Volume 22, Issue 1 (January 2008)

Heather Davies,¹ Victor Popov,^1,2 Igor Kraev ^1,2 and Michael Stewart.¹ 1. Department of Life Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK. 2. Institute of Cell Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia.
The Department of Life Sciences at the Open University, UK, recently purchased a JEOL JEM 1400 transmission electron microscope and fitted it with an AMT XR60Z digital camera after extensive assessment...

D. Traini,¹ G. Loreti,² A. S. Jones ³ and P. M. Young ¹ 1. Advanced Drug Delivery Group, Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Sydney, Australia. 2. Faculty of Pharmacy, Institute of Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, University of Milan, Italy. 3. Electron Microscope Unit, The University of Sydney, Australia.
The use of X-ray computed microtomography (CMT) for the visualization of the three-dimensional structure of pharmaceutical material is discussed. CMT is a non-destructive technique, which provides cross-sectional images based on local X-ray attenuation...

P. Vernhes and R. Passas, French Institute of Paper Making and Printing (EFPG), St Martin d’Hères, France
Although nowadays computer word processors are ubiquitous, mankind is still not ready to give up on handwriting. An improved understanding of the properties of paper, ink and pencil is needed to develop new writing products...