News tagged with optical microscopy
Nanomedicines on their way through the body
(Phys.org) -- Which pathways do nanomedicines take after they have been swallowed? Scientists find a recirculation pathway of polymeric micelles using multimodal nonlinear optical microscopy.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 29, 2012 |
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Microscopy, quantum-style: Atomic stacks imaged in real space
(PhysOrg.com) -- Since the first optical microscopes appeared in the late 1600s – an exact date and original inventor elude precise identification – microscopy has evolved dramatically. Scanning ...
Aug 31, 2011 |
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Through a Sensor, Holographically
(PhysOrg.com) -- The power and resolution of lens-based optical microscopes have improved by orders of magnitude since their invention around 1595. Nevertheless, relying on a high-magnification lens for image ...
Apr 26, 2011 |
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Microscopy reveals 'atomic antenna' behavior in graphene
Atomic-level defects in graphene could be a path forward to smaller and faster electronic devices, according to a study led by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Nanoimaging in 3-D
(PhysOrg.com) -- As technology shrinks ever smaller, interest in objects and devices on the nanoscale becomes more apparent. However, visualizing these objects in three dimensions comes with special challenges. ...
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Nanoscale waveguide for future photonics
The creation of a new quasiparticle called the "hybrid plasmon polariton" may throw open the doors to integrated photonic circuits and optical computing for the 21st century. Researchers with the U.S. Department ...
May 31, 2011 |
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'Electron vortices' have the potential to increase conventional microscopes' capabilities
(PhysOrg.com) -- Electron microscopes are among the most widely used scientific and medical tools for studying and understanding a wide range of materials, from biological tissue to miniature magnetic devices, ...
Jan 16, 2011 |
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A new optical microscopy approach opens the door to better observations in molecular biology
Researchers from the Institut Pasteur and CNRS have set up a new optical microscopy approach that combines two recent imaging techniques in order to visualize molecular assemblies without affecting their biological ...
May 17, 2012 |
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Carbon Based Chips May One Day Replace Silicon Transistors
(PhysOrg.com) -- IBM researchers are hopeful that, over the next decade, silicon-based transistors will be replaced by carbon-based transistors. IBM has already laid out the ground work for carbon-based transistors.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 03, 2010 |
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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 ...
Apr 18, 2012 |
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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
Nov 28, 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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Tension in the nanoworld
(PhysOrg.com) -- A joint team of researchers at CIC nanoGUNE (San Sebastian, Spain) and the Max Planck Institutes of Biochemistry and Plasma Physics (Munich, Germany) report the non-invasive and nanoscale ...
Jan 23, 2009 |
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Tension in the nanoworld: Infrared light visualizes nanoscale strain fields
(PhysOrg.com) -- A joint team of researchers at CIC nanoGUNE (San Sebastian, Spain) and the Max Planck Institutes of Biochemistry and Plasma Physics (Munich, Germany) report the non-invasive and nanoscale ...
Jan 12, 2009 |
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Researchers use X-ray diffraction microscope to reveal 3-D internal structure of whole cell
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using the new technique, researchers were able to identify the 3-D morphology and structure of cellular organelles, including the cell wall, vacuole, endoplasmic reticulum, mitrochondria, granules and nucleolus. ...
Jun 07, 2010 |
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