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CRAIC Introduces Universal C-Mount Adapter for Microscope Cameras and Spectrophotometers

CRAIC Technologies, the leader in UV-visible-NIR microscopy innovation, today introduced its Universal C-mount Adapter (UCA) for Microscope Cameras and Spectrophotometers.

From CRAIC Technologies 29 Mar 2010

Diagnosing and Tracking Diseases using Tiny Chemical Sensors

Tiny chemical sensors implanted into patients could help diagnose disease and track its progress, following a development by scientists. Researchers have developed tiny probes comprising gold-coated particles. These ...

28 Mar 2010

Observing Nanoscale Objects using Fluorescence Microscopy

The imaging of living cells at the molecular level was barely a dream twenty years ago. Today, however, this dream is close to becoming reality. In the Max Planck Institute for NanoBiophotonics in Göttingen, Stefan ...

28 Mar 2010

American Elements Expands Erbium Oxide Production Facilities

Los Angeles-based American Elements announced the further expansion of its erbium oxide (Er2O3) production facilities to meet growing demand from glass and optics customers. ErO forms include powder, high purity pieces, discs, and sputtering targets for thin film deposition.

28 Mar 2010

Self-Repairing Materials within Nuclear Reactors May One Day Become a Reality

Self-repairing materials within nuclear reactors may one day become a reality as a result of research by Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists. In a paper appearing today in the journal Science, Los Alamos re...

28 Mar 2010

NREL and 3M to Collaborate Clean Technologies

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) today announced a series of Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) with 3M, the St. Paul, Minn.-based technology com...

25 Mar 2010

Handshaking Particles Could Lead to Smart Composite Particles

Physicists at New York University have created "handshaking" particles that link together based on their shape rather than randomly. Their work, reported in the latest issue of the journal Nature, marks the first time sc...

25 Mar 2010

Flexible Electronics May be the Solution to Arrhythmic Hearts

Arrhythmic hearts soon may beat in time again, with minimal surgical invasion, thanks to flexible electronics technology developed by a team of University of Illinois researchers, in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Northwestern University. These biocompatible silicon devices could mark the beginning of a new wave of surgical electronics.

25 Mar 2010

ORNL Researchers Image and Differentiate between Light Atoms Using Electron Microscope

Using the latest in aberration-corrected electron microscopy, researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and their colleagues have obtained the first images that distinguish individual light ...

25 Mar 2010

Budding Physicists Complete to Build a Machine to Identify Invisible Particles

Budding physicists from across the South West will be competing to build a machine capable of identifying invisible particles today [25 March], when they attend a physics masterclass hosted by scientists from the University's Department of Physics.

25 Mar 2010

Freeman Technology to Give Powder Rheometry Presentations at Interphex 2010

Tim Freeman, Director of Operations for Freeman Technology and Professor Fernando Muzzio, Director of the Engineering Research Center on Structured Organic Particulate Systems at Rutgers University, will contribute a joint paper at Interphex 2010 in New York (April 20-22).

From Freeman Technology 25 Mar 2010

iSmithrs Rapra Announce Update on Syntactic Foams

iSmithers Rapra Publishing has announced the release of Update on Syntactic Foams, another title in the acclaimed 'Update' series.

From Smithers Rapra Technology Ltd 25 Mar 2010

Global Automotive Stamping Market Worth Expected to Reach Almost $100 Billion by 2015

The automotive stamping industry provides metal auto components including hubs, fenders, body parts, moulding, trim and tops components, to vehicle manufacturers for manufacturing new automotives, as well as to aftermark...

25 Mar 2010

Applied SmartSched Helps Increase Productivity of Semiconductor Lithography Cells

Applied Materials, Inc. today announced its breakthrough Applied SmartSched system, the semiconductor industry's first predictive scheduling solution for optimizing the movement of wafers through the lithography cell...

From Applied Materials Inc 25 Mar 2010

ACG to Supply Composite Materials for UK Armed Forces Unmanned Air Vehicle

Advanced Composites Group Ltd (ACG), a member of the Composites Division of Umeco plc, has been qualified by global defence electronics company Elbit Systems to supply materials for the construction of the Thales Watchkeeper 450 (WK450) Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV).

25 Mar 2010