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The National Science Foundation has awarded grants totaling more than $1.5M to Oklahoma State University scientists for the acquisition and/or development of highly-specialised instruments used in research activities on campus and at Venture I in the Oklahoma Technology and Research Park.

OSU submitted three proposals, the maximum number allowed by any one university, in the NSF Major Research Instrumentation competition and received grants for all three projects. Commenting on the awards, Stephen W.S. McKeever, vice president for research and technology transfer, said these instruments will greatly enhance OSU’s research capabilities in areas of interest to industry, government and other universities.

Imago Scientific Instruments Corporation announces the sale of two 3D atom probe microscopes to Oxford University’s Department of Materials, a world-class technology centre for microanalysis and nano-scale materials research. The new tools will form a new national centre for atomic-scale analysis of materials, enhancing Oxford’s existing strengths in microscopy and microanalysis.

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have created polarised, spherical particles that spontaneously self-assemble into clusters with specific shapes and distributions of electric charge. The polarised particles can be used in the directional self-assembly of intricate shapes and unique structures.