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NASA Uses Atomic Force Microscope to Produce First Ever Image of a Single Grain of Martian Dust

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has taken the first-ever image of a single particle of Mars' ubiquitous dust, using its atomic force microscope

15 Aug 2008

Detecting Changes in Protein–Water Network in Real Time

Water is no passive spectator of biological processes; it is an active participant. Protein folding is thus a self-organized process in which the actions of the solvent play a key role. So far, the emphasis in studies of...

15 Aug 2008

Surrey NanoSystems to Support Fundamental Research into Oxide Materials

Romania's National Institute of Materials Physics (NIMP) has ordered an advanced sputtering tool from Surrey NanoSystems, to support fundamental research into oxide materials including piezoelectric and pyroelectric thin films, and photoelectrochemical cells to support the hydrogen economy.

From Surrey Nanosystems 13 Aug 2008

New Ways to Detect Microscopic Contaminants in Drugs

Following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's recent decision to participate in the inspection of overseas drug-manufacturing facilities, the pharmaceutical industry is reexamining its approach to quality control. In response to this trend, ASPEX Corporation has announced the release of its Rx microanalysis solution, the first all-in-one system designed for detecting and characterizing microscopic contaminants in pharmaceuticals.

8 Aug 2008

Hitachi Developed New Type of Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope

Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation has developed the SU8000, a new type of Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM) that features a newly developed top detector. The SU8000 was introduced on August 1.

8 Aug 2008

Nanoscale Atmospheric Aerosol Species Being Ignored in Climate Computer Models

Arizona State University researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding the effect on climate change of a key component of urban pollution. The discovery could lead to more accurate forecasting of possible global-...

8 Aug 2008

Edible Nanoscale Optical Sensors Could Detect Harmful Bacteria in Produce

Imagine an edible optical sensor that could be placed in produce bags to detect harmful levels of bacteria and consumed right along with the veggies. Or an implantable device that would monitor glucose in your blood for ...

7 Aug 2008

Revealling Hidden Properties of Ultracold Atomic Gases

Physicists at JILA, a joint institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado at Boulder, have demonstrated a powerful new technique that reveals hidden properties of ultracold atomic gases.

7 Aug 2008

Nanotechnology Enables More Efficient Chemical Reactions in Fuel Cells

Fuel cells are one of the most touted new energy technologies. They directly convert the chemical energy of fuels into electrical energy, doing so roughly twice as efficiently as a diesel engine.

6 Aug 2008

New KITA-Spectroscopy Allows Real-Time Observation How Proteins and Water Interact

For the first time, chemists of Prof. Martina Havenith's and Prof. Martin Gruebele's group have "picturised" the spectacle of protein folding in water by THz spectroscopy. Recently, new developed KITA-spectroscopy (Kinetic Terahertz Absorption Spectroscopy) was applied to protein folding with a resolution of one picture per millisecond and combined with other biophysical methods, such as X-ray diffraction (SAXS), fluorescence and CD spectroscopy.

5 Aug 2008