Posted on: Aug 12th, 2009
Easier operation, superior functionality and optimised reproducibility of measurements are delivered to end-users by the Carl Zeiss Particle Analyzer.
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Posted on: Aug 12th, 2009
Carl Zeiss has introduced the PALM VisDat (Virtual Slide Data Transfer) module of the PALM RoboSoftware, which makes it possible for the first time to connect molecular and digital pathology.
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Posted on: Aug 12th, 2009
Toronto professor Geff Ozin, one of the pioneers of what has now become nanoscience and nanotechnology, celebrated at the weekend the launch of his new book 'Concepts in Nanochemistry'.
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Posted on: Aug 11th, 2009
Five engineering students traveled to Arizona State University from across the country this summer for the opportunity to delve into advanced nanotechnology research with guidance from faculty of ASU's Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering.
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Posted on: Aug 11th, 2009
University of Central Florida researchers have shown for the first time that light energy can gently guide and change the orientation of living cells within lab cultures.
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Posted on: Aug 11th, 2009
The smallest organisms to use a biological compass are magnetotactic bacteria, however mysteries remain about exactly how these bacteria create their cellular magnets.
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Posted on: Aug 11th, 2009
An experimental atomic clock based on ytterbium atoms is about four times more accurate than it was several years ago, giving it a precision comparable to that of the NIST-F1 cesium fountain clock, the nation's civilian time standard.
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Posted on: Aug 11th, 2009
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new calibration technique that will improve the reliability and stability of one of NIST's most versatile technologies, the microhotplate.
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Posted on: Aug 11th, 2009
The University of Toronto hosts conference on quantum information and control: inaugurates prestigious award.
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Posted on: Aug 11th, 2009
As a result of a major inter-laboratory study, the standards body ASTM International has been able to update its guidelines for a commonly used technique for measuring the size of nanoparticles in solutions.
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Posted on: Aug 11th, 2009
Researchers in the United States and Spain have discovered that a tool widely used in nanoscale imaging works differently in watery environments, a step toward better using the instrument to study biological molecules and structures.
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Posted on: Aug 11th, 2009
Zyvex Performance Materials and Toho Tenax America announce partnership for the use of Tenax carbon fiber on 540SE technology demonstrator boat.
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Posted on: Aug 11th, 2009
Growing - and precisely aligning - microscopic, spear-shaped zinc oxide crystals on a surface of single-crystal silicon, researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology may have developed a method to make more efficient solar cells.
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Posted on: Aug 11th, 2009
Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have devised a new type of superconducting circuit that behaves quantum mechanically - but has up to five levels of energy instead of the usual two.
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Posted on: Aug 11th, 2009
JEOL, a leading supplier of high resolution, high performance Scanning Electron Microscopes (SEM) and atomic resolution Transmission Electron Microscopes (TEM), has developed two new publications that explain theory and operation of the SEM for routine imaging and elemental analysis.
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Posted on: Aug 11th, 2009
The visual evidence shows that the fuzzy region between the two states is extremely narrow.
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Posted on: Aug 11th, 2009
Water is familiar to everyone - it shapes our bodies and our planet. But despite this abundance, the molecular structure of water has remained a mystery, with the substance exhibiting many strange properties that are still poorly understood. Recent work, however, is shedding new light on water's molecular idiosyncrasies, offering insight into its strange bulk properties.
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Posted on: Aug 11th, 2009
A highly efficient system for generating and distributing energy is lean, mean and green - and could be as close as the nearest farm, according to a University of Connecticut professor.
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Posted on: Aug 11th, 2009
Duke University engineers say they can for the first time control all the degrees of the particle's motion, opening up broad possibilities for nanotechnology and device applications. Their unique technology should make it more likely that Janus particles can be used as the building blocks for a myriad of applications, including such new technologies as electronic paper and self-propelling micromachines.
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Posted on: Aug 11th, 2009
Dolomite have entered a partnership with Sensirion, a leading sensor manufacturer to offer a range of Microfluidic Flow Meters to measure ultra-low liquid flow rates in the laboratory.
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Posted on: Aug 11th, 2009
Agar Scientific, Fischione Instruments exclusive distributor of instrumentation in the UK and Ireland have announced the availability of the Model 1040 NanoMill TEM specimen preparation system.
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Posted on: Aug 11th, 2009
The editors of R+D Magazine have named Solexant Corp., developer of third-generation ultrathin-film PV technology, a winner of its 47th Annual R+D 100 Awards for the most technologically significant products introduced in the past year.
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Posted on: Aug 11th, 2009
Nanometrics announced that it has been selected as a recipient of the 2009 R+D 100 Award for its innovative Advanced Film Capability technology incorporated in the UniFire line of metrology systems.
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Posted on: Aug 11th, 2009
A team in Japan has developed a simple, highly efficient method for the production of vesicles.
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Posted on: Aug 11th, 2009
Intel Corporation and Micron Technology Inc. today announced the development of a new 3-bit-per-cell multi-level cell NAND technology, leveraging their award-winning 34-nanometer NAND process.
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Posted on: Aug 11th, 2009
Nanosphere announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Eli Lilly and Company to collaborate in connection with employing pharmacogenetic assays in drug development initiatives.
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Posted on: Aug 11th, 2009
An international team of researchers from the Netherlands, Russia and Austria discovered that monolayer coverage and channel length set the mobility in self-assembled monolayer field-effect transistors (SAMFETs).
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Posted on: Aug 11th, 2009
The technology provides a cost effective solution for semiconductor applications requiring ultra-thin integrated circuit devices.
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Posted on: Aug 11th, 2009
Das Institut fuer Photonische Technologien (IPHT) verstaerkt seine Aktivitaeten im Bereich der spektralen Bildgebung. Im Rahmen des Verbundprojektes CHEMOPRAEVENT will das Institut mit Hilfe neuester optischer Methoden die Ursache der Nebenwirkungen von Chemotherapeutika untersuchen.
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Posted on: Aug 11th, 2009
The Electrical Automobile Research and Development Centre of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) was established on Aug. 8 in Shanghai.
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