Albert V. Crewe; developed advanced microscope; at 82 Nov 22, 2009
He immersed himself in the design of advanced microscopes with the goal of reaching resolutions as fine as a single angstrom, about a third the diameter of a carbon atom ... While earlier microscopes had achieved resolutions of several angstroms, Dr. Crewe used his new electron source and newly available ultra-high-vacuum technologies to attain a tenfold improvement in image contrast, making it possible to see details not previously visible. (Boston Globe)
Scientists Take the Lead out of Piezoelectrics Nov 17, 2009
5 is capable of producing images with half angstrom resolution, which is less than the diameter of a single hydrogen atom. TEAM 0. (Science Daily)
Engineers image nanostructure of a solid acid catalyst and boost its catalytic activity Nov 10, 2009
The researchers employed a microscopy technique called high-angle annular dark-field imaging (HAADF), which uses a focused beam of electrons only 1 angstrom (0. 1 nm) wide, to obtain clear images of the supported tungsten oxide species. (EurekAlert!)
Harvard buys Updike archive Oct 7, 2009
For the character of Harry Rabbit Angstrom, the car-dealer protagonist in his tetralogy, Updike combed through books and articles about automobiles and dealerships. His archive includes a research file for Rabbit at Rest, for which he won the 1991 Pulitzer, that contains a brochure for a 1989 Toyota Cressida and an account of a visit to a Toyota dealership in New Jersey that detailed the agency s operations. (Boston Globe)
High-res view of zinc transport protein Sep 14, 2009
This increased the resolution of their x-ray vision by a mere angstrom (tenth of a nanometer). But because it brought the overall resolution of their structure to just below 3 angstroms the point at which individual atoms begin to become visible it enabled the scientists to see the protein in action as it bound to and transported zinc ions. (EurekAlert!)
Danvers Building Permits Sep 11, 2009
Jane A. Angstrom, 13 Broad St., remodel existing basement using Owens Corning Basement System, 350 square feet, 2-by-2 drop ceiling, finish height, 7-feet-4-inches, room to be used as a family room, $25,216/$130. Douglass L. Robert Life Estate, 15 Hampshire St., rebuild porch from micro-burst, $10,000/$0. (Danvers Herald, MA)
Nanoscale laser harnesses plasmons Sep 2, 2009
(09/01/2009 6:24 PM EDT). What is being billed as the world's smallest semiconductor laser boasts a 5-nm active region that is 20 times smaller than the wavelength of the light it emits, according to university researchers who recently demonstrated their nanoscale laser. (EETimes)
Scientists Image 'Anatomy' Of A Molecule Aug 29, 2009
Scientists First To Image 'Anatomy' Of A Molecule. Scientists First To Image 'Anatomy' Of A Molecule. (Science Daily)
Nanocrystal Growth Spurts: First Real-Time Direct Observations Of Nanocrystal Growth In Solution Aug 14, 2009
Utilizing an electron beam operating at 300 kilovolts of energy, the JEOL 3010 provides outstanding specimen penetration and spatial resolution of about 8 angstroms through the thick liquid cell sample ... 20, 2009) A new imaging technique overcomes the limit of diffraction and can reveal the atomic structure of a single nanocrystal with a resolution of less than one angstrom (less than one hundredth-millionth. (Science Daily)
Protein structures revealed at record pace Jul 21, 2009
At a beamline called SIBYLS, they used a technique called small angle x-ray scattering (SAXS), which can image a protein in its natural state, such as in a solution, and at a spatial resolution of about 10 angstroms, which is small enough to determine a protein's three-dimensional shape ... X-ray crystallography yields extremely high-resolution images, while small angle x-ray scattering yields a protein's shape at a much lower resolution of about 10 angstroms (one angstrom is one ten-millionth... (EurekAlert!)
Last works of John Updike Jul 16, 2009
His most famous character, Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom, died in Rabbit At Rest (1990) after focusing four excellent novels, only to resurface in Rabbit Remembered in the 2002 short-story collection Licks Of Love. Then Updike's 2008 novel, The Widows Of Eastwick, brings back to the fictional hometown where they caused such havoc the "damnable trio" of The Witches Of Eastwick (1984). (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The Bath Fugues Jun 16, 2009
Her grandmother, the painter Julia Grace, had a brush with Camilo Conceicao in Macau when Julia was touring the Far East with her friend-lover, the sculptor Anna Angstrom. What's more, it emerges that Fabiana had been Gottlieb's lover some years before her fling with Jason Redvers. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
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75 angstrom, and it comes with a mounting bracket and diagonal just add a tripod and eyepiece and youre ready to enjoy our nearest star. SkyandTelescope. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
The geek in charge at the Department of Energy May 15, 2009
In a packed auditorium, he delivered MIT's on the topic "The Energy Problem and the Interplay between Basic and Applied Research." It must have been a huge relief not to have to dumb himself down -- this was an audience primed to laugh appreciatively at jokes about microscopy involving the word "angstrom." I just spent a little over an hour watching it, and I had to marvel, once again, at the fact that a real scientist, a fervent believer in the fundamental importance of basic scientific... (Salon)
Capt. Kirk, American icon? New Frontier renewed May 15, 2009
Where once we had Captain Ahab and Paul Bunyan and John Henry, now we have Rabbit Angstrom and Jack Bauer and Tony Soprano, characters consumed by their faults or quirks or doubts. That makes for great tragedy and great realism but, perhaps, not great myth. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
World's Smallest Incandescent Lamp May 7, 2009
20, 2009) A new imaging technique overcomes the limit of diffraction and can reveal the atomic structure of a single nanocrystal with a resolution of less than one angstrom (less than one hundredth-millionth. (Sep. (Science Daily)
First Ever Video Of Dynamics Of Carbon Atoms Apr 1, 2009
5 is capable of producing images with half angstrom resolution, which is less than the diameter of a single hydrogen atom. Said NCEM director Ulrich Dahmen of this achievement with TEAM 0. (Science Daily)
Diamond-like Films Help In Study Of Solar Winds Feb 20, 2009
The diamond-like carbon films have an average surface roughness that is about one angstrom. This is less than the diameter of a carbon atom. (Science Daily)
Eternally caught between Earth and the angels Feb 8, 2009
I can't recall any more what I was looking for, perhaps a certain line, or an example of how Updike managed to write in the free-indirect style, inhabiting Rabbit Angstrom's mind ... And his most poignant and human creation, his finest character, was Rabbit Angstrom. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Praise for Updike, man of letters Feb 8, 2009
His most famous books were the Rabbit series - Rabbit, Run, Rabbit Redux, Rabbit Is Rich and Rabbit At Rest - where the life of Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom was set against half a century of major events. "My subject is the American Protestant small-town middle class," Updike told Life magazine in 1966. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
