News tagged with microscopy imaging

The need for speed

Coherent Raman scattering methods have one key advantage over spontaneous Raman microscopy: speed. The (sub-)microsecond pixel dwell times offered by narrowband CRS imaging methods have initiated a new era ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In nanorod crystal growth, nanoparticles seen as artificial atoms

In the growth of crystals, do nanoparticles act as "artificial atoms" forming molecular-type building blocks that can assemble into complex structures? This is the contention of a major but controversial theory ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | 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

Researchers show the way forward for improving organic and molecular electronic devices

Future prospects for superior new organic electronic devices are brighter now thanks to a new study by researchers with the DOE's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). Working at the Lab's ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Imaging instruction: Researchers produce 'primer' to guide the use of STORM

(PhysOrg.com) -- Though it was quickly adopted by the scientific community, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and of Physics Xiaowei Zhuang worried that researchers using the system of technology ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Caltech engineers build smart petri dish

The cameras in our cell phones have dramatically changed the way we share the special moments in our lives, making photographs instantly available to friends and family. Now, the imaging sensor chips that ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Helium raises resolution of whole cell imaging

The ability to obtain an accurate three-dimensional image of an intact cell is critical for unraveling the mysteries of cellular structure and function. However, for many years, tiny structures buried deep inside cells have ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | 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

Cellular communications visualized with a vibrant color palette

A University of Alberta-led research team has dramatically expanded the palette of fluorescent highlighters that can be used to track the movement of messengers inside of single cells.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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

Tools of the trade: New X-ray microscopy technique makes faster, sharper images

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new x-ray microscopy technique that allows scientists to make images 60 times faster than before has been developed by an Australian research team including Garth Williams, who is now an ...

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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

Microscopes borrow tricks from astronomy to see deep into living tissues

Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, are developing new microscope technologies to enable biologists to see deep within living tissues and observe critical processes involved in basic biology ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Moving microscopic vision into another new dimension

Scientists who pioneered a revolutionary 3-D microscope technique are now describing an extension of that technology into a new dimension that promises sweeping applications in medicine, biological research, ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jun 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Watching particles' jekyll-to-hyde transformation

(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether a common atmospheric particle stays in a stable form or twists into something else depends on the amount of water it encounters in the atmosphere, according to scientists at the University ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Coexistence of superconductivity and magnetism

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from the University of Sydney are celebrating the 100th anniversary of superconductivity with a discovery of their own.

Physics / Superconductivity

created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast