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Researchers Measure the Atomic Structure of Individual Nanoparticles for the First Time

For the first time, scientists from Empa and ETH Zurich have, in collaboration with a Dutch team, managed to measure the atomic structure of individual nanoparticles. The technique, recently published in Nature, could help better understand the properties of nanoparticles in future.

22 Feb 2011

FEI to Provide TEM Technology to CEA-Leti to Characterize 22nm Semiconductor Materials

FEI will provide advanced nanobeam diffraction technology with its Titan™ scanning transmission electron microscope (S/TEM), the world’s most powerful, commercially-available microscope. The companies will measure strain changes in semiconductor structures.

From CEA-Leti 22 Feb 2011

New Scanning-Transmission Electron Microscope from University of Virginia

The University of Virginia has received a $1.5 million state-of-the-art scanning-transmission electron microscope as a gift from Altria of Richmond.

21 Feb 2011

New Device That Makes 3-D Images of Nanoscale Structures

Researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale have a new tool at their disposal that can make the tiniest structures visually pop like the latest 3-D movie image. The new device, an analytical high-resolution...

19 Feb 2011

Latest Team Work in Biology Using Microscopy to be Presented at AAAS Conference

A corrective strategy used by astronomers to sharpen images of celestial bodies can now help scientists see with more depth and clarity into the living brain of a mouse.

18 Feb 2011

UK Engineers Examine Damages in Nuclear Reactors Due to Radiation Exposure

Materials scientists and engineers from six UK universities are joining forces to forecast the life expectancy of nuclear power reactors.

18 Feb 2011

Scientists Model Electron Energy Deposition Patterns for Complex Biological Systems

Research involving selective irradiation of a human skin tissue model is improving how scientists determine the overall effects of low doses of ionizing radiation such as might be received during certain medical procedures or occupational exposures.

18 Feb 2011

New Book on Amplitude Modulation Atomic Force Microscopy

Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Amplitude Modulation Atomic Force Microscopy" to their offering. Filling a gap in the literature, this book feature...

17 Feb 2011

Bruker Launch the First Non-Contact, Three-Dimensional Surface Metrology System

Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) announced today the NPFLEXLA ™, the first non-contact, three-dimensional surface metrology system to provide quantitative lead angle and surface texture measurements for the control and reduction of fluid leakage of rotary dynamic sealing surfaces.

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 15 Feb 2011

Official Opening of Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center at the Salk Institute

The Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies officially opened on February 9, 2011 after quietly hiring two faculty members specializing in biophotonics -- the science of using and manipulating light to investigate biological function -- and building up its core facility's imaging capacity to rival most if not all academic research institutions of its size in the nation.

14 Feb 2011