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Bruker AXS Announces Recipient of 2007 Excellence in XRD Scholarship

During the 2007 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting now taking place at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Bruker AXS, a leading global provider of advanced X-ray solutions for life and advanced materials sciences, announced the recipient of its 2007 Excellence in X-ray Diffraction (XRD) scholarship -- based on unique experiments performed by university students.

28 Nov 2007

Veeco Announces Availability of Table-Top Optical Profiling System

Veeco Instruments Inc., today announced the release of the Wyko(R) NT9100(TM) Optical Profiling System, which delivers the performance and many of the capabilities of Veeco's full-sized profiling systems in a convenient and affordable table-top footprint. The new system is ideal for many applications in research, industrial, quality control, and failure analysis.

From Veeco 28 Nov 2007

Ultrafast Electron Microscopy to Observe Switchable Nanochannels

Ultrafast electron microscopy reveals switchable nanochannels in materials Microscopic fissures in a tiny crystal open and close-on command. Researchers led by Ahmed H. Zewail successfully used ultrafast electron microscopy (UEM) to observe nanoscopic structures at their “exercises”, as they report in the journal Angewandte Chemie. Such switchable nanochannels could be useful for future nanoelectronics and nanoscopic “machines”.

27 Nov 2007

Competitive Technologies Signs Joined Agreement for Solar Panel Technology

Competitive Technologies, Inc. and Articulated Technologies, LLC today announced that they have signed an agreement for CTT to license and commercialize Articulated's patented organic light emitting diode (OLED) technology for adaptation to solar power. The agreement provides for revenue sharing between CTT and Articulated of royalty and licensing payments.

26 Nov 2007

Moths Adopted to Create Industrial Lens for Low Light Environment

When moths fly at night, their eyes need to capture all the light available. To do this, certain species have evolved nanoscopic structures on the surface of their eyes which allow almost no light to reflect off the surface and hence to escape.

26 Nov 2007

DESY Celebrates New Source of Especially Brilliant X-ray Light

DESY celebrates the topping-out ceremony for the experimental hall of PETRA III the new source of especially brilliant X-ray light in Hamburg. On occasion of the structural completion of the building, German Research Minister Dr. Annette Schavan and Hamburg s First Mayor Ole von Beust visited the Helmholtz research centre DESY. Its new light source PETRA III is due to be completed in 2009.

26 Nov 2007

New Microscopy Technique Enable Cancerous Cell Detection Without Any Label to Enhance Optical Contrast

A new microscopy technique could enable biologists to detect cancerous cells without the use of any label to enhance optical contrast.

26 Nov 2007

Nature Material That Could Facilitate High-Speed Adaptive Optics

Inspired by the way a carnivorous plant captures insects, US scientists have designed a new material that could facilitate high-speed adaptive optics.

26 Nov 2007

New Laser-Scanning Confocal Microscope Helping Researchers Explore Intriguing Objects

"See those white sparks?" asks Kirk Czymmek, as he points to the video on his computer screen of a highly magnified heart cell in action. Tiny fireworks flash across the screen with every pulsation of the cell.

21 Nov 2007

Telecommunications Manufacturers to Benefit from Photonic Crystals

Smaller, faster, more efficient: BASF research scientists are helping to revolutionize the future world of telecommunications – with the aid of three-dimensional photonic crystals. In a three-year project, BASF is researching into the development of these crystals together with partners such as Hanover Laser Center, Thales Aerospace Division, Photon Design Ltd., the Technical University of Denmark and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Bretagne.

20 Nov 2007