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New Method to Measure Catalytical Reactions of Single Nanoparticles

A Biodesign Institute researcher at the Arizona State University, Nongjian Tao has discovered a novel method of measuring the catalytical reactions of single nanoparticles. Effective nanoparticle catalysts are required to carry out many vital functions.

From Arizona State University 29 Aug 2012

Scientists Develop Rapid-Scanning Microscope with No Compromise on Image Quality

A rapid-scanning digital microscope technique has been developed by researchers from the Department of Cell Physiology and Pharmacology at the University of Leicester.

28 Aug 2012

New Non-Invasive Microscopy Tool to Analyze Nanostructures

Scientists at the University of Sheffield have created a radical analytical tool that can be used to study nanometer scale devices without damaging them. The device which adopts nuclear magnetic resonance technique will enable further advancement in nanotechnology by facilitating researchers to gain better insight into nanostructures.

28 Aug 2012

Mechanical Device to Measure Molecule Mass One at a Time

A team with scientists from California Institute of Technology (Caltech) at the forefront has developed the first-ever mechanical device capable of weighing molecules one at a time.

28 Aug 2012

Innovative Microscopy Technique Facilitates Sharper Images of Brain

A collaborative team of researchers from six Italian research agencies has devised a novel microscopy technique that provides a sharp image of the brain’s neural networks.

27 Aug 2012

Queensgate Instruments Set To Introduce New Dual Sensor Technology

Queensgate Instruments - an Elektron Technology brand - is to unveil its revolutionary new Dual Sensor Technology at this year's European Microscopy Congress (emc2012) from the 16th to 21st of September in Manchester...

From Queensgate Instruments Ltd 24 Aug 2012

Zyvex Technologies to Host World's Most Powerful Analytical Electron Microscope

Zyvex Technologies, the world’s first molecular nanotechnology company, is partnering with the Ohio State University’s Center for Electron Microscopy and Analysis (CEMAS)1 to temporarily host the Titan3 G2 60-300 Scanning / Transmission Electron Microscope (S/TEM) until its permanent facility on West Campus is complete in March 2013.

From Zyvex 22 Aug 2012

Texas Children's Hospital Acquires Leica’s G-STED Microscope

Texas Children's Hospital has become the first North American institution to own a Leica microsystems gated stimulation emission depletion (G-STED) microscope, which enables scientists to capture less than 40 nm resolution images within live cells.

From Leica Microsystems GmbH 22 Aug 2012

MIT Researchers Produce Defect-Free Nanocrystal Films

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have reported that they have discovered methods of developing defect-free patterns of nanocrystal films. They have controlled the position and shape of the nanocrystal films with nanoscale resolution.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 21 Aug 2012

Microfluidics and Artificial Intelligence Help Sort Mutant Nematodes

Scientists have developed an automated system that uses advanced image processing and artificial intelligence for detecting subtle differences in nematodes used for biological research.

From Georgia Institute of Technology 21 Aug 2012