Mar. 11, 2013

AFM-IR: Chemical Identification of Polymer Nanostructures

For more than 20 years, researchers have been using atomic force microscopy (AFM) to measure and characterize materials at the nanometer scale. However AFM-based measurements of chemistry and chemical properties of materials were generally not possible, until now. Researchers at the University Illinois report that they have measured the chemical properties of polymer nanostructures as small as 15 nm, using a novel technique called atomic force microscope infrared spectroscopy (AFM-IR). The results were published in the journal Review of Scientific Instruments 84.
moreMar. 07, 2013

Cryo-electron Microscopy: Visualization of Transcription Initiation

Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have achieved a major advance in understanding how genetic information is transcribed from DNA to RNA by providing the first step-by-step look at the biomolecular machinery that reads the human genome. The scientists used cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), where protein samples are flash-frozen at liquid nitrogen temperatures to preserve their structure. The results were published in Nature.
moreMar. 05, 2013

Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy: Imaging Droplet Adhesion

Understanding exactly how droplets and bubbles stick to surfaces - everything from dew on blades of grass to the water droplets that form on condensing coils after steam drives a turbine in a power plant - is a "100-year-old problem" that has eluded experimental answers, says MIT's Kripa Varanasi. Furthermore, it's a question with implications for everything from how to improve power-plant efficiency to how to reduce fogging on windshields.
moreMar. 01, 2013

5th Course on Time-resolved Microscopy and Correlation Spectroscopy

For the fifth time now, PicoQuant has organized the European short course on "Time-Resolved Microscopy and Correlation Spectroscopy", held in Berlin, Germany from February 19 to 21, 2013. The line-up of leading experts in time-resolved fluorescence microscopy gave the 45 participants from all around the world the opportunity to hear about the newest applications, and how to use the cutting-edge equipment of PicoQuant, Nikon, Leica and Olympus.
moreFeb. 28, 2013

Atomic Force Microscopy: Studying Individual Nanotubes and Fibrils

JPK Instruments, a  manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the research studies of Dr. Ioan Notingher, associate professor in the faculty of science at the University of Nottingham, UK. With a research interest in the development of new optical and spectroscopic methods for studying biomaterials, he is applying JPK's atomic force microscope (AFM) system, the NanoWizard, and tip assisted optics module (TAO).
moreFeb. 28, 2013

Carl Zeiss Invests in UK Operations through Expansion of Cambridge Site

The UK manufacturing and sales divisions of Carl Zeiss have cemented their roots in Cambridge with an expansion of their existing production site and the construction of new application laboratories, sales and service offices and customer facilities. moreFeb. 28, 2013

Winners of GE Healthcare 2012 Cell Imaging Competition

GE Healthcare Life Sciences announced Jane Stout, from the United States, Anushree Balachandran from Australia and Markus Posch from the UK as the winners of the GE Healthcare 2012 Cell Imaging Competition. With over 15,000 votes cast in a public vote, the winners can now look forward to seeing their prize-winning cellular images displayed in Times Square, New York on NBC Universal's HD screen at a special event on April 19-21, 2013.
moreFeb. 28, 2013

Microscopy Conference 2013 - Abstract Submission Open!

The Microscopy Conference 2013 will be held at the University of Regensburg (Germany) from August 25-30, 2013. The scientific program will include plenary talks, sessions with short talks, poster sessions, workshops, and ample time for discussions. The conference will bring together scientists from all over Europe, and the organizers are confident that well over 900 participants will contribute to the success of the meeting.
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