AIMS 2013 Annual Conference
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AIMS 2012 Annual Conference
The Arizona Imaging and Microanalysis Society hosts an annual conference every spring. This annual meeting provides a forum for members to discuss research and exchange ideas, as well as an opportunity for learning about new techniques and concepts. At other times during the year the society sponsors or co-sponsors special seminars on topics relevant to [...]
AIMS 2011 Annual Conference
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AIMS 2014 Annual Conference
The Arizona Imaging and Microanalysis Society hosts an annual conference every spring. This annual meeting provides a forum for members to discuss research and exchange ideas, as well as an opportunity for learning about new techniques and concepts. At other times during the year the society sponsors or co–sponsors special seminars on topics relevant to [...]
USA Today: Increasingly, dispensaries and patients are turning to laboratories to evaluate plants
An article published in the Arizona Republic on January 6th, was picked up by USA Today about private research groups screening medical marijuana from dispensaries to screen for molds or pesticides. In addition to testing for contaminants that may cause illness in those with a weakened immune system, the AZ Med Testing company can also measure the amount of active cannabinoids in the dispensary samples. For the full [...]
Ever hear of a Foldscope?
Stanford researcher Manu Prakash developed a microscope that can fit into your pocket! It’s a 50-cent print-and-fold paper microscope that uses a watch battery, LED and a few optical units that can magnify objects up to 2,000 times. The original goal of this project was to provide an inexpensive way for people working in clinics [...]
ASU 2015 Winter School on High Resolution Electron Microscopy
The LeRoy Erying Center for Solid State Science again offered their Electron Microscopy School during January 2015 to provide advanced training to scientists who use TEM microscopes for material science studies. The course demonstrated environmental electron microscopy, focused ion beam methods and techniques of specimen preparation. For more information about this or future events visit [...]
Carbon under pressure exhibits some interesting traits
High pressures and temperatures cause materials to exhibit unusual properties, some of which can be special. Understanding such new properties is important for developing new materials for desired industrial uses and also for understanding the interior of Earth, where everything is hot and squeezed. A paper in Nature Geoscience highlights a new technique in which [...]
New grant advances ASU microscopy imaging initiative
Peering through a homemade instrument – toy-like by today’s standards – the Dutch tradesman Antony van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) first observed a dizzying menagerie of lifeforms, invisible to the naked eye. Since then, scientists have steadily refined the field of microscopy, achieving spectacular results at ever-tinier scales. At Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute, Nongjian (NJ) Tao [...]
University of Arizona Receives NIH Grant for Dual Modality System for Imaging Colon Cancer in Mice
University of Arizona Received a 2013 NIH grant for $285,247 for Dual Modality System for Imaging Colon Cancer in Mice. The principal investigator was Jennifer Barton. The program began in 2004 and ends in 2014. Read more at Optical Coherence Tomography News.