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Chemistry World July 17, 2008 Ruth Tunnell |
Uncovering the Hidden Nanoworld A new type of x-ray microscope allows scientists to peer inside nanodevices without opening them up. |
Chemistry World March 6, 2007 Kira Welter |
Nano-Objects Under the Light Microscope Scientists have developed a lens that can transmit images over long distances with a resolution that is not restricted by light wavelength. |
Chemistry World December 17, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Nanoscale 3D imaging in a single shot The process works by bouncing a single beam of x-rays off an object, then collecting the scattered wave pattern using a curved detector. |
Scientific American January 2009 Mark Wolverton |
Breaking Down Nanostructures by the Atom In nanotechnology, the position of a single atom can make all the difference -- whether a material functions as a semiconductor or an insulator, whether it triggers a vital chemical process or stops it cold. |
Chemistry World September 23, 2014 Katrina Kramer |
One-shot tomography gives atomic-scale 3D images Researchers from Germany and China have developed a method to obtain a 3D image of a nanocrystal, with atomic resolution, using just a single 1D snapshot. |
Chemistry World December 15, 2010 Hayley Birch |
New technique probes electron properties of individual atoms A new, low voltage electron microscopy technique allows scientists to discriminate not just between atoms of different elements but between atoms of the same element in different electronic states. |
Technology Research News March 23, 2005 |
Microdroplet makes mighty microscope Researchers from the University of Maryland have found a way to reach nanometer-scale resolution using something called far-field optics. |
Chemistry World October 8, 2014 |
Super-resolution light microscopy wins chemistry Nobel The 2014 chemistry Nobel prize has been given to three pioneers of biomedical imaging, whose work has enabled nanoscale features within cells to be captured in exquisite detail. |
IEEE Spectrum September 2006 J R Minkel |
A Tabletop UV Microscope With the recent demonstration of a high-resolution ultraviolet microscope that fits on a tabletop, semiconductor manufacturing and basic science researchers alike may soon have a far easier time getting the images they need. |
Industrial Physicist Jennifer Ouellette |
Seeing with Sound Acoustic microscopy is making inroads into areas such as materials characterization, biology, and medical diagnosis, and giving researchers yet another valuable tool in their imaging arsenal. |
Chemistry World February 17, 2015 Matthew Gunther |
Microscope pinpoints atoms in a lattice The imaging method, a modified form of a scanning transmission electron microscope, may help researchers to understand how chemical bonding and lattice distortions can affect the performance of alloys. |
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2011 Jennifer Michalowski |
Have Microscope, Will Travel The Bessel beam plane illumination microscope is a high-speed, high-resolution, three-dimensional imaging technology that gives extraordinarily detailed views of cellular processes in action. |
Chemistry World January 15, 2015 Emma Stoye |
Blowing up brain tissue with swelling polymer delivers sharper images A new microscopic technique that magnifies specimens by blowing them up like a balloon could make it easier to produce high resolution images of cells and tissues. |
Bio-IT World September 16, 2004 Rabiya S. Tuma |
Blinded by the Light Myriad advances in light microscopy are increasing resolution, accelerating confocality, improving detection -- and toying with the laws of nature. |
HHMI Bulletin Fall 2012 Ivan Amato |
The View from Here "Every major advance in imaging technology precipitates a new round of breakthroughs in cell biology," says structural biologist Grant Jensen, an HHMI investigator at the California Institute of Technology. |
Chemistry World October 23, 2014 Simon Hadlington |
New light microscope creates 3D movies inside living cells A new microscope can produce stunning, high-resolution 3D movies of processes ranging from the movement of single molecules within cells to the growth of an embryo. |
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2010 |
New live action microscopy lets scientists follow the first days of a zebrafish embryo's development The promise of live embryo imaging is unquestionable. Light-sheet microscopy will allow scientists for the first time to describe in detail the processes of development in complex vertebrates |
PC Magazine June 8, 2005 Sebastian Rupley |
Sharper Image at Nanoscale Scientists have created a superlens that overcomes a limitation in physics that has constrained the resolution of optical images. |
Industrial Physicist Eric J. Lerner |
News Briefs Detecting a Single Spin... Handheld Chem Lab... Superprisms... Growing Nanotrees... |
HHMI Bulletin Winter 2013 Nicole Kresge |
A Structural Revolution Over the years, scientists and artists have used an assortment of techniques to showcase molecular structure. |
Chemistry World October 14, 2014 James Urquhart |
Good vibrations for electron microscopy The physical and chemical properties of materials will be better understood thanks to researchers who added vibrational spectroscopy to the electron microscope at a spatial resolution of just a few nanometers. |
Chemistry World November 5, 2013 |
A close look at microscopy Atomic force microscopy is widely used in materials science and is beginning to be adopted in life science too. |
Bio-IT World July 2005 Stan Schwartz |
Trends in Digital Bioscience Imaging The author, a Nikon VP, reviews the improvements in digital imaging that have been achieved over the last 30 years. A new set of research tools is aimed at solving the bottlenecks commonly found in the drug discovery laboratory. |
Chemistry World May 31, 2011 Manisha Lalloo |
Hard x-rays to watch chemical reactions Researchers at the ESRF synchrotron at Grenoble, France, produced hard x-rays to look beneath the surface of materials made of lighter elements |
