* More than Miro Sep 12, 2009
The Old Curiosity shop is next, a dark treasure trove of antiquey stuff, and then we cross the Ramblas X quickly, because its crowded and horrible X and head towards the cathedral, where we visit Anomorfosis, which belongs to a man who collects industrial and scientific antiques, his wares ranging from old cameras to ancient-looking microscopes and cassette tapes. Then its on to a nearby poster and print shop, stacked from floor to ceiling with old cartoons, magazine covers and film... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Art.view: A cabinet of wonder Sep 11, 2009
Visitors must peek into microscopes to examine these remarkable iridescent flowers and birds (pictured at top). Yet the question itches: was there ever a Henry Dalton. (The Economist)
Not your father's science lab Sep 10, 2009
Equipment and technology: Inadequate power supply inhibits use of multiple microscopes, computers. Too little space for all needed equipment. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Function Of Neglected Structure In Neurons Revealed After 50 Years Sep 9, 2009
As equipment of this type cannot simply be purchased off the shelf, these innovative microscopes are custom-built and refined by Thomas Oertner himself. Journal reference. (Science Daily)
Cheat-Resistant 3D IPhone Game Relies On Score-Checking Replays Sep 8, 2009
Mostafavi also develops algorithms for improving the quality and utility of 3D models that represent biological data gleaned from biological images taken by electron microscopes. Mostafavi performs this work at the National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research (NCMIR) at UC San Diego, which develops state-of-the-art 3D imaging and analysis technologies to help biomedical researchers understand biological structure and function relationships in cells and tissues. (Science Daily)
Rwanda: Country Achieving 'Impressive' Results With HIV, TB Sep 3, 2009
The National Reference Laboratory is also studying more efficient microscopes and staining techniques to shorten the time-lag in TB diagnosis. Earlier this week, Mr. Sidib; addressed the 59th session of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa in Kigali, where he stressed the urgent need stop new HIV infections and called for a sea-change approach to prevent sexual transmission of HIV. "Prevention must become our watchword, the banner we raise in this critical stage of... (allAfrica.com)
Verizon Business Enhances Security Picture for Nikon's Global Network Aug 25, 2009
These items complement our diverse array of industrial precision equipment that includes semiconductor-related equipment, IC and LCD steppers and scanners, microscopes and measuring instruments. Having 38 group companies outside Japan, Nikon is a truly global enterprise with almost 70% of its net sales from export business. (PR Newswire)
FEI Company to Present At Silicon Forest Technology and Financial Forum Aug 22, 2009
It is a premier provider of electron and ion-beam microscopes and tools for nanoscale applications across many industries: industrial and academic materials research, life sciences, semiconductors, data storage, natural resources and more. With a 60-year history of technological innovation and leadership, FEI has set the performance standard in transmission electron microscopes (TEM), scanning electron microscopes (SEM) and DualBeams(tm), which combine a SEM with a focused ion beam (FIB). (Primezone Releases)
Scientist has high hopes for invisibility cloak Aug 21, 2009
" Although the professor admitted it was difficult to predict possible applications, he suggested invisibility research could be used to improve visibility, leading to the development of the perfect retroreflectors (cats eyes), better microscopes and improved lenses. He added: "I will most certainly find easier ways of cloaking, but it remains to be seen how practical they are. "The important thing is to understand the foundations and come up with something new or take an existing idea to... (BBC News -- Technology)
Uncovering the secrets of ulcer-causing bacteria Aug 13, 2009
Using video microscopes, the researchers found that when mucins extracted from mucus were in a liquid state, the bacteria could swim freely, but when mucins were in a gel state, the bacteria were stuck, even though their tails were rotating. More advanced imaging techniques revealed that pH changes directly correlated with the ability of the bacteria to move--the higher the pH, the greater the movement. (EurekAlert!)
