News tagged with microscopic system

A new look at Apollo samples supports ancient impact theory

New investigations of lunar samples collected during the Apollo missions have revealed origins from beyond the Earth-Moon system, supporting a hypothesis of ancient cataclysmic bombardment for both worlds.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Mathematical physics reveal nature's formula for survival (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- The vascular system of a leaf provides its structure and delivers its nutrients. When you light up that vascular structure with some fluorescent dye and view it using time-lapse photography, details begin to ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (12) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

TARA OCEANS completes 60,000-mile journey to map marine biodiversity

The two-and-a-half-year TARA OCEANS expedition finishes on 31 March when the ship and crew reach Lorient, France. The arrival completes a journey of 60 000 miles across all the world's major oceans to sample ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Human origins traced to worm fossil in Canada

(PhysOrg.com) -- Most primitive known vertebrate and therefore the ancestor of all descendant vertebrates, including humans, discovered.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (23) | comments 18 | with audio podcast

Making the worms turn

To biophysicist Aravinthan Samuel, the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans provides a pathway to understanding the brain and nervous system, first of the worm, then of higher animals, and even, perhaps, of humans.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New technology allows scientists to watch cancer cells in action at unprecedented resolution

A photograph of a polar bear in captivity, no matter how sharp the resolution, can never reveal as much about behavior as footage of that polar bear in its natural habitat. The behavior of cells and molecules can prove even ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pollen research not be sniffed at

Pollen may annoy allergy sufferers in springtime but, viewed under the microscope, a pollen grain is a thing of beauty. Amazing images and facts about pollen are part of an exhibition at CSIRO Discovery in Canberra beginning ...

Biology / Other

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hidden beauty of the nano-cosmos

When researchers receive prizes, it is usually to honour their scientific work. However, the photographs from the scanning electron microscope, taken by Siddhartha Pathak during his postdoctoral time at Empa ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

3-D microscope opens eyes to prehistoric oceans and present-day resources

A University of Alberta research team has turned their newly developed 3-D microscope technology on ancient sea creatures and hopes to expand its use.

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research team achieves first 2-color STED microscopy of living cells

Researchers are able to achieve extremely high-resolution microscopy through a process known as stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy. This cutting-edge imaging system has pushed the performance of microscopes significantly ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Micro-onions and magnetic ink

(PhysOrg.com) -- Microfluidic systems for the easy production of multiphasic emulsion drops and multishelled polymer capsules. Under a microscope they look like miniature onions, in fact, they are new microcapsules introduced ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New nanoscale imaging may lead to new treatments for multiple sclerosis

Laboratory studies by chemical engineers at UC Santa Barbara may lead to new experimental methods for early detection and diagnosis -- and to possible treatments -- for pathological tissues that are precursors ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Study unlocks secrets of plague with stunning new imaging techniques

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a super-resolution microscopy technique that is answering long-held questions about exactly how and why a cell's defenses fail against ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created May 16, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Software for the discovery of new crystal structures

A new software called QED (Quantitative Electron Diffraction), which has been licensed by Max Planck Innovation, has now been released by HREM Research Inc., a Japan based company, which is developing products and services ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UCLA lens-free telemedicine microscope adds male fertility testing to its bag of tricks

Using holographic imaging system, the microscope can produce phase and amplitude images of semen samples in the field and identify which are moving and which are immotile.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Oct 11, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0