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Novel Analytical Tools Developed by SMART Key to Next-Generation Agriculture

Researchers from the Disruptive & Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision Interdisciplinary Research Group of Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, and Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, highlight the potential of recently developed analytical tools that are rapid and non-destructive, with a proof of concept through first-generation examples.

10 Feb 2021

WITec ParticleScout™ Enhanced with New Features

WITec GmbH, the pace-setting leader in Raman microscope technology, has enhanced its ParticleScout automated particle analysis tool to offer even greater speed and versatility for finding, classifying and identifying microparticles.

From WITec GmbH 3 Feb 2021

Skoltech Scientists Pin Hopes on a New Ion Trap to Create the World’s Most Accurate Mass Spectrometer

Mass spectrometers are widely used to analyze highly complex chemical and biological mixtures. Skoltech scientists have developed a new version of a mass spectrometer that uses rotation frequencies of ionized molecules in strong magnetic fields to measure masses with higher accuracy (FT ICR). The team has designed an ion trap that ensures the utmost resolving power in ultra-strong magnetic fields. The research was published in the journal Analytical Chemistry.

27 Jan 2021

Successful Start to Virtual Event Series

With its 1st Global Infrared Sessions, LASER COMPONENTS has successfully established the new virtual event format LC Talks. About 450 participants from all continents (except Antarctica) attended the two-day event and caught up on the latest developments in IR technology in more than 20 short presentations.

From Laser Components (UK) Ltd. 17 Dec 2020

New Computational Mass Spectrometry Imaging Accelerates the Speed of Data Acquisition

A new computational mass spectrometry imaging method enables researchers to achieve high mass resolution and high spatial resolution for biological samples while providing data sets exponentially faster.

11 Dec 2020

New Method to Study Interaction of Infrared Nanolight with Molecular Vibrations

Scientists from CIC nanoGUNE BRTA (San Sebastian, Spain), together with the Donostia International Physics Center (San Sebastián, Spain) and the University of Oviedo (Spain), applied a spectroscopic nanoimaging method to explore the interaction between infrared nanolight—in the form of phonon polaritons—and molecular vibrations.

24 Nov 2020

ZEISS Enhances Its Field Emission SEMs for Highest Demands in Sub-Nanometer Imaging, Analytics and Sample Flexibility

ZEISS presents a new generation of its field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) family ZEISS GeminiSEM.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 24 Nov 2020

Andor Launches New Ultrafast and High Sensitivity Camera for Direct Soft X-ray and EUV Imaging

Andor Technology, an Oxford Instruments company and world leader in scientific imaging and spectroscopy solutions, today announced the launch of its new Marana-X platform for high energy physics.

From Andor Technology Ltd. 24 Nov 2020

Terahertz Spectroscopy Technique Helps Determine Local pH Value

At present, it is simple to identify an average pH for huge quantities of liquid. However, it is difficult to specify a local pH value.

23 Nov 2020

New Study Could Help Create Improved Glasses for Smart Device Touchscreens

Sophisticated electron spectroscopy and computer simulations have been used by a team of researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science at The University of Tokyo to gain better insights into the internal atomic structure of aluminosilicate glass.

17 Nov 2020