The macroscopic movement of our muscles is caused by the collective movement of "biomolecular motors". Scientists and engineers have long been trying to imitate this process. French scientists have now come a good way closer ...
Biochemistry
Dec 8, 2015
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Scientists looking for ways to stimulate the growth of neurons can spend hours painstakingly analyzing microscope images of cells growing in petri dishes. A new algorithm developed by Brown University researchers automates ...
Computer Sciences
Dec 7, 2015
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It's often true that to get to the bottom of big problems or understand massive systems, you have to go deep into the details.
General Physics
Sep 18, 2015
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Thermal imaging, microscopy and ultra-trace sensing could take a quantum leap with a technique developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Optics & Photonics
Apr 23, 2015
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Delivering the capability to image nanostructures and chemical reactions down to nanometer resolution requires a new class of x-ray microscope that can perform precision microscopy experiments using ultra-bright x-rays from ...
General Physics
Feb 27, 2015
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(Phys.org) —Scientists have developed a new microscope which enables a dramatically improved view of biological cells.
General Physics
Apr 24, 2014
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(Phys.org) —The development of light-driven 'micro-robots' that can autonomously investigate and manipulate the nano-scale environment in a microscope comes a step closer, thanks to new research from the University of Bristol. ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 17, 2014
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(Phys.org) —The next time a NASA rover blasts off to explore Mars or some other planet, it might be equipped with a new type of "do-it-all" camera developed by an engineering team at the University of Arizona.
Space Exploration
Feb 10, 2014
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(Phys.org) —If you keep up with biology, you've probably seen those colorful images in which the atom-by-atom structure of a protein is portrayed by a tangle of ribbons. For the past couple of decades, scientists have been ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 20, 2013
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Biological cells are surrounded by a membrane, and here some of the most important processes for sustaining life take place. There can also be something very beautiful happening in membranes, researchers from the University ...
Biochemistry
Aug 30, 2013
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