JENA/Germany, PEABODY/Mass., USA, Scientists from Lewis and Clark College, working collaboratively with the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN) in the USA have examined the fascinating climbing skills of geckos and spiders using the ORION helium ion microscope from Carl Zeiss. High resolution images displaying unique definition and detail rendition reveal even the finest […]

Berlin, The chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel visited the Max-Delbrück- Center for Moleculare Medicine on 13th September in Berlin and viewed on her tour the NanoWizard AFM system from Prof. Simone Spuler. Together with Federal Research Minister Annette Schavan and the Berlin Science Senator Jürgen Zöllner, Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel visited the Max-Delbrück-Center (MDC). The Experimental […]

Santa Clara, CA – Nanounity announces that the University of South Florida has purchased and successfully accepted the Topcon Aquila Compact SEM. The Aquila is a compact system that seamlessly integrates SEM with optical microscopy, and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). The system bridges the gap between SEM, optical microscopy and microanalysis. The system was selected […]

PLEASANTON, CA, Diamond Light Source, the UK’s national synchrotron facility, has chosen Xradia’s UltraXRM-S/L220c for use in its Cryo Transmission X-ray Microscope (Cryo-TXM) imaging initiatives. Diamond will initially implement the UltraXRM-S/L220c with a laboratory-based source while working with Xradia and leading scientists to refine and advance the workflow associated with high resolution 3D X-ray imaging […]

JEOL Ltd. (Gon’emon Kurihara, President) announced that their proposal to open a technical center, JEOL ASEAN Technical Center, in Thailand has been approved by the country’s National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA). Since 2004, the Thai government has stepped up their effort in developing technologies under the National Science and Technology Strategic Plan 2004-2013. […]

Hillsboro, Ore., USA and Milan, Italy – The Natural Resources Business Unit of FEI Company (NASDAQ: FEIC) and GEOLOG International BV (“GEOLOG”) have entered into a joint development program (“JDP”) to conduct field tests of the QEMSCAN® WellSite™ analysis solution. GEOLOG, an independent oil field services company, provides advanced surface logging capabilities used by drilling […]

Asylum Research, the technology leader in scanning probe/atomic force microscopy, introduces the new Variable Field Module2 (VFM2) for the MFP-3D Atomic Force Microscopes (AFM). The VFM2 is ideal for researchers who want to apply magnetic fields to their atomic force microscopy experiments and applies continuously adjustable magnetic fields parallel to the sample plane approaching one […]

LIVERMORE, Calif.–Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) is providing its unique Aquila hybrid microscope (optical and scanning electron microscope — SEM) for use on the BioBus, a mobile education laboratory. The BioBus, the creation of Cell Motion Laboratories, Inc., is a non-profit organization dedicated to “bringing fun and excitement of scientific experimentation to all people,” according to […]

Hillsboro, Ore., FEI Company’s (NASDAQ: FEIC) Natural Resources Business Unit announced today the successful completion of QEMSCAN® WellSite™ field tests with Maersk Oil, in cooperation with Qatar Petroleum. The QEMSCAN WellSite solution provides automated, quantitative mineralogical, lithological and textural analysis of drill cuttings from oil and gas wells. In the field test, the system was […]

Tokyo, Japan and Suwon, Korea, Hitachi High-Technologies, (”Hitachi High-Tech”), a cutting-edge technology company of science & medical systems, and Park Systems, the leading nanotechnology solutions partner for nanoscale measurements, have announced that they have signed a distribution agreement for Japan. “We are delighted to have signed this agreement with Park Systems, which will help us […]