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Partnership to Develop Software Platform for Environmental Metabolomics Data Analysis

A partnership between the University of Birmingham, BGI and its open-access journal, GigaScience, has received funding from the UK's Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) to develop a software platform for the analysis of large-scale environmental metabolomics data.

20 Apr 2013

Novel Microscope Stretches Single DNA Molecules

Scientists have revealed how a bacterial enzyme has evolved an energy-efficient method to move long distances along DNA. The findings, published in Science, present further insight into the coupling of chemical and mechanical energy by a class of enzymes called helicases, a widely-distributed group of proteins, which in human cells are implicated in some cancers.

20 Apr 2013

New Kind of Dye Can Reduce Cost of Two-Photon Microscopy Technique

A dye-based imaging technique known as two-photon microscopy can produce pictures of active neural structures in much finer detail than functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, but it requires powerful and expensive lasers.

20 Apr 2013

Scientists Record Atomic Motions in Real Time

Call it the ultimate nature documentary. Scientists at the University of Toronto have recorded atomic motions in real time, offering a glimpse into the very essence of chemistry and biology at the atomic level.

From University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics 18 Apr 2013

Enhanced NanoRam Handheld Raman Spectrometer Launched by B&W Tek

B&W Tek, an advanced instrumentation company producing optical spectroscopy and laser systems, is proud to announce major enhancements to their NanoRam handheld Raman spectrometer.

From Metrohm AG 17 Apr 2013

Phenom World Expands Functionality of proX Desktop SEM with Extended Software Package

Phenom-World’s proX desktop SEM will deliver more detailed information in an even faster way. The leading supplier of desktop scanning electron microscopes extends its integrated Element Identification software package with a comprehensive Elemental Mapping and Line Scan option.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Phenom-World BV 15 Apr 2013

International Research Groups Receive WITec PaperAward 2013

WITec appoints the winners of the PaperAward 2013: Research groups from France, Germany, and Spain are among the winners. For WITec PaperAward 2013, 54 publications, published between January and December 2012, were submitted to this year’s competition. Due to the number of high-quality papers, the PaperAward jury decided to recognize three winning papers in gold, silver, and bronze.

From Oxford Instruments WITec 9 Apr 2013

UCL School of Pharmacy Use Evactron Plasma Technology for SEM Chamber Cleaning

XEI Scientific Inc, maker of the popular EVACTRON® De-Contaminator™ Plasma Cleaning System for electron microscopes and other vacuum chambers, reports that a leading UK university's School of Pharmacy is using an Evactron® cleaning system on the chamber in their electron microscope.

From XEI Scientific 9 Apr 2013

Calcified Nanoparticles Beginning of Kidney Stones Formation in the Fruit Fly

Kidney stones usually make their presence known suddenly, often sending a person to the hospital in excruciating pain. Each year in the U.S. more than a million people seek medical attention for kidney stones, technically called nephrolithiasis. The total annual cost of treatment exceeds $2.1 billion, according to the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse.

8 Apr 2013

Silicon Atoms Dance on Graphene Sheet

Jumping silicon atoms are the stars of an atomic scale ballet featured in a new Nature Communications study from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

From Oak Ridge National Laboratory 4 Apr 2013