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Study Enables ASTM to Revise Guidelines for Nanoparticle Sizing in Solutions

As a result of a major inter-laboratory study, the standards body ASTM International has been able to update its guidelines for a commonly used technique for measuring the size of nanoparticles in solutions. The study, w...

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 11 Aug 2009

Researchers Develop New Laser Technique for Searching Unusual Isotopes

One single atom of a certain isotope of hafnium found on Earth would prove that a supernova once exploded near our solar system. The problem is how to find such an atom - among billions of others. Researchers at the Univ...

11 Aug 2009

University of Cambridge Department of Engineering Announces Winners of Photography Competition

A picture of the moment at which a vehicle which photographs deep-sea life was lowered into the murky depths for the first time has won this year's photography competition at Cambridge University's Department of Engineering.

11 Aug 2009

Carbon Design Innovations Awarded NIH SBIR Grant to Develop CNT AFM Probes

Carbon Design Innovations, Inc. (C|D|I) today announced that it has grant in the amount of $390,000 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program.

From Carbon Design Innovations 11 Aug 2009

Unknown Workings of Signaling Protein Unfold Through Atomic-Force Spectroscopy

It's well known that the protein calmodulin specifically targets and steers the activities of hundreds of other proteins - mostly kinases - in our cells, thus playing a role in physiologically important processes ranging from gene transcription to nerve growth and muscle contraction But just how it distinguishes between target proteins is not well understood.

10 Aug 2009

Seminar of Aspects of Electron Microscopy and Microanalysis

Stork Climax Research Services, Inc. (Stork CRS) of Wixom, Michigan is presenting "Aspects of Electron Microscopy and Microanalysis," on Friday, August 21. The free technical presentation will be offered in either a morning (9:00 AM to 12:00PM) or afternoon (1:30 PM to 4:30 PM) session.

7 Aug 2009

An Insight into How Fibrin Clots Behave from the Centimeter to the Nanometer Scale

Fibrin, the chief ingredient of blood clots, is a remarkably versatile polymer. On one hand, it forms a network of fibers -- a blood clot -- that stems the loss of blood at an injury site while remaining pliable and flexible.

7 Aug 2009

Viscotek to Show Nanomaterials Analysis Equipment at ACS Fall Meeting

Viscotek, a Malvern company, is exhibiting its advanced technologies for characterizing natural and synthetic polymers, copolymers, biopolymers, proteins and nanomaterials at the American Chemical Society’s Fall Meeting 2009 (August 16-20, 2009; Washington, DC, USA). These include the TDAmax™ gel permeation chromatography/size exclusion chromatography (GPC/SEC) system.

From American Chemical Society 7 Aug 2009

Zetasizer Nano from Malvern Fast Emerging as System of Choice for Particle Characterization

As researchers discover new and widespread applications for stimulus-responsive microgels, known as "smart polymers", the Zetasizer Nano system from Malvern Panalytical is fast emerging as their system of choice for particle characterization.

From Malvern Panalytical 7 Aug 2009

Innovative Approach for Studying the Forces that Shape Proteins

Rice University physicists have written the next chapter in an innovative approach for studying the forces that shape proteins -- the biochemical workhorses of all living things. New research featured on the cover of ...

6 Aug 2009