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Shapes of Some of the Tiniest Cellular Structures are Coming into Sharper Focus

The shapes of some of the tiniest cellular structures are coming into sharper focus at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Farm Research Campus, where scientists have developed a new imaging technology that produces the best three-dimensional resolution ever seen with an optical microscope.

2 Feb 2009

Static Electricity on the Nanoscale Generates Chiral Patterns

These objects are all chiral - they cannot exactly superimpose their mirror image by translation or rotation. A common example of this is human hands - a right hand cannot superimpose itself into its mirror image, a left...

2 Feb 2009

Rice Boy Racers Pimp Their Rides at The Nanoscale With Modified Nanocars

The drivers of Rice University's nanocars were surprised to find modified versions of their creation have the ability to roll at room temperature. While practical applications for the tiny machines may be years away, the breakthrough suggests they'll be easier to adapt to a wider range of uses than the originals, which had to be heated to 200 degrees Celsius before they could move across a surface.

2 Feb 2009

Large-Sample AFM with 'Small-Sample' Resolution

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), the leading provider of atomic force microscopes (AFMs) to the nanoscience community, announced today the release of its Dimension® Icon(TM) AFM. Building upon the world's most utilized large-sample AFM platform, the latest member of Veeco's Dimension product line delivers the highest resolution, best ease-of-use, and fastest time-to-results of any large-sample AFM on the market today.

2 Feb 2009

Researchers Develop New Class of Ceramics

To most people, the word "ceramics," refers to opaque clay flower pots or translucent porcelain tea cups. But not all ceramics block or scatter light. Gary L. Messing, distinguished professor of ceramic science and engineering, and his group at Pennsylvania State University, are developing a brand new class of ceramics that are so pure and perfectly transparent, they can be used as a substitute for crystals in solid-state lasers.

31 Jan 2009

Nanoscale 'Magnetic Tornadoes' Holds Promise for New Generation of Computers

At the human scale, the tightly wrapped spinning columns of air in a tornado contain terrifying destructive power that ravages communities. At the nanoscale, however, closely coiled magnetic vortices hold the promise of a new generation of computers.

31 Jan 2009

Molecules in Focus - Anisotropy Imaging Expands Possibilities of LSM 710 Microscope System

The anisotropy imaging technique is now available for the serial equipment of the LSM 710 laser scanning microscope from Carl Zeiss. It supplements the special imaging techniques such as RICS (Raster Image Correlation Spectroscopy) and FCS (Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy) already possible with the LSM 710.

30 Jan 2009