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Bacterial Biofilms Help Preserve Fossil Record's Most Vulnerable Stuff

Bacterial decay was once viewed as fossilization's mortal enemy, but new research suggests bacterial biofilms may have actually helped preserve the fossil record's most vulnerable stuff -- animal embryos and soft tissues.

24 Nov 2008

Polymer Film Manufactured using Nanotechnology Leads to Cheaper Solar Cells

You never know where basic research may lead. For decades materials scientists have been experimenting with a corkscrew-like polymer structure called a gyroid. Now an international team of researchers has shown that the gyroid structure can be used to "self-assemble" a low-cost photovoltaic cell.

24 Nov 2008

Silica Based Nanoparticles "Battered" Polymers Could Create Clever Packaging and Self Healing Paints

Research chemists at the University of Warwick have devised an elegant process which simply and cheaply covers small particles of polymer with a layer of silica-based nanoparticles.

24 Nov 2008

Bringing Nanotechnology to Life

Just as artists at Disney and Pixar Animation Studios bring Mickey Mouse, Shrek and Nemo to life, life science artists are using animation to bring viruses, bacteria and even nanowires to life and demystify scientific concepts.

23 Nov 2008

Olympus Introduces Expanded Line of Compact Laser Scanning Multiphoton Microscopes to See Deeper into Tissue

Olympus is introducing a newly expanded line of FluoView® FV1000-MPE multiphoton laser scanning microscope systems* for deeper observation and imaging in living specimens. There are now 14 models and configurations a...

21 Nov 2008

First Fully Integrated Cell Culture Imaging System for Ultra-Long Observation

The LCV110 Incubator Fluorescence Microscope from Olympus is the first ultra-long-term live cell incubation and imaging system, offering researchers the unprecedented ability to do multi-channel long-term time-lapse obse...

21 Nov 2008

Olympus Offers Powerful New Software Designed to Enhance Nanotechnology Experiments

The Olympus ASW v2.0 Software Suite is designed to maximize performance and ease-of-use for the new line of FluoView® FV1000 confocal and FV1000-MPE multiphoton laser scanning microscope systems.

21 Nov 2008

Setting New World Record in Microscopy Resolution Using Scanning Helium Ions

Carl Zeiss SMT has set a new record resolution benchmark for scanning electron and ion microscopy - pushing scanning beam technologies beyond its current limits.

21 Nov 2008

Revolutionizing the Way We Look at the Nano World

More than a century ago, the development of the earliest motion picture technology made what had been previously thought "magical" a reality: capturing and recreating the movement and dynamism of the world around us. A breakthrough technology based on new concepts has now accomplished a similar feat, but on an atomic scale.

20 Nov 2008

George Washington University Announces Establishment of GW Institute for Nanotechnology

The George Washington University has announced the establishment of the GW Institute for Nanotechnology. This institute will draw on the expertise of the University's faculty members in mechanical, aerospace, electrical, computer, civil, and environmental engineering; physics, chemistry; and biochemistry.

19 Nov 2008