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Feb 04 2021 Read 18066 Times Author: Dr Claudia Mondelli on behalf of Institut Laue-Langevin Free to read Unlock When wooden objects sink to the bottom of the sea, they are generally served an extended lifespan. On land, wooden artefacts such as shipwrecks may be destroyed through rotting, animals, or human action, but marine environments can prevent the biological, chemical, and mechanical changes that would cause an object to decay – preserving a rare time capsule to our...

Innovative breakthrough promises to diagnose DNA rearrangement mutations Doctors are increasingly using genetic signatures to diagnose diseases and determine the best course of care, but using DNA sequencing and other techniques to detect genomic rearrangements remains costly or limited in capabilities. However, an innovative breakthrough developed by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center and the VCU Department of Physics promises to diagnose DNA rearrangement mut...

Sponsored by Park SystemsJan 21 2021 Ferroelectrics found extensive uses in industrial applications because of their unparalleled electromechanical and electrical characteristics, for example, as actuators, sensors and capacitors [1], [2]. The suitability of ferroelectrics for modern communication technology is currently investigated by researchers, including 5G [3] and as active layers in photovoltaics [4, 5] among other applications [6]. Ferroelectricity is the consequence of an alteration i...

Loading video... VIDEO: This is a high-speed Atomic Force Microscope movie of the first steps of viral self-assembly. It shows how a hexamer at the edge of the growing lattice gradually forms from... view more  Credit: Wouter Roos, University of Groningen The reproductive cycle of viruses requires self-assembly, maturation of virus particles and, after infection, the release of genetic material into a host cell. New physics-based technologies allow scientists to study the dynamics of thi...

Park Systems Selected for Forbes Asia’s Best Under a Billion list for 2020 Share Article Park Systems was selected this year for Forbes Asia’s Best Under A Billion list spotlighting 200 top performing publicly listed companies in the Asia-Pacific region with sales under $1 billion. Park Systems, founded in 1997 by Dr. Sang-il Park, is a global market leader in the Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) industry. Park Systems holds 32 patents related to AFM technology that enables unprecedented high ...

Image Credit: Digital Surf Nanoparticles find their use in numerous everyday commercial products, including cosmetics, foods and pharmaceuticals. Their characterization at the nanometer scale requires  very particular capabilities . For this specific application, a team of researchers at the LNE Nanotech Institute (France) synthesized measurements from multiple instrument techniques, including Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) equipped with a next-generation energy dispersive X-ray detector...

Housing and Development Newsletter In particular, it could work on biological samples in water, opening the door to what has become a huge area of current biological and biomedical research: AFM of biological processes to understand things such as the mechanism of action of antimicrobial peptides. It is the highest resolution microscopy available for biological samples in water, other than that of another technology he co-invented, called Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy (SICM). SICM is more...

Nanotechnology Now Paul Hansma Photo Credit: COURTESY IMAGE Abstract: Necessity is the mother of invention, and nowhere does that aphorism apply more than in the realm of humans and their physical needs. Building Useful Gadgets: Biophysicist Paul Hansma joins the National Academy of Inventors Santa Barbara, CA | Posted on December 9th, 2020 That need has inspired Paul Hansma, a UC Santa Barbara biophysicist, to devote decades of his career to developing instruments that can advance medicine in ...