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New Malvern Products to Make Their ACHEMA Debut in May

A number of Malvern Panalytical
products will make their first ACHEMA appearances this year (11-15 May 2009,
Frankfurt, Germany), with the company exhibiting on two stands, one focusing
on analysis in the laboratory and the other in the process sector.

From Malvern Panalytical 24 Mar 2009

World's First Metallic Needle AFM Probes Now Available from Nanoscience Instruments

Nanoscience Instruments, a premier distributor of nanotechnology instrumentation and supplies, today announced the worldwide distribution of NaugaNeedles' new line of metallic atomic force microscopy (AFM) probes.

24 Mar 2009

Vistec Lithography Receives Major Order from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin

Vistec Lithography Inc., a global supplier of electron-beam lithography systems, announced that they have received a major order from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin in Berlin-Adlershof for one of its Vistec EBPG5000plus electron-beam lithography systems.

23 Mar 2009

Block Copolymer Vesicles from Protein and Sugar Components

The basis of all life forms are vesicles: membrane-enclosed, liquid-filled "bubbles" made of lipids, proteins, and carbohydrates. Cells, which are separated from the surrounding medium by their cell membrane, are really just big vesicles. Small vesicles play a critical role in the intracellular transport of biomolecules.

23 Mar 2009

Nanopoint Recognized by Frost and Sullivan for its Pioneering Cell Imaging Solution

Based on its recent analysis of the cell imaging solutions market, Frost + Sullivan presents Nanopoint, Inc. with the 2009 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Innovation of the Year. The company's c...

From Frost and Sullivan 23 Mar 2009

Quantum Tunneling May Aid the Quest for Accurate Low-Cost DNA Sequencing

A ghostly property of matter, called quantum tunneling, may aid the quest for accurate, low-cost genomic sequencing, according to a new paper in Nature Nanotechnology Letters by Stuart Lindsay and his collaborators at the Biodesign Institute of Arizona State University.

22 Mar 2009

UW-Madison to Present Series of Public Nanotechnology Events During Nano Days

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) on Nanostructured Interfaces presents NanoDays 2009, part of the second annual nationwide festival of educational programs abo...

21 Mar 2009

WITec Introduces New Software Package for Advanced Data Evaluation and Chemometric Image Processing

WITec, a manufacturer of high-resolution Optical and Scanning Probe Microscopy solutions, has introduced the WITec Project Plus software package for advanced data evaluation and chemometric image processing.

From Oxford Instruments WITec 20 Mar 2009

New Lab-on-a-Chip Could Lead to Better Cancer Therapies

Johns Hopkins engineers have invented a method that could be used to help figure out how cancer cells break free from neighboring tissue, an "escape" that can spread the disease to other parts of the body.

18 Mar 2009

HORIBA Scientific to Host Special Workshop on Fluorescence Instrumentation

To open access to the powerful tools of fluorescence, HORIBA Scientific is organizing a special workshop to be held in Prague, June 3-5. Not only will this give every researcher a chance to experience the start of the art in fluorescence instrumentation with hands-on sessions, but internationally known experts in the field will provide deep insight in the topics of current interest.

From HORIBA 18 Mar 2009