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Nikon Small World Photomicrography Winners Announced

From a background of blackness emerges a peaceful image of bright red and green – a double transgenic mouse embryo – this year’s winning entry in the Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition. The ...

9 Oct 2007

Controlling Light in Nano Optics Devices Opens Path for Variety of New Nanodevices and Technologies

Nanoscale devices present a unique challenge to any optical technology - there’s just not enough room for light to travel in a straight line. On the nanoscale, energy may be produced by radiating photons of ligh...

9 Oct 2007

Fundamental Physics of Material That Holds Promise for Light-Emitting, Flexible Semiconductors Revealved

An interdisciplinary team of Cornell nanotechnology researchers has unraveled some of the fundamental physics of a material that holds promise for light-emitting, flexible semiconductors. $$IMAGE$$ The discovery, w...

9 Oct 2007

Thinker Clothing Using Imaging From Cutting Edge Science

Textiles for Thinkers, LLC, "Knowledge as Your Style"(tm), has launched its first brand, Thinker Clothing™, online as www.ThinkerClothing.com. $$IMAGE$$ Thinker Clothing™ incorporates imagery ...

8 Oct 2007

Scientists Investigate the Blinking of Quantum Dots

In order to learn more about the origins of quantum dot blinking, researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, the University of Chicago and the California Institute of Technology hav...

5 Oct 2007

New Analysis Makes Revelations About the Next Frontier in Particle Physics

A sophisticated, new analysis has revealed that the next frontier in particle physics is farther away than once thought. New forms of matter not predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics are most likely twice a...

2 Oct 2007

Harvard Nanotechnology Team Selects Carl Zeiss Imaging Equipment

Carl Zeiss SMT, a leading global provider of electron- and ion-beam imaging and analysis equipment, today announced that Harvard University's Faculty for Arts and Sciences (FAS) has selected a number of its most adva...

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 2 Oct 2007

Imago Scientific and University of Alabama to Establish Atom Probe Tomography Research Facility

The University of Alabama and Imago Scientific Instruments® announced plans to establish a new research facility for atom probe tomography. LEAP® microscopy, also known as atom-probe tomography, provides very...

1 Oct 2007

Novel 3-D Cell Culture Model Shows Selective Tumor Uptake of Nanoparticles

A nanoparticle drug delivery system designed for brain tumor therapy has shown promising tumor cell selectivity in a novel cell culture model devised by University of Nottingham scientists. The results of this resear...

28 Sep 2007

Using Bacteria Enzymes to Print Features on Microdevices 100 Fold Smaller Than Before

Using enzymes from E. coli bacteria, Duke University chemists and engineers have introduced a hundred-fold improvement in the precision of features imprinted to create microdevices such as labs-on-a-chip. Their inkles...

27 Sep 2007