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Novel Technique Integrates SEM Images into Interactive rSEM for Visualizing Complex Morphological Features

Only a fraction of the biodiversity on the planet is known to scientists and exploration of new places and habitats continue to yield exciting discoveries and new species to describe by taxonomists. This task is becoming increasingly urgent as a function of the continuous overexploitation of natural resources and destruction of habitats.

5 Sep 2013

Certain Bacteria Demonstrate Aggression on the Nanoscale

A nano-machine cell killer: researchers at the EPFL Faculty/School of Life Sciences decipher the attack strategy of certain bacteria, including the infamous Staphylococcus aureus.

3 Sep 2013

Nanonics 3TB4000 AFM/SEM/FIB Wins Microscopy Today Innovation Award 2013

Nanonics is proud to announce that our triple beam integrated AFM/SEM/FIB system, the Nanonics 3TB4000, was judged one of the ten best microscopy innovations in 2013 and is the recipient of the prestigious 2013 Microscopy Today Innovation Award.

From Nanonics Imaging Ltd. 3 Sep 2013

Microspheres Loaded With Brain Cancer Drug May Help Improve Delivery to Tumor Site

Consistently uniform, easily manufactured microcapsules containing a brain cancer drug may simplify treatment and provide more tightly controlled therapy, according to Penn State researchers.

3 Sep 2013

Researchers Confirm Atomic Dynamic in Titanium Oxide Crystal

Titanium dioxide is an inexpensive, yet versatile material. It is used as a pigment in wall paint, as a biocompatible coating in medical implants, as a catalyst in the chemical industry and as UV protection in sunscreen. When applied as a thin coating, it can keep all sorts of surfaces sparkling clean. The use of titanium oxide in the electronics industry is currently being investigated.

30 Aug 2013

Identification of RNA Double Helix Structure May Aid Biological Nanomaterials Research

When Francis Crick and James Watson discovered the double helical structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in 1953, their findings began a genetic revolution to map, study, and sequence the building blocks of living organisms.

27 Aug 2013

Unique 3D NanoChemiscope Provides Combined Three-Dimensional ToF-SIMS/SFM Surface Analysis

The 3D NanoChemiscope is a miracle of state-of-the-art analysis technology. As a further development of well-known microscopic and mass spectroscopic methods, it maps the physical and chemical surfaces of materials down to the atomic level.

26 Aug 2013

Novel Bio-Imaging System Can Be Used to Study Single-Cell Organisms

Summary: Scientists using a pioneering bio-imaging system to record simultaneously the development of hundreds of aquatic embryos have discovered significant parent-offspring similarities in the timing and sequence of that development.

22 Aug 2013

New Tool Provides Fingerprint of Atomic Scale Interactions

How exactly atoms and molecules in biochemical solutions or at solid-liquid interfaces do interact, is a question of great importance. Answers will provide insights at processes in catalysts, smart functional materials and even physiological processes in the body, which are essential for health.

22 Aug 2013