November 29, 2007
Google's greenbacks power green R&D
The California-based web search giant will be sinking a fortune into a new R&D division whose goal is nothing less than renewable energy that's cheaper than coal. Continue...
Labs for hire: Top schools welcome private ventures
Nanotech lab equipment is expensive. Really, really expensive. So when companies want an electron microscope or a clean room for development, they don't buy. They rent. Continue...
First look at the birth of a buckyball
Nobel laureate Richard Smalley theorized the formation of the C-60 carbon molecule (which he discovered in 1985) but didn't live to see his idea tested. Now, thanks to Sandia researcher Jianyu Huang's observations, we know he was right. Continue...
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Unique student-managed fund makes first investment
Arbor Photonics, an optoelectronics developer that uses laser technology spunout from the University of Michigan, has gotten $85,000 in seed money from student-led Frankel Fund. Continue...
Major pharma firm APP adopts Thermo LIMS
Needing to cope with large amounts of chromatography and lab data stemming from intensive drug research, APP (formerly Abraxis) has implemented Thermo Fisher Scientific's new Darwin system. Continue...
Microsoft keeps growing, here and elsewhere
The world's software giant keeps putting on the pounds, with plans to add 2.4 million square feet to its revised West Campus, as well as a new data center in Russia. Continue...
Biomarker collaboration has heart attacks in crosshairs
A system that is able to measure very small changes in protein biomarkers can detect, among other things, cardiotoxicity. It works well enough that Wyeth Research has adopted it for biochemical testing. Continue...
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New microscope combines near-field optical Raman with atomic-force imaging
Molecular-level topographic sample information is now available to users of Park Systems' new atomic force microscope. The XE-NSOM/Raman-AFM utilizes near-field optical microscopy and Raman spectroscopy to open up new imaging capabilities including near-field fluorescence, near-field Raman, confocal micro-fluorescence, and confocal micro-Raman. Other new features include cantilever-based aperture/apertureless NSOM, large solid angle side-access optical head, AFM/laser alignment, and seamless integration of AFM and NSOM modes. Continue...
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