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Nanoscale Study on Plant Architecture Helps Improve Sugar Yields for Biofuels

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the BioEnergy Science Center (BESC) combined different microscopic imaging methods to gain a greater understanding of the relationships between biomass cell wall structure and enzyme digestibility, a breakthrough that could lead to optimizing sugar yields and lowering the costs of making biofuels.

From National Renewable Energy Laboratory 29 Nov 2012

Researchers Explore Polymer Blend Molecular Structure Using Improved Chemical Microscopy

Using an enhanced form of "chemical microscopy" developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), researchers there have shown that they can peer into the structure of blended polymers, resolving details of the molecular arrangement at sub-micrometer levels.* The capability has important implications for the design of industrially important polymers like the polyethylene blends used to repair aging waterlines.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 29 Nov 2012

Bruker Launches AFM Zoom Option for 3D Optical Microscope

Bruker announced today at the 2012 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting the release of the unique NanoLens Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) accessory for ContourGT 3D optical microscopes. $$IMAGE$$ esigned for ...

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 28 Nov 2012

New Two-Photon Laser Scanning Microscopy Study Helps Understand MS Nerve Damage

High-resolution real-time images show in mice how nerves may be damaged during the earliest stages of multiple sclerosis. The results suggest that the critical step happens when fibrinogen, a blood-clotting protein, leaks into the central nervous system and activates immune cells called microglia.

28 Nov 2012

Bruker Introduces NanoLens AFM Accessory for ContourGT 3D Optical Microscopes

Bruker announced today at the 2012 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting the release of the unique NanoLens™ Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) accessory for ContourGT® 3D optical microscopes. Designed for fast installation on a new five-position, fully automated turret, the compact NanoLens delivers unprecedented high-resolution imaging capabilities without sacrificing measurement speed in optical modes. With NanoLens, users can perform nanometer-scale surface and material property analysis on the same system that provides the industry’s most repeatable and versatile 3D optical microscopy measurements.

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 27 Nov 2012

New Study Provides Insights to Understand Graphene’s Full Potential

In the 1950s, when MIT researchers were helping to invent the discipline of computer science, they didn't think of themselves as computer scientists; they thought of themselves as electrical engineers or physicists or mathematicians.

16 Nov 2012

Universal Method to Efficiently Measure Graphene Thickness Using Optical Microscope

The remarkable properties and subsequent applications of graphene have been well-documented since it was first isolated in 2004; however, researchers are still trying to find a quick, cheap and efficient way of measuring its thickness.

16 Nov 2012

Laser Fluorescence Spectroscopy Determines Absolute Density of Radicals in Plasma

An international team of scientists working at the Plasma Technology research unit at Ghent University, Belgium, has determined for the first time the absolute density of active substances called radicals found in a state of matter known as plasma, in a study about to be published in EPJ D. These findings could have important implications for medicine—for example, for stimulating tissue regeneration, or to induce a targeted antiseptic effect in vivo without affecting neighbouring tissues.

From Springer - Science and Technology Publishers 14 Nov 2012

Viruses Use One-Nanometer Needle-Like Tip to Attack Bacteria

It could be the tiniest armor-piercing weapon in the biological universe: EPFL scientists have measured a one-nanometer needle-like tip that viruses use to attack bacteria.

14 Nov 2012

Springer and the Korean Society for Micro and Nano Systems will Partner to Publish a New Interdisciplinary Journal Micro and Nano Systems Letters (MNSL)

Beginning in March 2013, . As a fully sponsored open access journal, it will be part of the SpringerOpen portfolio, available on link.springer.com. Published quarterly, Micro and Nano Systems Letters is an international...

From Springer - Science and Technology Publishers 8 Nov 2012