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New Laser-Based Method for Measuring Millimeter Distances More Accurately than Ever

A new laser-based method for measuring millimeter distances more accurately than ever before - with an uncertainty of 10 picometers (trillionths of a meter) - has been developed and demonstrated by a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

24 Jul 2007

Researchers Expand the Tool Kit of Colloid Particles Making New Coloured Finishes Possible

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces have used ion bombardment and gold metallisation to produce a new family of particles whose bonding behaviour can be chemically tailored. With these particles, scientists hope not only to be able to perform better research on the dynamics of solids and molecules. The discovery could also bring about, among other things, the development of new finishes which change their colour with temperature.

24 Jul 2007

New Metamaterial May Bring Better Optics

Engineers at Purdue University are the first researchers to create a material that has a "negative index of refraction" in the wavelength of light used for telecommunications, a step that could lead to better communications and imaging technologies.

24 Jul 2007

Exponential Decay Lifetimes of Excitons in Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Carbon nanotubes have shown great promise for creating single-molecule biosensors for detecting disease, mostly a result of the fact that the electrical conductivity of a carbon nanotube changes markedly when they bind to specific molecules.

24 Jul 2007

New Type of Flexible Plastic Film

Imagine cleaning out your refrigerator and being able to tell at a glance whether perishable food items have spoiled, because the packaging has changed its color, or being able to tell if your dollar bill is counterfeit simply by stretching it to see if it changes hue.

23 Jul 2007

New Device to Make Laser-to-Fiber and Fiber-to-Fiber Connections within Optical Fiber Packages

A new device to make laser-to-fiber and fiber-to-fiber connections within optical fiber packages has been named by R & D Magazine as one of the 100 most technologically significant products introduced into the market in 2006.

22 Jul 2007

Leica Microsystems Wins Third German Business Innovation Award

By winning its third German Business Innovation Award, Leica Microsystems has ultimately established its position at the cutting edge of German innovators.

21 Jul 2007

Leica Microsystems Develops Stefan Hell's Award-Winning STED Microscope

On November 23, 2006, Professor Stefan Hell, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen, was presented with the prestigious German Future Award by Federal President Horst Köhler.

21 Jul 2007

Veeco and Leica Microsystems to Collaborate

Veeco Instruments and Leica Microsystems GmbH, a leading designer and manufacturer of optical microscopy imaging systems, have finalized a collaboration to drive research in biological and nano-medicine communities.

From Veeco 21 Jul 2007

Max Planck Innovation Concludes Licensing Agreement with Leica Microsystems

Max Planck Innovation GmbH, the technology transfer agency of the Max Planck Society, Germany's leading basic research organization, has signed a co-exclusive license agreement with Leica Microsystems and Carl Zeiss MicroImaging GmbH for the RESOLFT (reversible saturable optical fluorescent transitions) technology, a method providing molecular scale resolution with visible light and regular lenses for use in microscopy.

21 Jul 2007