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New Method to Measure Conformation of Single Molecule “Wiring”

It’s nearly 50 years since Gordon Moore predicted that the density of transistors on an integrated circuit would double every two years. “Moore’s Law” has turned out to be a self-fulfilling prophecy that technologists pushed to meet, but to continue into the future, engineers will have to make radical changes to the structure or composition of circuits. One potential way to achieve this is to develop devices based on single-molecule connections.

20 Feb 2015

QSTORM Project Aims to Use Blinking Quantum Dots for Enhancing Microscopy Resolution

What happens when a chemical engineer and a physicist walk into a bar? They forge a collaboration that could change biological imaging.

16 Feb 2015

Confocal Microscope Helps Predict Non-Linear Optical Properties of Metamaterials

Researchers at the University of California Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) used a new theory for non-linear light scattering to show that non-linear optical properties of metamaterials can be predicted easily. The study has been described in the journal Nature Materials.

10 Feb 2015

Cornell Receives NSF Grant to Acquire Cryogenic, Aberration-Corrected Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope

A first-of-its-kind electron microscope, which will allow materials to be studied in their natural environments using an electron beam focused down to a subatomic spot, is coming to Cornell.

10 Feb 2015

South Dakota Scientists to Examine Living Cells at Biochemical Spatio-temporal NeTwork Resource

Scientists in South Dakota will examine living cells at a molecular level to find out how cells become cancerous, how viruses attack animals and humans and how plants can capture more nitrogen through a new collaborative research center called Biochemical Spatio-temporal NeTwork Resource (BioSNTR).

6 Feb 2015

Acoustic Tweezers Manipulate Protein Crystals for X-ray Crystallography

A device for precisely positioning small objects using acoustic waves has now been used to position fragile protein crystals a few micrometers or less in size in the path of a crystallography X-ray beam. This technique will make it possible to collect data on previously intractable samples and will expand the scope of what is now possible with X-ray crystallography.

6 Feb 2015

Breakthrough Light Microscopy Method Enables Visualizing Complex Protein Metabolism in Living Systems

Researchers at Columbia University have made a significant step toward visualizing complex protein metabolism in living systems with high resolution and minimum disturbance, a longstanding goal in the scientific community.

5 Feb 2015

Unique Research Project to Develop Computational Microscope

The unique research project, led by Associate Professor Ilia Solov'yov, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy at the University of Southern Denmark, will deliver multiscale modeling tools, tailored for addressing biomedical tasks through computer simulations.

3 Feb 2015

New Method to Monitor Properties of Microscopic Particles During a Chemical Reaction

A team of NYU physicists has developed a method to monitor the properties of microscopic particles as they grow within a chemical reaction vessel, creating new opportunities to improve the quality and consistency of a wide range of industrial and consumer products. Their work, which appears as a cover story in the journal Soft Matter, offers benefits for commodities ranging from food and pharmaceuticals to perfumes and cosmetics.

3 Feb 2015

Negatively Charged Molecules Control the Where, When, and How of Calcium Carbonate Formation

Nature packs away carbon in chalk, shells and rocks made by marine organisms that crystallize calcium carbonate. Now, research suggests that the soft, organic scaffolds in which such crystals form guide crystallization by soaking up the calcium like an "ion sponge," according to new work in Nature Materials. Understanding the process better may help researchers develop advanced materials for energy and environmental uses, such as for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

28 Jan 2015

Microscopy News

New Method to Measure Conformation of Single Molecule “Wiring”

QSTORM Project Aims to Use Blinking Quantum Dots for Enhancing Microscopy Resolution

Confocal Microscope Helps Predict Non-Linear Optical Properties of Metamaterials

Cornell Receives NSF Grant to Acquire Cryogenic, Aberration-Corrected Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope

South Dakota Scientists to Examine Living Cells at Biochemical Spatio-temporal NeTwork Resource

Acoustic Tweezers Manipulate Protein Crystals for X-ray Crystallography

Breakthrough Light Microscopy Method Enables Visualizing Complex Protein Metabolism in Living Systems

Unique Research Project to Develop Computational Microscope

New Method to Monitor Properties of Microscopic Particles During a Chemical Reaction

Negatively Charged Molecules Control the Where, When, and How of Calcium Carbonate Formation

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