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Using Optical Microscope and Tweezers Scientists Study Atoms in Thin Films

To make thin films for semiconductors in electronic devices, layers of atoms must be grown in neat, crystalline sheets. But while some materials grow smooth crystals, others tend to develop bumps and defects – a serious problem for thin-film manufacturing.

22 Jan 2010

Scientists Discover Membrane-Coat Proteins in Bacteria Using Electron Microscopy

EMBL scientists have discovered that a group of bacteria possess proteins thought to exist only in eukaryotes.

21 Jan 2010

National Nanomicroscopy Center Inaugurated in Finland for Nanomaterials Research

Otaniemi is now home to the national Nanomicroscopy Center, one of the largest of its kind in Europe

18 Jan 2010

Scientists to Develop Microscope That Can Help Make Better Solar Cells

Federal research dollars will help South Dakota State University scientists build a first-of-its-kind microscope that could ultimately help scientists at SDSU

31 Dec 2009

Researchers Used High-Resolution Microscope to Find How Brain Encodes Memories

Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have made a major discovery in how the brain encodes memories

24 Dec 2009

New Microscope Techniques Help Understand How Malaria Parasites Move into Person' Skin from Mosquito

Motility mechanism of malaria pathogens explained / Heidelberg researchers publish in Cell Host & Microbe

24 Dec 2009

Using Atomic Force Microscope, Researchers Study Nanoscale Structure of Bone Collagen

Using a technique that provides detailed images of nanoscale structures, researchers at the University of Michigan and Detroit's Henry Ford Hospital have discovered changes in the collagen component of bone that directly relate to bone health.

23 Dec 2009

Chemist Uses Spectroscopic Techniques to Observe Catalysts

Baking the perfect soufflé depends on timing, good ingredients and the right proportions. Exactly the same thing applies to catalysts - the materials that make a chemical reaction work faster or better. Dutch-sponsored researcher Leticia Espinosa Alonso now knows how to make a perfect catalyst, thanks to new techniques.

22 Dec 2009