Captured on film: bacteria destroying cell wall in wine grape vines

5 hours ago | News

In the effort to study the movements of bacteria, Texas A&M plant experts observed the cell wall crashing behavior of Xylella fastidiosa, which causes a deadly wine grape plant disease. Electron microscopy helped them see this movement for the first time.

Electrochemical imaging tech finds TNT in fingerprints

Mar 12 | News

Scientists at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State have hit on a new, versatile method to significantly improve the detection of trace chemicals. The technique—electrochemical imaging microscopy—was able to detect and identify TNT particles weighing less than a billionth of gram on the ridges and canals of a fingerprint.

FEI announces installation of Titan TEMs at new research center in France

Mar 4 | News

FEI Company announced the completion of a multiple system installation at the Materials Ageing Institute (MAI) in France.

Technique allows study of protein folding

Mar 3 | News

A new technique to study protein dynamics in living cells has been created by a team of Univ. of Illinois scientists, and evidence yielded from the new method indicates that an in vivo environment strongly modulates a protein’s stability and folding rate.

Nano-technique gives detailed insight into failing heart cells

Mar 1 | News

Researchers have been able to see how heart failure affects the surface of an individual heart muscle cell in minute detail, using a new nanoscale scanning technique developed at Imperial College London. The findings may lead to better design of beta-blockers.

New JEOL TEM quickly breaks into picoscale territory

Feb 19 | New To Market

 Just three weeks after its installation at the Univ. of Texas San Antonio campus, the latest transmission electron microscope from JEOL delivered data on silicon samples that resolved down to 78 picometers, a level that enables atom-by-atom chemical mapping.

JEOL microprobe helps advance research at UNC

Feb 9 | News

The installation in January of an advanced imaging tool, a JEOL Electron Probe Microanalyzer, will expand research and educational opportunities for students, faculty, and industry at the Southeastern North Carolina Regional Microanalytical and Imaging Center, a state-of-the-art facility opened in 2009.

Agilent’s Scanning Microwave Microscopy collects another award

Feb 8 | News

 Named one of 10 SPIE 2009 Prism Awards winners, the Scanning Microwave Microscopy Mode (SMM Mode) instruments from Agilent Technologies Inc. earned an R&D 100 Award in 2009 for this useful adaptation of the atomic force microscope for use in the semiconductor industry.

Photothermal technique provides new way to track nanoparticles

Feb 4 | News

A Rice Univ. group has found a way to use gold nanorods as orientation sensors by combining their plasmonic properties with polarization imaging techniques. That may make it possible to see and, perhaps, track single nanoparticles over long periods.

Biophysicists manipulate 'zipper,' reveal protein folding dynamics

Jan 19 | News

Atomic force microscopy is now being aided by the use of DNA handles and optical tweezers to enable biophysicists in Germany to achieve unprecedented resolution in space and time when observing the folding of certain proteins. They can now see thousands of transitions between the folded and unfolded state.

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Much ado about next to nothing

Mar 15

The recent review of the past 10 years of the National Nanotechnology Initiative--as presented by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology--suggested the rise of nanomanufacturing as the near future of nanotechnology. But the actual proposed funding reflects a cautious approach, even about nanotech in general.

Lunar tires, space MRSA, and resonating microfluidics

Mar 5

I typically attend the annual Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy each year in pursuit of specific coverage. This year, I sought out candidates for coverage in a vacuum technology article, and pulled together some instruments for a spectroscopy guide. But as busy as that kept me, it wasn’t all mass spectrometers and vacuum pumps on the show floor.  

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NuGard Coating Ashburn Hill

Jan 7

NuGard First Response Protective Clothing are lightweight coveralls, jackets, and pants that provide protection from heat and flame while keeping the wearers body temperature constant.

Multi-Touch Music Maker

Jan 7

Professor David Wessel shows his multi-touch interface that uses computer technologies that allow him to experiment with fine controls to "caress" the instrument.