world’s most powerful, commercially-available microscope. The companies will measure strain changes in semiconductor structures.

From CEA-Leti 22 Feb 2011

New Scanning-Transmission Electron Microscope from University of Virginia

The University of Virginia has received a $1.5 million state-of-the-art scanning-transmission electron microscope as a gift from Altria of Richmond.

21 Feb 2011

New Device That Makes 3-D Images of Nanoscale Structures

Researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale have a new tool at their disposal that can make the tiniest structures visually pop like the latest 3-D movie image. The new device, an analytical high-resolution...

19 Feb 2011

Latest Team Work in Biology Using Microscopy to be Presented at AAAS Conference

A corrective strategy used by astronomers to sharpen images of celestial bodies can now help scientists see with more depth and clarity into the living brain of a mouse.

18 Feb 2011

UK Engineers Examine Damages in Nuclear Reactors Due to Radiation Exposure

Materials scientists and engineers from six UK universities are joining forces to forecast the life expectancy of nuclear power reactors.

18 Feb 2011

Scientists Model Electron Energy Deposition Patterns for Complex Biological Systems

Research involving selective irradiation of a human skin tissue model is improving how scientists determine the overall effects of low doses of ionizing radiation such as might be received during certain medical procedures or occupational exposures.

18 Feb 2011