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Nikon Instruments Inaugurates Center of Excellence at Princeton University

Nikon Instruments, Inc. is pleased to announce the inauguration of the Center of Excellence within the Department of Molecular Biology at Princeton University.

23 Jul 2015

Novel Method for Growing 'Hybrid' Crystals at Nanoscale

Researchers have developed an innovative technique that makes it possible to self-organize and customize complicated structures at the nanoscale. This breakthrough was facilitated through an international collaboration headed by IBM and the University of Cambridge. The study paves the way to customize material properties and functionalities for a variety of semiconductor device applications.

22 Jul 2015

Gallium Phosphide Nanowires Significantly Increase Efficiency of Solar Fuel Cells

Scientists at FOM Foundation and Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) have developed a novel solar cell prototype that generates fuel instead of electricity.

21 Jul 2015

New Electron Microscopy Method Allows Nanoscale Studies of Breast Tumors in Their Native Liquid Environment

HER2 membrane proteins play a special role in certain types of breast cancer: amplified levels of HER2 drive unrestricted cell growth. HER2-tailored antibody-based therapeutics aim to prevent cancer cell growth. However, two-thirds of HER2 positive breast cancer patients develop resistance against HER2-targeting drugs.

20 Jul 2015

New Technique Provides First Atomic-Scale Images of Colloidal Nanoparticles

Just as proteins are one of the basic building blocks of biology, nanoparticles can serve as the basic building blocks for next generation materials. In keeping with this parallel between biology and nanotechnology, a proven technique for determining the three dimensional structures of individual proteins has been adapted to determine the 3D structures of individual nanoparticles in solution.

20 Jul 2015

Researchers Report New Approach to Visualize Glucose Uptake Activity in Single Cells by Light Microscopy

Researchers at Columbia University have reported a new approach to visualize glucose uptake activity in single living cells by light microscopy with minimum disturbance. In a recent study published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition [1], Associate Professor of Chemistry Wei Min's team developed a new glucose analogue that can mimic the natural glucose, and imaged its uptake as energy source by living cancer cells, neurons and tissues at the single cell level.

20 Jul 2015

US NRL Acquires Cameca 4000X Si Local Electrode Atom Probe for Nano-Scale Materials Analysis

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Materials Science and Technology Division, has taken delivery of a state-of-the-art Cameca 4000X Si Local Electrode Atom Probe (LEAP), a high performance microscope that provides precise atom-by-atom dissection of a material volume, enabling true three-dimensional (3D) atomic-scale reconstructions of material microstructures.

17 Jul 2015

New Multispectral Microscope for Studying Impact of Experimental Drugs on Biological Samples

A new multispectral microscope, one capable of processing nearly 17 billion pixels representing 13 individual color channels in a single image, has been successfully demonstrated by a team of researchers from the United States and Australia.

17 Jul 2015

George Fox University Acquires $180,000 Leica Confocal Microscope

George Fox University’s Department of Biology and Chemistry added a new state-of-the-art confocal microscope in June, giving the school the distinction of being the only private Christian college on the West Coast to own the instrument.

15 Jul 2015

Scientists Discover New Chemical Reaction Pathway on Titanium Dioxide

A research team comprising scientists from Tohoku University, RIKEN, the University of Tokyo, Chiba University and University College London have discovered a new chemical reaction pathway on titanium dioxide (TiO2), an important photocatalytic material

13 Jul 2015