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Tabletop Microscope Recognized as Top 100 Most Significant Technological Advances for 2008

R+D Magazine has recognized a tabletop microscope developed by a team of Colorado State University and Berkeley researchers at the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Science and Technology as one of the Top 100 most significant technological advances for 2008.

20 Oct 2008

Safety and Effectiveness of Laser Therapies for Removal of Unwanted Hair

Laser therapies commonly used for removal of unwanted hair appear to be safer and remove leg hair more effectively when used separately than when used as a combination treatment, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

20 Oct 2008

Revolutionary Non-Contact Optical Depth Sensing Technique Delivers Accurate Height Measurements

Prior to this new advancement any testing would require mechanical surface contact, which was impossible during sample movement, to take in account substrate and machine compliance. Now with the ability to observe the precise depth of the indenter without touch, sample motion is no longer an issue and true depth of the indenter can be directly recorded.

20 Oct 2008

Successful in Action: SESAM from Carl Zeiss in Use for Metals Research

The special SESAM system, a high performance version of the LIBRA® 200 transmission electron microscope series from Carl Zeiss SMT, has been in use at the Stuttgart Center for Electron Microscopy (StEM) of the Max-Planck-Institute for Metals Research (MPI-MF) for the past 10 months.

20 Oct 2008

American Physical Society Award Recognizes Advances in Infrared Spectroscopy

The American Physical Society has awarded a UT Dallas researcher one of the society's highest honors, recognizing Dr. Yves Chabal's development of methods to better understand processes that take place on the silicon surface that is literally the platform for the multibillion-dollar semiconductor industry.

20 Oct 2008

New Catalog from PI Focuses on Specimen Positioning Devices and Microscope Lenses

Nanopositioning specialist PI has released a new catalog entitled "Tools for Microscopy and Imaging", available for download in PDF format.

17 Oct 2008

Astor Center Hosts Top Photomicrographs from Around the World

With the appearance of gracefully swooping beams of light or a colorful array of feathers, a dazzling photo of Pleurosigma (marine diatoms) has won the 2008 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition. Michael Stringer of Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom took home the top honor with this image, which was magnified 200 times and taken using darkfield and polarized light.

16 Oct 2008

Research Paving Way for Improved Liquid Crystal Displays

Charles Rosenblatt, professor of physics and macromolecular science at Case Western Reserve University, and his research group have developed a method of 3D optical imaging of anisotropic fluids such liquid crystals, with volumetric resolution one thousand times smaller than existing techniques. A research paper detailing the team's findings appeared in the September 21 advanced online publication of Nature Physics. The print version will be available soon.

16 Oct 2008

Transformation Optics Promises Radical Advances in Optical Technologies

A new research field called transformation optics may usher in a host of radical advances including a cloak of invisibility and ultra-powerful microscopes and computers by harnessing nanotechnology and "metamaterials."

16 Oct 2008

Corning Receives 2008 R+D 100 Award for ClearCurve Optical Fiber

Corning Incorporated will receive R+D Magazine's respected 2008 R+D 100 Award for its innovative ClearCurve(TM) optical fiber at a ceremony this evening in Chicago, Ill. The award recognizes the 100 most technologically significant new products of the year.

16 Oct 2008

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