Living T cell in suspension acquired with a Leica TCS SP8 STED 3X. 3D reconstruction of confocal and STED stacks clearly shows the gain in resolution by STED. Scale bar: 1 µm. Courtesy of Marco Fritsche, Mathias Clausen, and Christian Eggeling, MRC Human Immunology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, UK. Goettingen... Read more
GenetiSure Dx Postnatal Assay Can Help Move Inquiries from Cause to Care Faster SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 2, 2017 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) has introduced its first comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) assay for diagnostic use: the GenetiSure Dx Postnatal Assay. This assay will enable clinical geneticists to detect genetic anomalies earlier and more accurately... Read more
Torrance, Calif. (March 2, 2017) – Phenomenex Inc., a global leader in the research, design and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, announces the expansion of its leading Kinetex core-shell and Luna Omega fully porous media offerings to a new 1mm ID microbore format. These new stainless steel columns are compatible with micro... Read more
02 March 2017 Oxford Instruments Asylum Research introduces its new SurfRider “HQ-Series” Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) probes, offering best-in-class performance at budget pricing. HQ probes are high quality silicon probes exclusively manufactured by Asylum and can be used in all commercially-available AFMs. They offer greater ease-of-use, higher quality and improved consistency for repeatable measurements compared... Read more
March 2017 Dominic Papineau and Matt Dodd in the Geological Spectroscopy Laboratory.Copyright: UCL (UK) When did life on Earth begin? Based on new Raman data from microfossils, scientists have dated the origin of life to at least 3,77 billion years ago. Bubbling submarine-hydrothermal vents are believed to be the places where life on Earth emerged.... Read more