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Work Could Aid in Diagnostics and Drug Testing

In work that could lead to new ways of detecting and treating malaria, MIT researchers have used two advanced microscopy techniques to show in unprecedented detail how the malaria parasite attacks red blood cells.

2 Sep 2008

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Awarded Grants to Boost Nuclear Engineering Education and Research

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission awarded two grants totaling $850,000 to boost nuclear engineering education, research, and workforce development at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The competitive grants, awar...

2 Sep 2008

S.I.S. Surface Imaging Systems to be Called Bruker Nano After Acquisition

Bruker AXS GmbH announces the closing of its acquisition of S.I.S. Surface Imaging Systems GmbH, located near Aachen, Germany. S.I.S. develops, manufactures and distributes advanced atomic force/scanning probe microscopy...

1 Sep 2008

FEI Releases New X-FEG Electron Source Module for Titan Family of S/TEMs

FEI Company, a leading provider of atomic-scale imaging and analysis systems, today released its new extreme field emission gun (X-FEG) electron source module for the Titan(TM) family of scanning transmission electron microscopes (S/TEMs). The new technology combines higher brightness - previously available only with more complex cold field emission - with the high, ultra-stable current of thermally-assisted field emission.

1 Sep 2008

Bruker Further Extends Versatility of its Product Lines for the Nanoanalysis Markets

At the 14th European Microscopy Conference opening today, Bruker AXS Microanalysis announced the European launch of several new products and options for Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) based materials analysis. Th...

1 Sep 2008

Scientists Produced Image at the Highest Resolution Ever Achieved with X-Ray Light

A team of scientists from the Technische Universität Dresden (Germany) and the ESRF in Grenoble (France) has produced the image of an object at the highest resolution ever achieved with X-ray light. A 100-nanometre gold particle fixed on a substrate was reconstructed with 5 nanometre resolution.

30 Aug 2008