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2012 March - Celebrations of Chemistry: Screening of nutritional elements in fish by TXRF, iron ore mineralogy, trace elemental analysis of three biological fluids, and XRD phase mapping of retained austenite in steels.

2012 January - Centennial Anniversary of XRD: Protein structure elucidation, EDXRF analysis of Geological samples, combined EBSD-EDS phase analysis of metals, recovery of trace elements in fresh water by TXRF, combined AFM-Raman microscopy reveals nanoscale surface properties, and EDXRD curvature measurement on bent crystals.

2011 December - Forensic Science and Failure Analysis: Gunshot residue analysis, XRD in crime scene investigation, microdiffraction from mummy skin, metallurgical failure analysis by diffusible hydrogen, and elemental fingerprinting with handheld XRF.

2011 October - Metals: Handheld XRF testing of precious metals, gas analysis monitoring during steel production, simultaneous XRF for controlling steel composition, scrap metal sorting, combustion analysis for assessing the heat treatment of steels.

2011 August - Nano, Surface and Semiconductor Analysis: XRR on HfO2 gate dielectric films, introduction to AFM ScanAsyst and PeakForce Tapping, TXRF for ultratrace nanoparticle research, high-speed AFM for nanoscale imaging and surface characterization, EDS/SEM on a DDR3 RAM chip.

2011 June – Pharma and Biomed: AFM on drug formulations, EDXRF on pharmaceutical catalysts, NMR on newborn screening, TXRF on trace vitamins, HH-XRF on bone implants, SAXS on proteins. Also, new product announcements from Bruker at ACA 2011.

2011 March – Environment, Conservation, RoHS: X-ray analysis applications in archeology, art conservation, and environmental protection. Also, new product announcements from Bruker at PITTCON 2011.

2011 January – Minerals, Mining, Geology, Petrochemistry, Cement: Handheld XRF analysis of geological samples, Lehigh Cement process control with the D4 ENDEAVOR, G4 ICARUS CS HF combustion gas analyzer, NASA partnership enables light-element alloy identification with TRACER.

2010 November – D8 DISCOVER with VÅNTEC-500 XRD teaching solution, S1 TURBO^SD lead-free plumbing analysis, S2 PICOFOX surface contaminant analysis of solar wind collectors, and Bruker's acquisition of Veeco's AFM and OIM instruments businesses.

2010 August – M4 TORNADO µ-XRF distribution analysis, hints and tips on APEX2 and PROTEUM2 software, young crystallographers study molecular structure, and BTC live and on-demand online courses.

2010 June – The new D8 DISCOVER with DAVINCI, NIST nabs an N8 TITANOS AFM, how X-ray tomography actually works, and a name-change for Bruker AXS Microanalysis.

2010 February – D2 PHASER success story at Agere Pharmaceuticals, XRD Pair Distribution Functions, ED-XRF for teaching and research, and the BioSAXS technique. 

2009 November – The new D8 ADVANCE with DAVINCI.DESIGN, the SMART X2S benchtop X-ray diffractometer, and the M4 TORNADO µXRF spectrometer.

2009 August – The D2 PHASER, the S8 LION and the AFM technique.

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