Newsweek: Gadget turns cell phone into microscope Aug 13, 2009
Then basic microscopes become more common, making diagnosis more of a science ... In addition to being more portable, the CellScope may prove to be more valuable for diagnosis than basic compound microscopes. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Campus science research focuses on neurodynamics, nanoscience Aug 11, 2009
There are facilities for mass spectroscopy, scanning and transmission electron microscopes, scanning probe microscopy, an X-ray diffraction laboratory, high field NMR facility, computational facilities and those for molecular modeling. Research groups are Theoretical and Computational Nanoscience, Nanoscale Materials and Systems, and Membrane lar Function. (The Current Online, MO)
Protein Folding: Diverse Methods Yield Clues Aug 11, 2009
Her group uses atomic force microscopes (AFM), which operate much like phonograph players. The AFM has a needle that's suspended from one end of a cantilevered arm. (Science Daily)
Meade Instruments Announces Reverse Stock Split Aug 8, 2009
Aug. 7, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meade Instruments Corp. (Nasdaq: - ), a leading designer and manufacturer of optical products, including telescopes, binoculars and microscopes, today announced a reverse stock split. Related Quotes. (Primezone Releases)
Ethiopia: GTZ Launches First Learning Sector for Solar Technology Set Up Aug 7, 2009
The PV solar systems will provide enough energy for refrigerating vaccines, in-patient and out-patient examinations as well as powering microscopes and other medical technology, Hartmann added. Relevant Links. (allAfrica.com)
Bringing solar power to the masses Aug 6, 2009
But the equipment available now optical microscopes capable of imaging individual molecules and revealing their electrical properties and spatial orientation are helping his team understand. His goal is to figure out how to have the molecules arrange themselves every time in a way to produce lots of electricity. (EurekAlert!)
Physicists Find Way To Explore Microscopic Systems Through Holographic Video Jul 31, 2009
But instead of relying on an incandescent illuminator, which conventional microscopes employ, the holographic microscope uses a collimated laser beam a beam consisting of a series of parallel rays of light and similar to a laser pointer. When an object is placed into path of the microscope's beam, the object scatters some of the beam's light into a complex diffraction pattern. (Science Daily)
Capturing Images In Non-traditional Way Jul 31, 2009
Imaging applications include optical systems that maintain their field of view as they zoom, sharper microscopes, improved lithography, and dynamical imaging of 3D objects. Fleischer and his team are now searching for new materials to increase the level of wave mixing for stronger, faster interactions at lower light levels. (Science Daily)
Motor Molecules Use Random Walks To Make Deliveries In Living Cells Jul 24, 2009
Through the binding of quantum dots directly to a single myosin V molecule, both investigative teams used sophisticated microscopes and sensitive cameras to witness the 72 nanometer strides (equivalent to 1 millionth of an inch) taken by these motors for the first time in cells. In results published in the May 20th 2009 issue of Biophysical Journal, Dr. Giovanni Cappello from the Institut Curie in Paris, France tracked the movement of single myosin V molecules with inside living HeLa cells. (Science Daily)
Microbes take center stage Jul 24, 2009
You are greeted not by microscopes but a balcony overlooking Baltimore Street as you enter the office of Director Claire Fraser-Liggett a balcony that you could imagine an advertising agency using to entertain clients. But tucked away in a corner of that office are tiny letters that remind you that, yes, you are in a pretty intense scientific research environment. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
Cell Phones Turned Into Fluorescent Microscopes Jul 23, 2009
The researchers pointed out that while fluorescent microscopes include additional parts, less training is needed to interpret fluorescent images. Instead of sorting out pathogens from normal cells in the images from standard light microscopes, health workers simply need to look for something the right size and shape to light up on the screen. (Science Daily)
Phone gadget to diagnose disease Jul 22, 2009
However, typical fluorescence microscopes are bulky, expensive devices limited to hospitals and laboratories. "There are other people who have been working on developing portable fluorescent microscopes," said David Breslauer, a University of California Berkeley researcher and lead author of the study. (BBC News -- Science)
Putting the "Cell" in Cell Phone: Adapter Turns Its Camera into a Microscope Jul 22, 2009
According to Dina Sigano, a research scientist who has volunteered at missionary hospitals in Kpele Tsiko, Togo, in west Africa and Andhra Pradesh in India, "Getting functioning equipment like the light microscopes needed to identify malaria is a challenge. " Laboratory-grade versions cost thousands of dollars, and Sigano notes that once equipment is purchased there is no money to maintain and repair it. Fletcher and his colleagues believe that their device, which they call the , will provide an... (Scientific American)
Slideshow: Unique look at 'micro' electronics Jul 19, 2009
