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Anasys Webinar on The World's Smallest Heat Source

Anasys Instruments will be organizing a webinar on research frontiers in AFM with heated probes.

14 Apr 2009

Tungsten Carbide and Tungsten Carbide Cobalt Nanoparticles Can Enter Cultured Mammalian Cells

Nanoparticles of tungsten carbide and tungsten carbide cobalt can enter cultured mammalian cells. These are the findings of a study conducted by researchers from the University of Dresden, the Leipzig-based Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research and the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems in Dresden.

14 Apr 2009

Tracking Changes in Cancer Cell Using Nanoparticles

The more dots there are, the more accurate a picture you get when you connect them. A new imaging technology could give scientists the ability to simultaneously measure as many as 100 or more distinct features in or on a single cell.

14 Apr 2009

How Human Teeth are Affected by Popular Home Whiteners on the Nanoscale

New research shows that human teeth lost some enamel hardness after the application of several different products used in the home to whiten teeth. The study suggests that future generations of such products might be reformulated in an effort to reduce these side effects.

14 Apr 2009

State-of-the-Art Reference Lab for the Micrometer and Nanometer Range

Carl Zeiss recently opened a special, new measuring lab with state-of-the-art equipment in Oberkochen where it will measure micrometers and nanometers with maximum precision. As a reference lab, it is used to calibrate ZEISS measuring machines and standards, and for measurements on behalf of customers.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 14 Apr 2009

Funding to Support Product Launch of Aduro Heated Holder System for Electron Microscopy

Protochips announced today that they have closed on their first round of equity financing to support the product launch of the Aduro heated holder system for electron microscopy.

14 Apr 2009

Using Graphene, Engineers Create DNA Sensors that Could Identify Cancer

Kansas State University engineers think the possibilities are deep for a very thin material. Vikas Berry, assistant professor of chemical engineering, is leading research combining biological materials with graphene, a recently developed carbon material that is only a single atom thick.

13 Apr 2009