News tagged with microscope image

Innovative nanoparticle purification system uses magnetic fields

A team of Penn State University scientists has invented a new system that uses magnetism to purify hybrid nanoparticles -- structures that are composed of two or more kinds of materials in an extremely small ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Imaging technology reveals intricate details of 49 million-year-old spider

Scientists have used the latest computer-imaging technology to produce stunning three-dimensional pictures of a 49 million-year-old spider trapped inside an opaque piece of fossilized amber resin.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 18, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

Optical microscope without lenses produces high-resolution 3-D images on a chip

(PhysOrg.com) -- UCLA researchers have redefined the concept of a microscope by removing the lens to create a system that is small enough to fit in the palm of a hand but powerful enough to create three-dimensional ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 22, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (14) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Rapid, high-definition chemistry with new imaging technique

With intensity a million times brighter than sunlight, a new synchrotron-based imaging technique offers high-resolution pictures of the molecular composition of tissues with unprecedented speed and quality. ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Mar 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

All wrapped up: Researcher's graphene cloak protects bacteria

(PhysOrg.com) -- It's a cloak that surpasses all others: a microscopic carbon cloak made of graphene that could change the way bacteria and other cells are imaged.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Engineer invents world's smallest, lightest telemedicine microscope

Aydogan Ozcan, whose invention of a novel lensless imaging technology for use in telemedicine could radically transform global health care, has now taken his work a step further -- or tinier: The UCLA engineer ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 22, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (21) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

To peer inside a living cell

(PhysOrg.com) -- Quantum mechanics could help build ultra-high-resolution electron microscopes that won't destroy living cells, according to MIT electrical engineers.

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 3

Scientists Image the 'Anatomy' of a Molecule (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, IBM researchers in Zurich, Switzerland, have taken a 3D image of an individual molecule. Using an atomic force microscope, the researchers constructed a "force map" of ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 28, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (46) | comments 4 weblog

World's smallest periscopes

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Vanderbilt scientists have invented the world's smallest version of the periscope and are using it to look at cells and other micro-organisms from several sides at once.

Biology /

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

New microscope captures nanoscale structures in dazzling 3D

(Phys.org) -- A new x-ray microscope probes the inner intricacies of materials smaller than human cells and creates unparalleled high-resolution 3D images. By integrating unique automatic calibrations, scientists ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Detecting malaria early to save lives: New optical technique promises rapid and accurate diagnosis

Correctly and quickly diagnosing malaria is essential for effective and life-saving treatment. But rapid detection, particularly in remote areas, is not always possible because current methods are time-consuming ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Label-free' imaging tool tracks nanotubes in cells, blood for biomedical research

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have demonstrated a new imaging tool for tracking structures called carbon nanotubes in living cells and the bloodstream, which could aid efforts to perfect their use in biomedical ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

One way sound: A new material will allow for improved ultrasound imaging

Most roads allow cars to flow in both directions. However, in some circumstances, such as congested city streets, it makes sense to limit traffic to one direction only. With electricity it is also useful to ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Nov 19, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Novel metamaterial vastly improves quality of ultrasound imaging

(PhysOrg.com) -- New "metamaterials" can overcome some of the limitations of microscopes and imagers, including ultrasound imagers. Researchers in the Nano-scale Science & Engineering Center have come up with ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Nov 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Dual-Purpose Nanoparticles Spot Residual Tumors, Improves Cancer Surgery

(PhysOrg.com) -- The surest cure for cancer is to remove every last bit of a tumor through surgery. Unfortunately, for most cancers that is also the most difficult approach because of two problems: it is nearly impossible ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast