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Combining Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy Techniques Shedding New Light on Tungstated Zirconia Catalyst

The catalytic processes that facilitate the production of many chemicals and fuels could become much more environmentally friendly thanks to a breakthrough achieved by researchers from Lehigh and Rice Universities. I...

9 Nov 2009

Nanotechnology Detecting Harmful Liquids in Seconds

Restrictions on liquids in carry-on bags on commercial airliners could become a thing of the past thanks to a revolutionary nano-electric device which detects potentially hazardous liquids in luggage in a fraction of a s...

9 Nov 2009

Computers Making Accurate Predictions of Reactions Between Molecules and Surfaces

Good news for heterogeneous catalysis and the hydrogen economy: computers can now be used to make accurate predictions of the reactions of (hydrogen) molecules with surfaces. An international team of researchers, headed ...

6 Nov 2009

Centre Providing Materials Scientists with Unique Atomic Insights

With a groundbreaking ceremony, work began today on an extension to the Ernst Ruska-Centre (ER-C) on the campus of Forschungszentrum Jülich. Under the umbrella of the Jülich Aachen Research Alliance (JARA), fro...

6 Nov 2009

CAS Institute Exports Optical Instruments and Equipment to Canada

Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics (XIOPM), Chinese Academy of Sciences recently developed a laser optical tweezers micro-operation instrument for University of Toronto, Canada.

6 Nov 2009

Unique Large-Scale Research Device Went into Operation in USA

The NSE spectrometer enables detailed observations to be made of the motion of proteins and polymers. It will thus help to develop improved plastics or to understand metabolic processes in cells.

5 Nov 2009

Scientists Observe Movements of Aggressive Cells "Live" Under the Microscope

In diseases such as multiple sclerosis, cells of the immune system infiltrate the brain tissue, where they cause immense damage. For many years, it was an enigma as to how these cells can escape from the bloodstream.

5 Nov 2009

ELI Gears Up for Laser Beam Infrastructure Launch

Can an intense laser rip photons into electron-positron pairs? Seeking to shed light on this burning question is the ELI ('Extreme light infrastructure') project, which received EUR 6 million in funding under the...

5 Nov 2009

PTB Closes the Metrology Gap

Terahertz radiation still lies in a metrological no man's land - a metrology gap. The Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) can now close this gap.

5 Nov 2009

Spectacles Give Researchers an Even Better Insight into Matter

An electron microscope with glasses that correct the spherical aberration of the lens in order to achieve even higher resolution is currently being assembled at the Electron Microscopy Centre (EMEZ).

5 Nov 2009