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Unique Large-Scale Research Device Went into Operation in USA

The NSE spectrometer enables detailed observations to be made of the motion of proteins and polymers. It will thus help to develop improved plastics or to understand metabolic processes in cells.

5 Nov 2009

Scientists Observe Movements of Aggressive Cells "Live" Under the Microscope

In diseases such as multiple sclerosis, cells of the immune system infiltrate the brain tissue, where they cause immense damage. For many years, it was an enigma as to how these cells can escape from the bloodstream.

5 Nov 2009

ELI Gears Up for Laser Beam Infrastructure Launch

Can an intense laser rip photons into electron-positron pairs? Seeking to shed light on this burning question is the ELI ('Extreme light infrastructure') project, which received EUR 6 million in funding under the...

5 Nov 2009

PTB Closes the Metrology Gap

Terahertz radiation still lies in a metrological no man's land - a metrology gap. The Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) can now close this gap.

5 Nov 2009

Spectacles Give Researchers an Even Better Insight into Matter

An electron microscope with glasses that correct the spherical aberration of the lens in order to achieve even higher resolution is currently being assembled at the Electron Microscopy Centre (EMEZ).

5 Nov 2009

New Way to Model the Formation of Glasses

Harvard materials scientists have come up with what they believe is a new way to model the formation of glasses, a type of amorphous solid that includes common window glass. Glasses form through the process of vitrifi...

4 Nov 2009

Physicists Create Quantum Gas Microscope for Observing Single Atoms at Low Temperatures

Physicists at Harvard University have created a quantum gas microscope that can be used to observe single atoms at temperatures so low the particles follow the rules of quantum mechanics, behaving in bizarre ways. The...

4 Nov 2009

Physicist Develop Method for Calculating Motions and Forces of Thousands of Atoms Simultaneously

A theoretical physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a method for calculating the motions and forces of thousands of atoms simultaneously over a wider range of time scales than previously possible.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 3 Nov 2009

Mobile Microscopes to Study Complex Activity of Brain

By building a tiny microscope small enough to be carried around on a rats` head, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, Germany, have found a way to study the complex activity of many brain cells simultaneously while animals are free to move around.

3 Nov 2009

CRi Announces the Launch of inForm

Cambridge Research + Instrumentation, Inc. (CRi), a leader in biomedical imaging, today announced the launch of inForm™, advanced image analysis software based on the company's proprietary Machine Learning Syst...

2 Nov 2009