The capabilities of Semiconductor Insights (modern SEMs, X-ray machines, transmission electron microscopes or TEM, chemical laboratories, and high resolution digital cameras, not to mention the technical expertise) can provide some interesting views of the semiconductor world. And we've brought some of these interesting images to you in this image gallery. (EETimes)
Roving science center makes last stop Jul 12, 2009
They gripped a lever that tested hand strength, peered into microscopes to view a tick up close and personal or pressed fingertips to a wire that read hand temperatures. The event was also bitter for Opbroek because it was the end of something good. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Physics Research With Atomic Force Microscope Could Lead To Better Health Care Jul 8, 2009
23, 2004) A team of researchers have developed a method that could vastly improve the ability of atomic force microscopes to "see" the chemical composition of a sample, follow variations of the sample. (Dec. (Science Daily)
Shape Matters In The Case Of Cobalt Nanoparticles Jul 5, 2009
The team also showed that the cubes can be altered merely by observing with one of nanotechnology s microscopes of choice. After a few minutes exposure to the illuminating beam of a transmission electron microscope, the nanocubes melt together, forming nanowires that are no longer separable as individual nanoparticles. (Science Daily)
Digital Rembrandts' look fresh from the studio Jul 4, 2009
But even van de Wetering, who has examined much of the 17th century artist's work with x-rays and microscopes, said he discovered new details. And Van de Wetering argues that Rembrandt made copies of his work, and had his students make more copies, because he wanted a wider audience. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
New high-tech start-up comes to NanoRite Jul 3, 2009
His recently acquired two-year associate degree has given him the knowledge to operate the tools of high tech, like clean rooms and electron microscopes, the latter are instruments that resolve images the size of molecules. He will soon transfer his degree and continue work at University of Wisconsin-Stout. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
> Carbon Nanoprobes may make it big in a tiny field Jun 30, 2009
The company makes carbon nanoprobes, which are incredibly small needles that enable atomic force microscopes to generate three-dimensional images of the substances they re analyzing ... In addition to generating images, the tips of atomic force microscopes can be used to manipulate the substances they are imaging because they physically touch them ... That makes the microscopes popular in the field of nanotechnology, which involves making substances at the molecular level and gets its name from... (Philadelphia Business Journal, PA)
Chemical Fingerprint Of Barrett's Esophagus Identified Jun 18, 2009
"The advantage to using microscopes with synchrotron light is that it allows us to identify chemical biomarkers inside specific cells," says Dr. Quaroni, who conducted the synchrotron analysis. "Often the differences between healthy and malignant tissue can be quite small, but the differences seen here were quite striking. This is a good proof of concept for developing a traceable technique that matches what can be seen at the macroscopic scale using microscopic samples.". (Science Daily)
Meade ETX-LS Is Now Shipping Jun 17, 2009
Offering the industry's broadest product line of astronomical telescopes, solar telescopes, binoculars, microscopes and related optical accessories, the company distributes its products worldwide through a network of specialty retailers, mass merchandisers and domestic and foreign distributors. Additional information on Meade and its products including its ETX, LX, and Coronado series is available at http://www. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Bodelin Technologies of Lake Oswego Provides CSI Tool for OMSI Exhibit Jun 17, 2009
Prior to that time microscopes had not changed since the 17th century so the ProScope grabbed the attention of many science disciplines including law enforcement CSI.. The producers of the CBS series CSI first approached Bodelin Technologies in 2002 after learning that state, municipal and federal agents in the United States and as well as hundreds of agencies overseas were using the ProScope on the crime scene as well as in the lab. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Delayed spacewalk ends successfully Jun 6, 2009
Laboratory Providing Particle Sizing and Characterization utilizing Transmission Electron Microscopes and Scanning Electron Microscopes. Rapid Turnaround Available. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Singapore's One North Jun 5, 2009
It offers low-cost, state-of-the-art lab facilities equipped with everything from electron microscopes to animal-testing facilities. "We're here to lower the entry barriers for new companies," says Yeoh. (BusinessWeek)
Revolutionary Ultrasonic Nanotechnology May Allow Scientists To See Inside Patient’s Individual Cells Jun 4, 2009
The new technology may also allow scientists to see objects even smaller than optical microscopes and be so sensitive they may be able to measure single molecules. In addition to medical applications, the new technology would have important uses as a testing facility for industry to assess the integrity and quality of materials and to detect tiny defects which could have an impact on performance or safety. (Science Daily)
Secrets of a cell May 25, 2009
