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Significant Advance in Preparation of Large Planar Cross Sections for Microscopic Imaging and Microanalysis

Gatan, Inc. is pleased to introduce the NEW Ilion+™, a significant advance in the preparation of large planar cross sections for microscopic imaging and microanalysis. The Ilion+ is a dedicated, ion beam based system for the preparation of large area planar cross sections from challenging SEM samples.

14 Apr 2010

Researchers Analyze Molecular Diffusion Inside Cells With New Olympus Confocal Microscope Software

Researchers studying the movement, interactions, and microenvironments of intracellular molecules often need to analyze information on the patterns and rates with which molecules diffuse within the cells. Now, scienti...

13 Apr 2010

Kavli Institute Looks Forward to Push Boundaries of Nanoscience

Looking to push the boundaries of nanoscience, the Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science is no longer a think tank for new ideas, but a proving ground to aggressively push the limits of nanotechnology. And ...

12 Apr 2010

Researchers Study Structure of Few Nanometer Thick Fibers Using AFM Images

The Atomic Force Microscope depicts on its screen the few nanometer thick and few micrometer long fibers as white flexible sticks, crisscrossing the surface on which they are deposited. The very peculiar property of ...

12 Apr 2010

ASU Researchers Study Impact of Aerosol Particles on Climate Change

Research at ASU that promises to provide more insight into factors that influence climate change and cause air pollution will get support from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The institute has awar...

9 Apr 2010

Agar Scientific Announces Availability of SuperFlat AFM from Kleindiek

Agar Scientific is pleased to announce the availability of the SuperFlat AFM from Kleindiek to combine the imaging power of SEM and AFM.

From Kleindiek Nanotechnik 7 Apr 2010

Leica Microsystems Launches New Generation of Digital Microscopes

Digital technologies have revolutionized everyone's work and everyday lives. In particular, industrial quality control -- which places the most stringent requirements on macroscopic and microscopic imaging and image processing -- benefits from innovative, reliable digital technology.

From Leica Microsystems GmbH 6 Apr 2010

Development of A New Method in Fluorescence Microscopy

To find out what the inside of a living cell looks like, biophysicists of the University of Goettingen and the University of California in Los Angeles have developed an optical method that allows a better and contrast-ri...

6 Apr 2010

Olympus Unveils BX3 Line of Upright Clinical and Research Microscopes

Olympus has unveiled its BX3® line of upright clinical and research microscopes with exclusive ergonomic and imaging features that provide unprecedented comfort, ease of use and accuracy.

5 Apr 2010

Researchers Examine Nanoscale Frictional Properties of Thin Materials

A team of nanotechnology researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University has used friction force microscopy to determine the nanoscale frictional characteristics of four atomically-thin materials, discovering a universal characteristic for these very different materials.

2 Apr 2010