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Nanoscopic Materials with Fissures That can be Opened and Closed Useful for Nanoelectronics and Nano Sized Machines

Microscopic fissures in a tiny crystal open and close - on command. Researchers led by Ahmed H. Zewail successfully used ultrafast electron microscopy (UEM) to observe nanoscopic structures at their “exercises&rdqu...

7 Mar 2008

High Performance, Lower Cost Raman Microscope Launched by HORIBA

Horiba Scientific the world leaders in Raman spectroscopy have introduced a new high performance, lower cost Raman microscope. The XploRA is a new concept in Raman microscopy bringing Raman chemical identification directly to your microscope.

From HORIBA 6 Mar 2008

Virus Image Captured at Highest Resolution Ever

A team led by a Purdue University researcher has achieved images of a virus in detail two times greater than had previously been achieved.

6 Mar 2008

Hiden Extend Their Range of Diagnostic Tools for Electrical Plasma

Specifically developed for research in fundamental plasma physics, the Hiden Analytical range of plasma diagnostic tools is now extended with the addition of the new PSM plasma monitor. The family now comprises two mass ...

From Hiden Analytical 5 Mar 2008

Nanomedicine Set to Improve and Enhance the Effectiveness of Injectable Drugs

In an article featured on the cover of the March issue of “Nature Nanotechnology,” Mauro Ferrari, Ph.D., of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston presented a proof-of-concept study on a new...

4 Mar 2008

Acquisitions and Innovations Revealed at Pittcon for Agilent

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced it has signed an agreement to acquire TILL Photonics GmbH and has completed the acquisition of Colloidal Dynamics. Both companies will join the recently created Materials Science Solut...

From Agilent Technologies Inc. 4 Mar 2008

New Nanotube Findings Give Boost to Potential Biomedical Applications

Carbon nanotubes have shown real promise as highly accurate vehicles for delivering antitumor agents into malignant cells, but a dearth of data about what happens to the tubes after they discharge their medical payloads ...

4 Mar 2008

Microfluidics, Nanoparticles Drive Novel Cancer Detection Schemes

Early detection of tumors is one of the Holy Grails of cancer research, an achievement that would greatly improve cancer therapy and prognosis. Two new reports describe different but promising approaches to solving this ...

4 Mar 2008

Quantum Mass Spectrometer Installed on a Bus for Mobile Environmental Monitoring

Thermo Fisher Scientific has completed a custom installation of its TSQ QuantumT triple quadrupole mass spectrometer in a mobile laboratory operating on a bus.

29 Feb 2008

New Scanning Electron Microscope is Kinder to the Environment

The TM-1000 Tabletop Microscope from Hitachi High-Technologies is measurably kinder to the environment than the company's previous entry-level scanning electron microscope. As part of an evaluation across Hitachi&#39...

29 Feb 2008