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Engineers Develop SmartSPM - New Fully Automated Scanning Probe Microscope

Scanning probe microscopy approved itself the most effective technology for studying objects of nano-size and properties of surfaces with super-resolution. Today the field of nanotechnology generates tasks, which become ...

13 Nov 2008

New Method of Focusing a Stream of Ions into a Point as Small as One Nanometer

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a radical new method of focusing a stream of ions into a point as small as one nanometer (one billionth of a meter).

13 Nov 2008

Bruker Daltonics Delivers maXis UHR-TOF Mass Spectrometers to Top Tier Research Laboratories

Bruker Daltonics announced today that the first production run of its ultra-high resolution time-of-flight (UHR-TOF) mass spectrometer maXis(TM) has been delivered to customers. The revolutionary maXis high-performance system was introduced at this year's American Society for Mass Spectrometry Conference in Denver, and has now been successfully installed in a number of top tier pharmaceutical research laboratories and in leading academic institutions.

12 Nov 2008

NFIC Plays Key Role in "Optimisation and Characterisation of Protein Nano-Fibrils" Project

The National Food Imaging Centre (NFIC) based at the Teagasc Moorepark Research Centre is the first of its kind in Ireland and comprises a suite of state-of-the-art imaging tools specifically chosen for studying food microstructure.

12 Nov 2008

$UT at Austin Purchases Suite of Rigaku X-ray Diffraction Instruments$

UT at Austin Purchases Suite of Rigaku X-ray Diffraction Instruments

Rigaku Americas Corporation today announced that the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Texas at Austin (UT) has purchased three Rigaku X-ray Diffraction (XRD) instruments to establish a Cyber-Enabled Teaching/Research X-ray Diffraction Facility, which was funded by a Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities: Departmental Multi-User Instrumentation (CRIF:MU) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

From Rigaku Corporation 12 Nov 2008

NanoArt 2008 International Online Competition - Open to All Artists and Scientists

NanoArt is a new art discipline at the art-science-technology intersections. It features nanolandscapes (molecular and atomic landscapes which are natural structures of matter at molecular and atomic scales) and nanosculptures (structures created by scientists and artists by manipulating matter at molecular and atomic scales using chemical and physical processes).

12 Nov 2008

SUSS MicroTec Introduces the iVista LC High-Resolution Digital Microscope

SUSS MicroTec Test Systems, the premier supplier of wafer-level test solutions for semiconductor devices, today announced the iVista(TM) LC High-Resolution Digital Microscope. Its introduction is timed to meet the increasing need in failure-analysis labs for an advanced microscopy tool capable of delivering high-resolution digital images in conjunction with laser-cutting capabilities.

From SUSS MicroTec AG 11 Nov 2008

Veeco Introduces Thermal Analysis Module for its Line of Scanning Probe Microscopes

Veeco Instruments Inc., a leading provider of instrumentation to the nanoscience community, today introduced the Veeco Instruments Thermal Analysis (VITA(TM)) module for its industry leading line of Scanning Probe Microscopes (SPMs).

From Veeco 11 Nov 2008

NANOSENSORS Introduces Novel Self-Actuating and Self-Sensing Akiyama-Probe for AFM

The Akiyama-probe has been developed in cooperation with the Institute of Microtechnology (IMT) at the University of Neuchâtel for the NANOSENSORS™ brand that is specialized on cutting edge scanning probes for Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) applications.

From Nanosensors 8 Nov 2008

Study Reveal How Molecular Machines Kick Start Gene Activation

How 'molecular machines' inside cells swing into action to activate genes at different times in a cell's life is revealed today (6 November) in new research published in Molecular Cell.

7 Nov 2008