News tagged with microscopy system
Electronic congestion in the microchips of the future
(Phys.org) -- Electrons within some materials can stick together like cars on a traffic jam. Swiss researchers studying promising materials for the future of electronics have been able to highlight this phenomenon
May 16, 2012 |
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New information on the waste-disposal units of living cells
Important new information on one of the most critical protein machines in living cells has been reported by a team of researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ...
Jan 11, 2012 |
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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.
Sep 20, 2011 |
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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 ...
Aug 17, 2011 |
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Juvenile diarrhea virus analyzed
Rice University scientists have defined the structure -- down to the atomic level -- of a virus that causes juvenile diarrhea. The research may help direct efforts to develop medications that block the virus ...
Jul 18, 2011 |
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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
May 16, 2011 |
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Molecular interactions hold key to how nanoparticles behave in cells
Nanoparticles show promise in solving a host of problems, from pinpointing medical diagnoses to developing alternative forms of energy and creating more durable materials. But scientists have yet to determine ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 12, 2010 |
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Long-distance communication, microbial style
Scientists knew that the microbe Shewanella oneidensis transformed the electronic structure of the iron oxide it touched in the ground as well as without direct contact. Scientists from Pacific Northwest National ...
Oct 06, 2010 |
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Biophysicists manipulate 'zipper,' reveal protein folding dynamics
Biophysicists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM), Germany, have published the results of single-molecule experiments that bring a higher-resolution tool to the study of protein folding. How proteins arrive at the ...
Jan 19, 2010 |
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Natural born killers -- how the body's frontline immune cells decide which cells to destroy
(PhysOrg.com) -- The mechanism used by 'Natural Killer' immune cells in the human body to distinguish between diseased cells, which they are meant to destroy, and normal cells, which they are meant to leave ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 28, 2009 |
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Distinguishing Single Cells With Nothing But Light
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Rochester have developed a novel optical technique that permits rapid analysis of single human immune cells using only light.
Apr 01, 2009 |
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