IEEE Spectrum July 2007 Saswato R. Das |
Power Tool for Making Nanoscale Objects A physics team uses a special electron microscope to carve tiny gold, silver, and aluminum structures a few nanometers across. |
Chemistry World January 31, 2014 Philip Ball |
X-rays set to reveal electrons' dance In principle the very intense, ultra-short x-ray pulses produced by free-electron laser sources will be capable of revealing the motions of electrons in real time as they hop between different energy states in atoms and molecules. |
Chemistry World October 31, 2014 |
X marks the structure From single crystals to powders and even proteins, there's a diffractometer for every structure. |
Chemistry World July 13, 2015 Ida Emilie Steinmark |
X-ray emitting bacterial plasmas could enhance imaging The possibility of using engineered bacteria as x-ray plasma sources, which could significantly improve resolution in medical and molecular imaging. |
Chemistry World October 20, 2006 Tom Westgate |
UK Researchers Unveil Country's Most Powerful Microscope For the first time in the UK, researchers will be able to see atoms and the bonds between them, thanks to the brand new FEI Titan 80-300 monochromated scanning transmission electron microscope. |
Chemistry World February 13, 2015 Andy Extance |
X-ray laser snaps first bond-forming transition state Using data from x-ray lasers scientists have reconstructed the formation of the carbon monoxide oxidation transition state. |
IEEE Spectrum February 2008 Morgen E. Peck |
Untangling a New Breast Cancer Screening Technology An Australian company takes on a controversial technique to screen for breast cancer: X-raying hair. |
National Defense June 2014 Stew Magnuson |
Researchers Tout New Approach to Detecting Smuggled Nuclear Materials Scientists working with spectral X-ray technology said they have a potential new method of foiling smugglers who try to hide small amounts of nuclear material in luggage or shipping containers. |
Chemistry World July 15, 2014 Richard Cooper |
Phasing in crystallography: a modern perspective Phasing in crystallography has its origins in Carmelo Giacovazzo's monograph Direct phasing in crystallography, but with a broader coverage of the range of modern phasing methods. |
IEEE Spectrum April 2013 Neil Savage |
Path Found to a Combined MRI and CT Scanner Omni-tomography could add together the advantages of several medical imaging technologies |
Chemistry World January 20, 2015 Matthew Gunther |
Tomography allows ancient texts to rise from the ashes X-ray tomography has let scientists make out letters on this papyrus that was caught up in the eruption that destroyed Pompeii. |
Chemistry World June 2010 |
Column: The crucible Philip Ball welcomes the age of automated chemical crystallography |
Chemistry World January 29, 2008 Ananyo Bhattacharya |
Threat to Future of European Synchrotron Plans to upgrade the most powerful x-ray source in Europe are in doubt because Germany and the UK may not come up with their share of the necessary funding, the facility's head has warned. |
Chemistry World June 23, 2015 Philip Ball |
Ultra-bright x-rays film molecular reaction A team working at the Stanford Linear Collider in California claims to have made 'the first molecular movie' using ultra-fast x-ray scattering from molecules as they undergo a chemical reaction. |
Popular Mechanics November 29, 2007 |
Efficient, Cancer-Free Scanner Could Mean Ixnay on the X-Ray While X-rays do a pretty good job, a new portable scanner for medical imaging and security screening suggests we may soon have a better option: T-rays. |
PC Magazine March 15, 2006 Sebastian Rupley |
Making Mini Movies Researchers have created an atomic force microscope capable of high-speed imaging 100 times faster than its competitors. |
Chemistry World June 9, 2015 Andy Extance |
X-rays capture super-fast nanoscale film By uniting the world's brightest synchrotron x-ray source with photography processes dating from the 19 th century, scientists have tracked photochemically-driven crystal movements in greater detail than ever before. |
Chemistry World May 22, 2013 James Urquhart |
Digitally unrolling historical scrolls Historical parchment scrolls that have become too fragile to be unrolled could soon catch up with the digital age and be read again thanks to an X-ray imaging technique developed by UK researchers. |
Food Engineering January 1, 2006 Kevin T. Higgins |
Beam me Through, Scotty X-ray units are joining metal detectors as a quality-assurance tool in food manufacturing. |
Chemistry World March 2010 |
Beyond terra firma The need to carry out analysis in situ has led many research groups to go to great lengths to develop miniature, portable analytical instruments. |
Industrial Physicist Feb/Mar 2004 Eric J. Lerner |
Briefs Opening the x-ray water window... Zero thermal expansion... Magnetoresistor computing... A pressure-driven battery |
Chemistry World February 18, 2014 Alan Dronsfield |
Early days of x-ray crystallography This book by Andre Authier can be enjoyed on two levels. |
Science News October 27, 2001 |
TimeLine: October 24, 1931 Glaciers caused geological moving days... New x-ray device shows up human interior in relief... Nature simulated as x-rays explode hearts of lead atoms... |
Chemistry World February 28, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Individual Atoms' Chemical ID Revealed Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that atomic force microscopy can be used to reveal the chemical identity of individual atoms on a surface at room temperature. |
Chemistry World April 17, 2013 Andy Extance |
Electron flashes catch organics in the act Researchers based in Canada, Germany and Japan have overcome the difficulties of collecting diffraction data on small organic molecules to make atomic-scale recordings of their movement. |
Chemistry World November 2007 |
New on the Market Miniature spectrometers... Two-in-one x-ray... Magnetic nano-tags for molecules... Flexible gas chromatograph... Fluorimetry... Benchtop crystallography... X-ray diffraction... Particles fully described... |