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Harvard's Wyss Institute Team Receives NIH Grant to Develop DNA-Based Microscopy Method

A team at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University has been awarded a special $3.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop an inexpensive and easy-to-use new microscopy method to simultaneously spot many tiny components of cells.

5 Oct 2013

New Technique Can Map 3D Distribution of Nano-Properties of Objects

Scientists have developed a new kind of ‘X-ray vision’ that is able to peer inside an object and map the three-dimensional distribution of its nano-properties in real time.

5 Oct 2013

University of Pennsylvania Dedicates Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology

The University of Pennsylvania will officially open the region’s premier facility for advanced research, education, and innovative public/private partnerships in nanotechnology on October 4. The 78,000 square-foot Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology will serve as the University’s focal point for groundbreaking work in the emerging field of nanotechnology, which involves the manipulation of matter on an atomic and molecular scale.

4 Oct 2013

Minister Goes High-Tech

Oxford Instruments, global leader in the supply of nanotools to research and industry receives visit from David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science. Mr Willetts was in Oxfordshire to launch a major initiat...

From Oxford Instruments plc 4 Oct 2013

New Technology to Quantitatively Observe Cellular Processes Taking Place on Lab-on-a-Chip

A team of scientists from The University of Texas at Arlington and MIT has figured out how to quantitatively observe cellular processes taking place on so-called “lab on a chip” devices in a silicon environment.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4 Oct 2013

Electrically Charged Water Droplets on Superhydrophobic Surface

In a completely unexpected finding, MIT researchers have discovered that tiny water droplets that form on a superhydrophobic surface, and then “jump” away from that surface, carry an electric charge. The finding could lead to more efficient power plants and a new way of drawing power from the atmosphere, they say.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4 Oct 2013

Researchers Explore Photosynthesis Using a Range of Microscopy and Visualization Techniques

EPFL scientists have used powerful imaging techniques to support a study that sheds light on photosynthesis.

3 Oct 2013

Soft Material Study Using TEM Through Unique Graphene Liquid Cell

Autumn is usually not such a great time for big special effects movies as the summer blockbusters have faded and those for the holiday season have not yet opened. Fall is more often the time for thoughtful films about small subjects, which makes it perfect for the unveiling of a new movie produced by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 3 Oct 2013

Sorting Cells Faster Using New Imaging Flow Cytometry Technique

A team of engineers led by computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego, has developed a new approach that marries computer vision and hardware optimization to sort cells up to 38 times faster than is currently possible. The approach could be used for clinical diagnostics, stem cell characterization and other applications.

From University of California, Los Angeles 3 Oct 2013

Oxford Instruments Announce New Sample Holder for TKD Microanalysis

TKD, Transmission Kikuchi Diffraction analysis, is a relatively new microanalysis technique that is used to characterise grains that are typically only tens of nanometres wide – a fraction of the size that traditional EBSD can address.

From Oxford Instruments NanoAnalysis 2 Oct 2013