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Acquisitions and Innovations Revealed at Pittcon for Agilent

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced it has signed an agreement to acquire TILL Photonics GmbH and has completed the acquisition of Colloidal Dynamics. Both companies will join the recently created Materials Science Solut...

From Agilent Technologies Inc. 4 Mar 2008

Microfluidics, Nanoparticles Drive Novel Cancer Detection Schemes

Early detection of tumors is one of the Holy Grails of cancer research, an achievement that would greatly improve cancer therapy and prognosis. Two new reports describe different but promising approaches to solving this ...

4 Mar 2008

Quantum Mass Spectrometer Installed on a Bus for Mobile Environmental Monitoring

Thermo Fisher Scientific has completed a custom installation of its TSQ QuantumT triple quadrupole mass spectrometer in a mobile laboratory operating on a bus.

29 Feb 2008

New Scanning Electron Microscope is Kinder to the Environment

The TM-1000 Tabletop Microscope from Hitachi High-Technologies is measurably kinder to the environment than the company's previous entry-level scanning electron microscope. As part of an evaluation across Hitachi&#39...

29 Feb 2008

New Type of LED for LCDs in Televisions, Computers, Cell Phones and Cameras Wins Student Inventor Lemelson-Rensselaer Prize

In recent years, light emitting diodes (LEDs) have begun to change the way we see the world. Now, a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute student has developed a new type of LED that could allow for their widespread use as light sources for liquid crystal displays (LCDs) on everything from televisions and computers to cell phones and cameras.

29 Feb 2008

Nanotech Scientist Awarded as Outstanding Missourian

University of Missouri scientist Kattesh Katti recently discovered how to make gold nanoparticles using gold salts, soybeans and water. Katti’s research has garnered attention worldwide and the environmentally-frie...

29 Feb 2008

Quantum Technologies Set for Revolution as World's First Source of Single Photons Hits the Market

The world’s first commercial source of individual photons (particles of light) using diamond based quantum technology has been developed by Quantum Communications Victoria (QCV) within the School of Physics at The ...

29 Feb 2008

Nanopositioning Stages Now With Longer Travel Ranges for Microscopy, Nanometrology and Interferometry

PI, a leading manufacturer of nanopositioning and precision motion-control equipment semiconductor and photonics applications, has extended its PIHera® family of flexure-guided piezo nanopositioning stages, now offering record travel ranges to 1.8 mm.

28 Feb 2008

Solar Cell Efficiency Significantly Improved With New Anode Coating

The energy from sunlight falling on only 9 percent of California’s Mojave Desert could power all of the United States’ electricity needs if the energy could be efficiently harvested, according to some estimat...

26 Feb 2008

Harvard Researchers Demonstrate New Type of Microfabricated Optical Tweezer

Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) demonstrated a new type of optical tweezer with the potential to make biological and microfluidic force measurements in integrated systems such as microfluidic chips. The tweezer, consisting of a Fresnel Zone Plate microfabricated on a glass slide, has the ability to trap particles without the need for high performance objective lenses.

26 Feb 2008