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First Atomic-Scale Compositional Images of Fuel Cell Nanoparticles

In a step toward developing better fuel cells for electric cars and more,
engineers at MIT and two other
institutions have taken the first images of individual atoms on and near the
surface of nanoparticles key to the eco-friendly energy storage devices.

3 Oct 2008

AVS 55th International Symposium Showcases Nanotechnology and Materials Research

The AVS 55th International Symposium next month in Boston will showcase research from across the spectrum of science and engineering devoted to research on such topics as nanotechnology, alternative energy, materials research, and medicine.

2 Oct 2008

Findings May Lead to New Ways to Protect Crops

Flexible filamentous viruses make up a large fraction of known plant viruses and are responsible for more than half the viral damage to crop plants throughout the world. New details of their structures, which were poorly understood, have been revealed by scientists using a variety of sophisticated imaging techniques at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and collaborating institutions.

2 Oct 2008

New Thin Film Metrology Tools for MEMS to be Launched at Semicon Europa 2008

PANalytical will launch new products and showcase its full range
of innovative X-ray metrology solutions on booth #144 at Semicon Europa 2008,
October 7-9, Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre, Germany.

2 Oct 2008

Team of German Researchers to Receive Honda Prize 2008

The Honda Foundation, co-founded by Soichiro Honda and his younger brother Benjiro Honda, and currently headed by Hiromori Kawashima, is pleased to announce the Honda Prize for the year 2008 will be awarded to a German team of researchers of electron microscopy led by Dr. Maximilian Haider, Dr. Harald Rose, and Dr. Knut Urban.

1 Oct 2008

ASML Reveals Roadmap Extending Semiconductor Manufacturing to 11 Nanometers and Beyond

ASML Holding NV (ASML) presents today at the 2008 International Symposium on Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) on recent achievements in its EUV lithography program and unveils a production system roadmap that suppor...

From ASML Special Applications 30 Sep 2008

Brandeis Researchers Use Advanced Scientific Techniques to Reveal How Gene Regulation Works

A novel Brandeis University study this week in PLoS Biology reports on some of the molecular gymnastics performed by a protein involved in regulating DNA transcription. Using state-of-the art tools, researchers observed ...

30 Sep 2008

SAIC-Frederick Awarded Follow-On Contract to Support National Cancer Institute

Science Applications International Corporation today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary SAIC-Frederick, Inc. has been awarded a follow-on contract by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to provide operations and ...

30 Sep 2008

Sun Pharma to Use FEI Cryo-Electron Microscopy for Nanoparticle Research

FEI Company, a leading provider of high-resolution imaging and analysis systems, announced today the installation of a solution based upon FEI's Tecnai(TM) Spirit cryo-transmission electron microscope (TEM) and three-dimensional (3D) tomography software at Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., Mumbai, India. Sun Pharmaceutical will use FEI's 3D imaging solution for quality control of drug-loaded vesicles to speed up the development of new therapeutics.

29 Sep 2008

Agency to Equip Seven Field Offices with State-of-the-Art Technology for Analysis of Pesticides in Food Supply

Applied Biosystems Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has purchased seven of the company's 4000 QTRAP® Systems for the analysis of potential harmful pesticides in the U.S. food supply...

29 Sep 2008