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JPK's Optical Tweezers Used for Life Science and Soft Matter Research at Illinois Institute of Technology

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the use of their NanoTracker™ optical tweezers system to study collagen fibrils at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.

From Bruker BioAFM 18 Mar 2015

False-Colour Electron Microscope Image of Diamond-Coated Forest of Carbon Nanotubes Wins EPSRC Prize

An image of a diamond-coated forest of carbon nanotubes that can act as miniature electron emitters, has won the overall prize in a national science photography competition organised by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).

17 Mar 2015

New Market Research Report on Global and Chinese Scanning Electron Microscope Industry

RnRMarketResearch.com adds "Market Research Report on Global and Chinese Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) Industry, 2009-2019" research of 150 pages, published in March 2014, to the Machines & Equipment intelligence collection of its store.

17 Mar 2015

Disposable Molecular Ruler Helps Determine Length of Bacteria’s Nanoscopic Needle

When a salmonella bacterium attacks a cell, it uses a nanoscopic needle to inject it with proteins to aid the infection. If the needle is too short, the cell won’t be infected. Too long, and the needle breaks. Now, University of Utah biologists report how a disposable molecular ruler or tape measure determines the length of the bacterial needle so it is just right.

17 Mar 2015

INRS Professor Honored with 2015 Herzberg Medal for Contributions in Ultrafast Molecular Imaging

Professor François Légaré of the INRS Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications Research Centre has been awarded the 2015 Herzberg Medal by the Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) in recognition of his outstanding contributions in ultrafast molecular imaging and the development of high peak power infrared lasers for high harmonic generation and tissue imaging using optical nonlinear microscopy.

16 Mar 2015

Phenomenal ‘Image Fusion’ of Mass Spectrometry and Microscopy

Vanderbilt University researchers have achieved the first “image fusion” of mass spectrometry and microscopy — a technical tour de force that could, among other things, dramatically improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

16 Mar 2015

CIDETEQ Utilizes Nanotechnology to Help Solve Problems at the Macroscopic Level

As if they were tailored suits, the Center for Research and Technological Development in Electrochemistry (CIDETEQ), in Tijuana (north of Mexico), works to serve various types of industry. For the aerospacial sector it develops coating procedures and analyzes corrosion rates of materials used in aircrafts; for the medical sector it analyzes the material of probes and water quality, and for the automotive, wheels chroming, among others.

16 Mar 2015

Super-Resolution Microscopy Helps Visualise and Count the Smallest Units in the Genome

In 1953 Watson and Crick first published the discovery of the double helix structure of the DNA. They were able to visualize the DNA structure by means of X-Ray diffraction. Techniques, such as electron microscopy, allowed scientists to identify nucleosomes, the first and most basic level of chromosome organisation. Until now it was known that our DNA is packaged by regular repeating units of those nucleosomes throughout the genome giving rise to chromatin.

13 Mar 2015

Scientists Explain Light-Induced Degradation of Lead Red in Van Goghs Paintings

Red lead is most familiar to us in orange-red rustproof paint. Artists have treasured the brilliant color of this pigment for their paintings since ancient times. However, various ageing processes cause discoloration of the saturated hue over time.

11 Mar 2015

3D Cell Explorer Microscope Uses MRI-Like Technology to See Inside Living Cells

The major limitation of microscopy is light itself: if we want to see an object smaller than the wavelength of visible light, we cannot use conventional optics. When it comes to imaging cells, the problems compound, since cells often require chemical processing beforehand in order to make them suitable for viewing under a microscope.

10 Mar 2015

Microscopy News

JPK's Optical Tweezers Used for Life Science and Soft Matter Research at Illinois Institute of Technology

False-Colour Electron Microscope Image of Diamond-Coated Forest of Carbon Nanotubes Wins EPSRC Prize

New Market Research Report on Global and Chinese Scanning Electron Microscope Industry

Disposable Molecular Ruler Helps Determine Length of Bacteria’s Nanoscopic Needle

INRS Professor Honored with 2015 Herzberg Medal for Contributions in Ultrafast Molecular Imaging

Phenomenal ‘Image Fusion’ of Mass Spectrometry and Microscopy

CIDETEQ Utilizes Nanotechnology to Help Solve Problems at the Macroscopic Level

Super-Resolution Microscopy Helps Visualise and Count the Smallest Units in the Genome

Scientists Explain Light-Induced Degradation of Lead Red in Van Goghs Paintings

3D Cell Explorer Microscope Uses MRI-Like Technology to See Inside Living Cells

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