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Physicists Found Way to Drastically Prolong Shelf Life of Quantum Bits

Physicists have found a way to drastically prolong the shelf life of quantum bits, the 0s and 1s of quantum computers. These precarious bits, formed in this case by arrays of semiconductor quantum dots containing a s...

24 Jun 2009

Research Opens Up New Experimental Territory

University of Chicago researchers recently showed that dry granular materials such as sands, seeds and grains have properties similar to liquid, forming water-like droplets when poured from a given source.

24 Jun 2009

Brookhaven Scientist Elected the Inaugural Fellow of the Microscopy Society of America

Yimei Zhu, a scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, has been elected the inaugural Fellow of the Microscopy Society of America (MSA), an affiliate of the American Institute of Physics and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 24 Jun 2009

French Physicist Recipient of Holweck Medal and Prize for Nanotechnology Research

French physicist Dr Christian Colliex from Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris Sud at Orsay, is the 2009 recipient of the Holweck Medal and Prize for his pioneering use of the electron microscope t...

24 Jun 2009

New Headquarters Building for WITec

After a construction period of 13 months, WITec GmbH, manufacturer of nanoanalytical microscopy systems has moved to its new headquarters building in Ulm.

From Oxford Instruments WITec 24 Jun 2009

Carl Zeiss Enables Breakthroughs in Histology

Carl Zeiss has developed a unique series of solutions addressing the different methods for brain mapping and soft tissue imaging. "Scientists are right now attacking one of the last secrets of mankind: imaging and reconstruction of the brain", Dr. Dirk Stenkamp, Member of the Board at Carl Zeiss SMT explains.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 23 Jun 2009

Automatic Supply of Water Immersion During Experiments

Leica Microsystems has now launched a Water Immersion Micro Dispenser that is easy to retrofit and can be used with water immersion objectives even for long term experiments of living organisms and screening experiments in live cell research.

22 Jun 2009

Microscope System Offers Convenient Solutions for Routine and Research

The 2nd generation Axio Imager microscope systems from Carl Zeiss meet all user demands for a versatile and easy-to-use polarization microscope. In geology, mineralogy, metallography, coal and oil petrography and forensic science, they provide more information in less time.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 19 Jun 2009

The Smallest Droplet of Acid

Exactly four water molecules and one hydrogen chloride molecule are necessary to form the smallest droplet of acid. This was the result of work by the groups of Prof. Dr. Martina Havenith (physical chemistry) and Prof. Dr. Dominik Marx (theoretical chemistry) within the research group FOR 618 at Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

19 Jun 2009

JPK Instruments Announces Registration Open for Annual Symposium on Applications of SPM

JPK Instruments are happy to announce that registration is now open for the eighth annual symposium on the applications of scanning probe microscopy (SPM) to be run alongside the second annual symposium on optical tweezers.

From Bruker BioAFM 18 Jun 2009