Turning a new magnetic leaf 
Researchers have used a leaf as a template to produce a complex, hierarchical structure from the magnetic and conductive material iron carbide. X-ray powder diffraction allowed them to reveal how the biological template was able to create an intricate vascular structure in a ceramic product. [September 1, 2010]

Kicking around solar cell materials 
Sheffield's David Lidzey working with Athene Donald of the University of Cambridge and experts from Cardiff University and Nick Terrill at the Diamond Light Source, the UK's synchrotron facility in Didcot, have investigated the structure of solar cell materials to help them improve photovoltaic efficiencies. [August 15, 2010]

Calculation of effective penetration depth in X-ray diffraction for pharmaceutical solids  [registered users only]
A method has been developed to define X-ray penetration depth based on the signal detection limits of the X-ray diffractometer and empirically verified using bilayer compacts of varying known thicknesses of mannitol and lactose. [August 9, 2010]

Bruker to Ring NASDAQ Opening Bell on Company's 50th Anniversary 
[September 1, 2010]

Agilent Technologies Awards 2010 Russell Varian Laureate for Excellence in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Innovation  
[August 23, 2010]

JEOL AccuTOF-DART Mass Spectrometer Used in Georgia Institute of Technology's Newly-Developed Ovarian Cancer Test 
[August 18, 2010]

Bruker Announces Agreement to Acquire Veeco's Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM) and Optical Industrial Metrology (OIM) Scientific Instruments Business 
[August 16, 2010]

Roenalytic Announces New XRF Service Representative for North America 
[July 20, 2010]

Rigaku NEX CG EDXRF Application Note: Chlorine & RoHS Elements In Polyethylene 
[July 12, 2010]

New Rigaku Desktop Alchemist liquid handling system delivers fast, cost-effective protein crystallization fine screen optimization 
[July 12, 2010]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Demonstrates Niton XL2 Series and Niton XL3t GOLDD Series XRF Alloy Analyzers at IMTS 2010 
[July 1, 2010]