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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

Engineers Developing Technique for Mass Producing Computer Chips Made from Graphene

Engineers at Ohio State University are developing a technique for mass producing computer chips made from the same material found in pencils. Experts believe that graphene -- the sheet-like form of carbon found in gr...

31 Mar 2009

Leica Microsystems' Annual Sales Volume for 2008 Exceeded the Billion US Dollar Mark

For the first time in its history, Leica Microsystems' annual sales volume for 2008 exceeded the billion US dollar mark, reports the international high-tech microscope and scientific instrument manufacturer and distr...

From Leica Microsystems GmbH 30 Mar 2009

Nanopartz Releases Gold Nanobeads for in Vitro Diagnostics

A revolutionary new gold nanoparticle manufacturing method has been developed that results in gold nanoparticles that are optimized for in vitro applications - finding solutions to problems that have confronted in vitro applications for years.

From Nanopartz Inc 30 Mar 2009

Simple and Inexpensive Molecular Technique that Replaces Expensive AFM

Chemists at the University of Illinois have created a simple and inexpensive molecular technique that replaces an expensive atomic force microscope for studying what happens to small molecules when they are stretched or ...

29 Mar 2009

Cell Observer SD Enables Confocal Observation of Very Fast Processes in Live Cell Imaging Experiments

In the last few years live cell imaging applications have increased dramatically, led by an array of new fluorochrome molecules with outstanding quantum efficiency and stability.

26 Mar 2009

Complete system for the Visualization of Fast Processes near the Cell Membrane

With the introduction of the Laser TIRF 3 microscope system, Carl Zeiss significantly enhances the capability of scientists to visualise near-cell membrane dynamic processes while maintaining optimum specimen incubation conditions.

26 Mar 2009