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QImaging Announces the Release of EXi Blue Fluorescence Microscopy Camera

QImaging, a leading developer and manufacturer of high-performance, easy-to-use digital cameras for life science applications, has announced the release of the EXi Blue Fluorescence Microscopy Camera. This addition to th...

6 Apr 2009

"Racetrack" Memory Could Become the Standard Method of Storing Information on Home Computers

That sinking feeling when your hard disk starts screeching and you haven't backed up your holiday photos is a step closer to becoming a thing of the past thanks to research into a new kind of computer memory. Phy...

3 Apr 2009

Some of the Brightest Colors in Nature are Created by Tiny Nanostructures

Some of the brightest colors in nature are created by tiny nanostructures with a structure similar to beer foam or a sponge, according to Yale University researchers.

3 Apr 2009

Non-Contact Method for Rapidly and Accurately Positioning Single Molecules

On a fundamental level, the ability to assemble patterns of single molecules on a surface can provide researchers with important information on the interactions between neighboring molecules.

2 Apr 2009

Atomic-Level View of the Composition of Nanowire

Semiconductor nanowires - tiny wires with a diameter as small as a few billionths of a meter - hold promise for devices of the future, both in technology like light-emitting diodes and in new versions of transistors and ...

2 Apr 2009

Thermo Fisher Scientific Showcases Complete Portfolio of Instruments and Accessories at ACHEMA 2009

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, will be showcasing its complete portfolio of instruments, accessories, consumables and software solutions on booths B1-C11 in hall 6.1 at ACHEMA 2009, F...

2 Apr 2009

Chemists Announce Breakthrough in Nanotechnology

Imagine you are looking through a very high-powered microscope at the smallest tube in the world - a single-walled carbon nanotube so tiny that a million can fit on the head of a pin. Imagine too that the exterior of...

1 Apr 2009

Novel Technique Permitting Rapid Analysis of Single Human Immune Cells

Researchers at the University of Rochester have developed a novel optical technique that permits rapid analysis of single human immune cells using only light. Availability of such a technique means that immunologists ...

1 Apr 2009

Berkeley Scientists Produce First Live Action Movie of Individual Carbon Atoms in Action

Science fiction fans still have another two months of waiting for the new Star Trek movie, but fans of actual science can feast their eyes now on the first movie ever of carbon atoms moving along the edge of a graphene crystal.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 31 Mar 2009

Chamber Separates Nanoparticles Like a 'Coin Sorter'

Researchers at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Cornell University have capitalized on a process for manufacturing integrated circuits at the nanometer (billionth of a meter) level and used it to develop a method for engineering the first-ever nanoscale fluidic (nanofluidic) device with complex three-dimensional surfaces.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 31 Mar 2009