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New Data on Proton Interior Spatial Structure

Physicists from NCBJ in Œwierk and École Polytechnique (EP) in Paris have theoretically analysed some specific case of electron-proton collisions to help to design an experiment that could deliver new data on proton interior spatial structure.

11 Dec 2012

New Microscopy Tool to Explore Solar-to-Electric Energy Conversion

If nanoscience were television, we'd be in the 1950s. Although scientists can make and manipulate nanoscale objects with increasingly awesome control, they are limited to black-and-white imagery for examining those objects. Information about nanoscale chemistry and interactions with light—the atomic-microscopy equivalent to color—is tantalizingly out of reach to all but the most persistent researchers.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 7 Dec 2012

Ferrotec Temescal’s Novel Deposition Process Improves Uniformity in Wafer-Coating Applications

The Temescal Division of Ferrotec Corporation, a global supplier of materials, components, and precision system solutions and the leading manufacturer of electron beam evaporative coating systems, today announced a major process breakthrough in electron beam metallization for lift-off compound semiconductor applications.

6 Dec 2012

Organic Metamaterial Demonstrates Mechanical Meta-Properties

A bit reminiscent of the Terminator T-1000, a new material created by Cornell researchers is so soft that it can flow like a liquid and then, strangely, return to its original shape.

5 Dec 2012

NASA Funds Project to Develop High-Powered Microscope for Astrobiology Research

Does life exist anywhere else in the universe? That’s the type of broad but poignant question NASA likes to ask, according to Chandran Sabanayagam, associate scientist in the Bioimaging Center at the Delaware Biotechnology Institute (DBI). And he would know, because he’s preparing to help answer it.

4 Dec 2012

Bruker Reports Over $7 Million in Orders for SP9900+ High-Throughput HDI Substrate Metrology System

Bruker announced today that it has already received more than $7 million in orders for its new Bruker SP9900+ high-throughput high density interconnect (HDI) substrate metrology system, and has begun shipping the product in volume.

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 4 Dec 2012

Nanoscale Study on Plant Architecture Helps Improve Sugar Yields for Biofuels

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the BioEnergy Science Center (BESC) combined different microscopic imaging methods to gain a greater understanding of the relationships between biomass cell wall structure and enzyme digestibility, a breakthrough that could lead to optimizing sugar yields and lowering the costs of making biofuels.

From National Renewable Energy Laboratory 29 Nov 2012

Researchers Explore Polymer Blend Molecular Structure Using Improved Chemical Microscopy

Using an enhanced form of "chemical microscopy" developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), researchers there have shown that they can peer into the structure of blended polymers, resolving details of the molecular arrangement at sub-micrometer levels.* The capability has important implications for the design of industrially important polymers like the polyethylene blends used to repair aging waterlines.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 29 Nov 2012

Bruker Launches AFM Zoom Option for 3D Optical Microscope

Bruker announced today at the 2012 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting the release of the unique NanoLens Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) accessory for ContourGT 3D optical microscopes. $$IMAGE$$ esigned for ...

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 28 Nov 2012

New Two-Photon Laser Scanning Microscopy Study Helps Understand MS Nerve Damage

High-resolution real-time images show in mice how nerves may be damaged during the earliest stages of multiple sclerosis. The results suggest that the critical step happens when fibrinogen, a blood-clotting protein, leaks into the central nervous system and activates immune cells called microglia.

28 Nov 2012