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• New nanocrystalline diamond probes overcome wear (EurekAlert!)

  
  NanoTechBIZZ.com — Authority: 152
  Researchers at the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University have developed, characterized, and modeled a new kind of probe used in atomic force microscopy, which images, measures, and manipulates matter at the nanoscale. Using diamond, researchers made a much more durable probe ...
  5 hours ago

• Engineers Image Nanostructure Of A Solid Acid Catalyst And Boost Its Catalytic Activity (redOrbit)

  
  NanoTechBIZZ.com — Authority: 152
  A new view of an old problemThe Lehigh-Rice team attributes much of its success to the use, for the first time on tungstated zirconia catalysts, of aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) and its integration with three optical spectroscopic techniques—Raman, infrared and ...
  17 hours ago

• Cellphones adapted into microscopes (Is there an app for that?)

  
  The Knight Shift — Authority: 137
  Using software he developed and about $10 of standard off-the-shelf parts, a solid-thinkin dude named Aydogan Ozcan has converted camera-equipped cellphones into rather powerful microscopes.When set up with the package, a cellphone like the Samsung model in the photo can image blood cells and bacteria. The phones can ...
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• How an Engineer Turned a Cellphone Into a Microscope [del.icio.us]

  
  Blah, Blah! Technology — Authority: 429
  Now an engineer, using software that he developed and about $10 worth of off-the-shelf hardware, has adapted cellphones to substitute for microscopes.
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• Scans after LASIK. Keratocyte density. “… program was tested on scans from 16 other normal volunteers and 17 volunteers 3 years after LASIK.”

  
  LASIK Eye Surgery — Authority: 132
  Researchers from Department of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, in Rochester, Minnesota, have reported that they have: “… developed a program to determine cell densities in images from the ConfoScan 4 (Nidek, Inc., Freemont, CA) confocal microscope and compared densities to those determined ...
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• Solar cells from donuts and tea – energy crisis solved?

  
  LOW COST LAPTOP — Authority: 125
  Yes I know - this has not got anything to do with mobile computing (sorry), and No, its not an april hoax at all - but I simply had to write about it.. as you can see on the youTube video below, this guy actually makes a small (and inefficient but still amazing) solar panel at home - from donuts, "starbucks passion" ...
  5 days ago

• Live Blood Analysis

  
  Energise Alkaline Diet & Natural Health Blog — Authority: 121
  Live blood analysis is perhaps the most accurate measure of your health, right now and in the future - and getting the right consultant is extremely important. Personally I have experienced the difference between a good practitioner and a bad (very bad) practitioner and it can be, not only disappointing, but also ...
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• Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy (MCEM) User Manual 2008

  
  Gadgets Manual — Authority: 132
  The purpose of this Manual is to provide Users of the Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy (MCEM) with a convenient reference that they may consult to find out about the Centre, its staff and facilities, operating procedures and occupational health and safety information. If you have any questions or comments ...
  2 weeks ago

• Seeing Previously Invisible Molecules for the First Tim

  
  Chronos — Authority: 123
  From PhysOrg.com : A team of Harvard chemists led by X. Sunney Xie has developed a new microscopic technique for seeing, in color, molecules with undetectable fluorescence. The room-temperature technique allows researchers to identify previously unseen molecules in living organisms and offers broad applications in ...
  2 weeks ago

• Mesothelioma Diagnosis: Electron Microscopy Remains Top Method

  
  Asbestos and Mesothelioma News — Authority: 421
  Despite recent advances in mesothelioma immunohistochemistry, electron microscopy remains the best method for diagnosing mesothelioma cancer from other cancers. Many cancers are diagnosed with the use of electron microscopy, which employs a powerful electron microscope to view cancer cells up close. An electron ...
  2 weeks ago

• The New Discovery on Microscopic Images

  
  Scientific, embedded, biomedical, electronics contents. — Authority: 118
  It’s very tough for us to see those very tiny images, especially the microscopic images with our bare eyes. After all, it’s totally impossible to do it, unless we can interpreting the images generated in a new way! A doctoral student at the research center of Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf had suggested ...
  2 weeks ago

• Argonne to expand nanotechnology research (UPI)

  
  NanoTechBIZZ.com — Authority: 152
  ARGONNE, Ill., Oct. 21 (UPI) — The Argonne National Laboratory says it will expand its nanotechnology research activities thanks to completion of a new microscopy building. (read the story…) Related items PSA nanotech detection system created (UPI) Nanotechnology used in biofuel processing (UPI) ...
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• Smallest optical gold nanoantennas may lead to high-speed data networks

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  Washington, October 21 (ANI): Scientists have succeeded for the first time in specifically and reproducibly manufacturing smallest optical nanoantennas from gold, which would lead to new high-speed data networks. To reach the precision required for the manufacture of gold antennas that are smaller than 100 nanometers, ...
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• Molecular Electron Holography: Progress toward atomic-resolution imaging?

  
  Metamodern — Authority: 460
  Electron hologram of a DNA molecule “Non-destructive Imaging of Individual Bio-Molecules” Hans-Werner Fink’s group reports a remarkable advance in imaging individual biomolecules, with surprising physics, and (to me, at least) a somewhat mysterious date of publication. The surprise is that it ...
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• Stunning images from Wellcome Image Awards

  
  Fisheye Perspective — Authority: 421
  Yesterday Wellcome Trust announced the winners of the tenth Wellcome Image Awards, featuring 19 stunning images. These images are simply incredible , many of them are technically very difficult to achieve and require specific coloring skills. I have just selected a few remarkable images from the slide show. Click ...
  3 weeks ago

• Fuel Cells Get A Boost (redOrbit)

  
  NanoTechBIZZ.com — Authority: 152
  Image Caption: At left, a high-resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy image of platinum nanoparticles on a fuel cell’s electrode reveals surface steps that researchers say are responsible for dramatically improving efficiency. These steps are shown in greater detail in the diagram at the right. Image: Journal ...
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• Wellcome Image Awards

  
  Eastwood Zhao dot COM — Authority: 116
  Have a look at this year’s winning images. They are amazing.A little bit of background information:Wellcome Images is part of the Wellcome Trust, a charity that funds health research. For ten years it has awarded prizes for pictures that creatively explore the fields of medicine, social history, healthcare and ...
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• Noninvasive Electron Microscopy

  
  LinkNotes — Authority: 124
  clipped from web.mit.edu To peer inside a living cell Quantum mechanics could help build ultra-high-resolution electron microscopes that wont destroy living cells, according to MIT electrical engineers. Electron microscopes are the most powerful type of microscope, capable of distinguishing ...
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• 10th Wellcome Image Awards

  
  Wellcome Library — Authority: 424
  Dr Alice M Roberts , best known for her television appearances on BBC’s Don’t Die Young and The Incredible Human Journey , presented the winners of the 2009 Wellcome Image Awards with their trophies last night at Wellcome Collection. This year sees 19 images awarded in three categories: biomedical, ...
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• Macnification 1.6 goes 64-bit, supports Grand Central

  
  PC Mike - Tech News and Reviews — Authority: 162
  Orbicule has released a major update to its microscopy software, Macnification 1.6. The tool allows scientists to organize, analyze and compare microscopic image captures. It utilizes Quick Look, Spotlight and QuickTime, and features a non-destructive workflow to protect original captures. Follow this link: ...
  3 weeks ago

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