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Cell & Microbiology Jul 25, 2023

Research group publish open-source 3D structured illumination microscopy reconstruction platform

Structured illumination microscopy (SIM) has emerged as the most powerful super-resolution technique for live cell imaging, owing to its inherent advantages of high speed, low phototoxicity, and compatibility with various ...

Optics & Photonics Nov 22, 2022

New microscope can take 3D images of cells while working in a natural environment

To observe living cells through a microscope, a sample is usually squeezed onto a glass slide. It then lies there calmly and the cells are observable. The disadvantage is that this limits how the cells behave and it only ...

Other Sep 14, 2021

Scientists create winning microscopic images

The natural world served as the inspiration for the Ohio State University scientists whose microscope images were announced Monday (Sept. 13) among the top 20 winners in the 2021 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition.

Evolution Jan 5, 2021

A plant's way to its favorite food

Nitrogen is one the most essential nutrients for plants. Its availability in the soil plays a major role in plant growth and development, thereby affecting agricultural productivity. Scientists at the IST Austria were now ...

Astronomy Dec 2, 2019

Mercury transit observed at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory

About 13 times per century, fleeting Mercury can be seen passing directly in front of the Sun in what is called a transit. The most recent Mercury transit occurred on November 11, 2019.

Cell & Microbiology Mar 19, 2019

Have microscope, will travel: New tech project links Madison, Boston scientists

An invention designed to transform how and where high-powered research microscopes are deployed—and who gets to use them—will make its way from Madison this spring to the fertile biology labs of greater Boston.

Archaeology Mar 18, 2019

Earliest known Mariner's Astrolabe research published today to go in Guinness Book of Records

Guinness World Records have independently certified an astrolabe excavated from the wreck site of a Portuguese Armada Ship that was part of Vasco da Gama's second voyage to India in 1502-1503 as the oldest in the world, and ...

Environment Mar 6, 2019

Origin and species: fighting illegal logging with science

A timeworn laboratory in Britain's Royal Botanic Gardens may not seem like the obvious epicentre of efforts to halt international illegal logging.

Other Dec 13, 2018

New book describes ways for researchers to make their images more informative and appealing

Felice Frankel has spent more than 25 years helping scientists and engineers create engaging and informative photographs and images depicting their work. Her images have appeared on the covers of many of the world's leading ...

Other Oct 1, 2018

Researchers win top prize in Nikon International Small World imaging contest

Henry He, a researcher at the Morgridge Institute for Research and doctoral student in the Dresden International Ph.D. Program, Germany, and Liz Haynes, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Integrative Biology at UW-Madison, ...

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