Until recently, light microscopes were seen as inferior to newer deep-peering technologies because of a fundamental constraint: At a point called the diffraction barrier, light waves begin to interfere with one another, blurring images below the size of a human cell to fuzzy blobs. So for close-up examination of smaller bits - protein clusters, viruses, DNA - scientists of the past 50 or 60 years relied heavily on electron microscopes and other imaging tools that bombarded lifeless, "fixed"... (Boston Globe)
Invisibility cloaks spread out May 23, 2009
The pursuit of so-called invisibility cloaks has spawned a new field called transformation optics that seeks to harness exotic metamaterials, nanophotonics and plasmonics to build super lenses for powerful microscopes. Transfomation optics were used recently to develop an improved with a 100-fold increase in area compared to previous visible-wavelength cloaks. (EETimes)
MFAE announces tech grants to inspire learning at Mattoon schools May 13, 2009
Also at the two elementary schools, teachers received grants for computer microscopes under the What Is It ... By using the ProScope microscopes, students can look at tiny objects magnified up to 50 times on computer monitors or projected on a wall. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Microscope Capable Of Live Imaging At Double The Resolution Of Fluorescence Microscopy Developed May 12, 2009
5, 2007) The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) has developed a new computational tool that makes images obtained with cutting-edge microscopes even. . (Science Daily)
Shift In Computer Simulation Superiority May 4, 2009
(July 18, 2008) A new virtual environment enables scientists and engineers to interpret raw data collected with powerful instruments called dynamic atomic force microscopes. This is part of a research trend, with. (Science Daily)
'Invisibility Cloak' Successfully Hides Objects May 2, 2009
Our optical cloak not only suggests that true invisibility materials are within reach, it also represents a major step towards transformation optics, opening the door to manipulating light at will for the creation of powerful new microscopes and faster computers. Previous work by Zhang and his group with invisibility devices involved complex metamaterials - composites of metals and dielectrics whose extraordinary optical properties arise from their unique structure rather than their composition. (Science Daily)
Viewpoint: Celestial con jobs May 2, 2009
Long ago, before telescopes, microscopes, computers, and satellites, our total understanding of the sky was through our eyes and life experience. So it would make sense that what we see and know is what is real. (Danvers Herald, MA)
BEHIND OUR STONE WALLS: An ever-changing reality May 1, 2009
Electron microscopes can peer at the molecular levels of materials like DNA, which carry all the traits we inherit from our ancestors. We now know that all life shares a common ancestry reaching back millions of years. (Bolton Common, MA)
Summerfun 09: Creative learning for kids entering grades 1-8 Apr 20, 2009
Each day we will focus on a different organism, so get ready to catch and release all kinds of bugs, and look closely at flowers and leaves with microscopes and magnifying glasses. Tuition includes $5 materials fee. (Arlington Advocate, MA)
New Method Could Lead To Narrower Chip Patterns Apr 17, 2009
Menon says his team is pursuing possible use of the same system for imaging systems, which could enable new kinds of microscopes for observing at nanoscale resolution, with possible applications in biology and in materials science. At the same time, he is pursuing ways of using the technique to create even smaller patterns, down to the scale of individual molecules. (Science Daily)
Tool offers hope in curing preemie eye disease Apr 14, 2009
Step 2: In Los Angeles, Lee uses the OCT images to help decide which preemies need surgery and then cuts away the scar tissue using a special endoscope, an ultra-thin probe from New Jersey-based Endo-Optiks that lets him see behind the iris, deeper than standard surgical microscopes. Trying to look into an eye that has RoP and operate is like driving on a highway right behind a tractor-trailer with only 5 feet between the two of you at 70 miles per hour. (MSNBC -- Health)
Surgical Sales Representative Apr 11, 2009
We have channeled both into the groundbreaking products and solutions that our changing world requires including clinical and research microscopes, gastrointestinal endoscopes, chemistry-immuno and blood bank analyzers and reagents and digital cameras and voice recorders. Job Description. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Better Way To Manufacture Fast Computer Chips Developed Apr 9, 2009
They used three different kinds of microscopes -- a scanning electron microscope, optical microscope, and atomic force microscope -- to measure the heights of the features, and assure that they were placed precisely on the substrate. They eventually hope to stamp narrow features that are only one or two layers thick, by stamping on materials other than silicon oxide. (Science Daily)
Brain Mapping Time Reduced From Years To A Few Months With New Technology Apr 8, 2009
The current method for mapping interconnected brain cells involves the use of room-size microscopes known as transmission electron microscopes (TEMs) ... These advances did not require the invention of new electron microscopes ... "Our goals were to unleash a global network of electron microscopes and provide web-accessible imagery for battalions of brain network analysts," said Robert Marc, Ph. (Science Daily)
Babcock incubator gets wet lab grant Apr 8, 2009
