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New Way to Model the Formation of Glasses

Harvard materials scientists have come up with what they believe is a new way to model the formation of glasses, a type of amorphous solid that includes common window glass. Glasses form through the process of vitrifi...

4 Nov 2009

Physicists Create Quantum Gas Microscope for Observing Single Atoms at Low Temperatures

Physicists at Harvard University have created a quantum gas microscope that can be used to observe single atoms at temperatures so low the particles follow the rules of quantum mechanics, behaving in bizarre ways. The...

4 Nov 2009

Physicist Develop Method for Calculating Motions and Forces of Thousands of Atoms Simultaneously

A theoretical physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a method for calculating the motions and forces of thousands of atoms simultaneously over a wider range of time scales than previously possible.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 3 Nov 2009

Mobile Microscopes to Study Complex Activity of Brain

By building a tiny microscope small enough to be carried around on a rats` head, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, Germany, have found a way to study the complex activity of many brain cells simultaneously while animals are free to move around.

3 Nov 2009

CRi Announces the Launch of inForm

Cambridge Research + Instrumentation, Inc. (CRi), a leader in biomedical imaging, today announced the launch of inForm™, advanced image analysis software based on the company's proprietary Machine Learning Syst...

2 Nov 2009

LCLS Embarks on Groundbreaking Research in Physics, Structural Biology and Chemistry

The first experiments are now underway using the world's most powerful X-ray laser, the Linac Coherent Light Source, located at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

2 Nov 2009

Use NMR Methodology To Elucidate Chemical Structure of Natural Compounds

A new nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methodology being developed by Carnegie Mellon University's Roberto Gil has enabled a group of chemists to determine the correct chemical structure of a natural compound known as a withanolide, which has been shown to slow the growth of breast cancer cells.

2 Nov 2009

Roche Announces European and Asia Pacific Launch of NimbleGen CGX Arrays for Microarray-Based Cytogenetic Analysis

Roche Applied Science (SWX:RO) (SWX:ROG) (Pink Sheets: RHHBY) will announce the European and Asia Pacific launch of the NimbleGen CGX arrays for microarray-based cytogenetic analysis at a workshop series in four European...

2 Nov 2009

JPK Instruments Hosted Annual Symposium on SPM and Optical Tweezers

2009 is the tenth anniversary of the founding of leading life sciences and nanotechnology company, JPK Instruments. In celebration, the company hosted their eighth annual symposium on the applications of scanning probe microscopy (SPM) alongside the second annual symposium on optical tweezers.

From Bruker BioAFM 2 Nov 2009

CRAIC Technologies Introduces QDI 2010 PV Microspectrophotometer

The QDI 2010 PV instrument is designed to measure the transmission and reflectance of photovoltaic cells whether they be the traditional crystalline silicon, one of the thin film variety or such components as super- and substrates.

31 Oct 2009