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Laser Microscalpel Destroys Individual Cell While Leaving Nearby Cells Intact

Mechanical engineering Assistant Professor Adela Ben-Yakar at The University of Texas at Austin has developed a laser "microscalpel" that destroys a single cell while leaving nearby cells intact, which could improve the precision of surgeries for cancer, epilepsy and other diseases.

24 Jun 2008

Using Lasers to Cool Semiconductors

When lasers illuminate material it usually warms up. Therefore laser beams are, for example, used for cutting sheet steel, for welding or even as scalpels. But this effect can also be reversed

24 Jun 2008

Using Ultraviolet Light to Identify Organic Matter in Soils

A team of scientists from the United States and the United Kingdom has developed a technique using ultraviolet light to identify organic matter in soils that they say could be used to document the existence of life on Mars.

24 Jun 2008

Report Examines the Rapidly Emerging Market for OLED Lighting

NanoMarkets, a leading industry analyst firm based here, today announced a new report that continues the firm's coverage of OLED lighting. The report, titled "OLED Lighting Markets -- 2008," is scheduled to be released in September of 2008 and follows up from the firm's 2007 report, "Emerging Markets for OLED and Printed Lighting."

23 Jun 2008

Capturing Time-Series Snapshots on the Ultra-Fast Timescale

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have captured time-series snapshots of a solid as it evolves on the ultra-fast timescale.

23 Jun 2008

Delivering Live Cell Imaging at a New Level

With the NanoTracker, the user can trap and track particles from several µm down to 30nm with the ability to control, manipulate and observe vesicles, endosomes, gene and drug spheres, viruses and bacteria, nanoprobes or -carriers, biomarkers or even whole cells in real time with nanometer precision.

23 Jun 2008

New Environmental Transmission Electron Microscope from FEI Company

Leading provider of high-resolution imaging and analysis systems FEI Company, today announced the release of the Titan 80-300 environmental transmission electron microscope (ETEM).

23 Jun 2008

A New Approach to Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Customized microscopic magnets that might one day be injected into the body could add color to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), while also potentially enhancing sensitivity and the amount of information provided by images.

18 Jun 2008

Using Lasers and Plastic Beads to Create Ultrasmall Features

Princeton engineers have invented an affordable technique that uses lasers and plastic beads to create the ultrasmall features that are needed for new generations of microchips.

18 Jun 2008

Agilent Laser Calibration Tool Sets Industry Standard

Agilent Technologies Inc. today introduced a new Dynamic Calibrator, a laser-based calibration system for measuring machine-tool and coordinate-measuring-machine (CMM) accuracy. New sensors in the system offer accuracy to 0.4ppm, setting a new industry standard.

17 Jun 2008

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