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Cryo-Electron Microscope Produces High-Resolution Image of Virus Structure

UCLA researchers report in the April 30 edition of the journal Cell that they have imaged a virus structure at a resolution high enough to effectively "see" atoms, the first published instance of imaging biological complexes at such a resolution.

5 May 2010

IPS Chosen to Promote Luxo’s Magnifiers, Microscopes, and Industrial Task Lighting

Luxo, the market leader in magnification, has appointed The IPS Group to promote its line of magnification and inspection products throughout Arkansas, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Mexico (excluding Baja).

4 May 2010

New Microscopic Probes Help to Observe Learning Process in Individual Neuron

Pioneering a novel microscopy method, neuroscientist Arthur Konnerth and colleagues from the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) have shown that individual neurons carry out significant aspects of sensory processing: specifically, in this case, determining which direction an object in the field of view is moving.

30 Apr 2010

Scientists Use Custom-Built Microscope to Capture First Images of Electrons’ Spin

Though scientists argue that the emerging technology of spintronics may trump conventional electronics for building the next generation of faster, smaller, more efficient computers and high-tech devices, no one has actually seen the spin—a quantum mechanical property of electrons—in individual atoms until now.

27 Apr 2010

Bochum Scientists Use Raman Microscope to Analyze Bioactive Metal Compounds

Scientists from Bochum have managed to accurately determine the location of metal complexes within living cancer cells using Raman microscopy.

27 Apr 2010

New DualBeam System from FEI Combines SEM Imaging and FIB Milling Performance

FEI Company, today introduced the new Helios NanoLab™ x50 DualBeam™ Series, the most powerful and versatile DualBeam system available on the market.

27 Apr 2010

Bruker to Supply Customized N8 TITANOS Large Sample Atomic Force Microscope to NIST

Bruker today announced that it has been awarded a $1.1 million contract to supply a customized N8 TITANOS™ large sample Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) to the United States Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

27 Apr 2010

IBM Scientists Develop Breakthrough 3D-Nanopatterning Technique

IBM (IBM) scientists have created a 3D map of the earth so small that 1,000 of them could fit on one grain of salt.

24 Apr 2010

Researchers Use Scanning Tunnelling Microscope to Analyze New Superconductivity Mechanism

In classical theory, superconductivity occurs when two electrons are bound together to form a pair, known as a Cooper pair, by lattice vibrations.

23 Apr 2010

$Malvern to Exhibit OINDP Instruments That Complement its Spraytec Laser Diffraction Analyzer$

Malvern to Exhibit OINDP Instruments That Complement its Spraytec Laser Diffraction Analyzer

Malvern Instruments will participate in this year’s Respiratory Drug Delivery conference (RDD 2010) from 25 – 29 April in Orlando, FL, exhibiting instruments that deliver detailed information about orally inhaled and nasal drug products (OINDPs).

23 Apr 2010