That money will be used to upfit the existing incubator withi core lab equipment including microscopes, cell and tissue culture equipment and electrophoresis equipment. Tom Clarkson, the director of the Babcock Demon Incubator, said the lab is fully equipped to allow startup companies to validate research, develop business plans and conduct product tests. (Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area)
Whole-brain Circuit Map Could Reveal What Goes Wrong In Autism, Schizophrenia And Other Brain Disorders Apr 4, 2009
Data storage at such a scale, which would involve storing nanometer-resolution images made with electron microscopes, could cost as much as one billion dollars, Mitra says. In contrast, the proposed project is "both technologically and economically practical, involving techniques that are well proven," according to Mitra. (Science Daily)
Malden High renovation project gets under way this June Apr 3, 2009
Classrooms and labs will have new equipment, such as digital microscopes, in-focus projects, and new calculators. Some classrooms are already equipped with a clicker system that Brown says allows an educator to quantify whether students are grasping the information or if it needs further reinforcement. (Malden Observer, MA)
STEM lab a hit at Deer Hill - PHOTO GALLERY Mar 28, 2009
Dubbed the STEM lab (STEM is an acronym standing for science, technology, engineering and mathematics), students get hand-on experience with microscopes, the scientific method and science phenomena ... There are 24 microscopes and a video microscope which hooks up to the large screen television for the whole group viewing, five new computers, lab coats for the teachers, a LCD projector for the computer screens or the digital presenter. (Cohasset Mariner, MA)
Researching the best holiday Mar 24, 2009
"I used OptiPortal to display high-resolution images (for example, from telescopes or microscopes) so you can see every detail.". Work is different in the US, he says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Skip navigation Mar 24, 2009
Anna Ziegler's "Photograph 51," a play in which characters are regularly peering through microscopes, has the ironic problem of being out of focus. Featured Jobs. (Variety)
Covering the bases: Quantum effect may hold promise for low-cost DNA sequencing, sensor applications Mar 23, 2009
Dr. Lindsay's technique for observing DNA sequences relies on devices known as scanning tunneling- (STM) and atomic force- (ATM) microscopes. He exploits these sensitive instruments to identify complementary DNA base pairs, evaluating the hydrogen bonds formed between them. (EurekAlert!)
Backed by Obama, stem cell research could grow on campus Mar 23, 2009
In Stellar s words, What [the Keck microscope] does is combine multiple technologies from various microscopes into one microscope. It measures light, contrast, fluorescence. (Northeastern News, MA)
Nanocups Brim With Potential Mar 20, 2009
19, 2009) Researchers at Rice University have created a metamaterial that could light the way toward high-powered optics, ultra-efficient solar cells and even cloaking devices. Naomi Halas, an award-winning pioneer in nanophotonics, and graduate student Nikolay Mirin created a material that collects light from any direction and emits it in a single direction. (Science Daily)
First High-resolution Images Of Bone, Tooth And Shell Formation Mar 15, 2009
5, 2007) The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) has developed a new computational tool that makes images obtained with cutting-edge microscopes even. (Mar. (Science Daily)
Biomed firm Azaya gets big assist Mar 9, 2009
Nanoparticles are so small they can only be viewed with electron microscopes. In an effort to provide scientific underpinnings to this new technology, characterize particles and develop a set of standards for research, the National Cancer Institute started the NCL, contracting with SAIC-Frederick, a subsidiary of , to operate the program. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
'Silver Nanoparticle' Microscope May Shed New Light On Cancer, Bone Diseases Mar 8, 2009
5, 2009) Physicists and chemists developed a new method that uses a mirror of tiny silver "nanoparticles" so microscopes can reveal the internal structure of nearly opaque biological materials like bone. (Dec. (Science Daily)
Nano-sonar Uses Electrons To Measure Under The Surface Mar 3, 2009
2, 2009) Just as sonar sends out sound waves to explore the hidden depths of the ocean, electrons can be used by scanning tunnelling microscopes to investigate the well-hidden properties of the atomic lattice of metals. See also. (Science Daily)
Gold-palladium Nanoparticles Achieve Greener, Smarter Production Of Hydrogen Peroxide Mar 3, 2009
The group owes its current success to Hutchings' expertise in catalysis and to his longstanding collaboration with Kiely, who has the ability to obtain data using electron microscopes with unmatched imaging and chemical analysis capabilities ... Their research has benefited from the aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopes (STEMs) at Lehigh as well as NIST. Lehigh was the first university in the world to acquire two of the instruments, whose aberration correctors greatly... (Science Daily)
Origin of Life On Earth: Scientists Unlock Mystery Of Molecular Machine Mar 2, 2009
Though visible only through lenses of the most powerful microscopes, comparing most other biological molecules to this behemoth is like comparing a tricycle to a jumbo jet. Having spent years gazing at the detailed structure of the ribosome, Prof. (Science Daily)
