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'DNA microscopy' offers entirely new way to image cells

Microscopy just got reinvented—again.

Cell & Microbiology

Jun 20, 2019

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Observing hydrogen's effects in metal

Hydrogen, the second-tiniest of all atoms, can penetrate right into the crystal structure of a solid metal.

Materials Science

Feb 5, 2019

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Novel electron microscopy offers nanoscale, damage-free isotope tracking in amino acids

A new electron microscopy technique that detects the subtle changes in the weight of proteins at the nanoscale—while keeping the sample intact—could open a new pathway for deeper, more comprehensive studies of the basic ...

Nanophysics

Jan 31, 2019

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Three-day imaging captures hi-res, cinematic view of fly brain (Update)

A new fly-through of the fly brain allows anyone to whizz past neurons and visit any of the 40 million synapses where neurons touch neuron. It's a super-resolution view of the complex network connections in the insect's brain ...

Bio & Medicine

Jan 17, 2019

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Electronic activity previously invisible to electron microscopes revealed

The chips that drive everyday electronic gadgets such as personal computers and smartphones are made in semiconductor fabrication plants. These plants employ powerful transmission electron microscopes. While they can see ...

General Physics

Oct 30, 2018

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How to mass produce cell-sized robots

Tiny robots no bigger than a cell could be mass-produced using a new method developed by researchers at MIT. The microscopic devices, which the team calls "syncells" (short for synthetic cells), might eventually be used to ...

Nanomaterials

Oct 23, 2018

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Researchers develop microscope to track light energy flow in photosynthetic cells

University of Michigan researchers have developed a powerful microscope that can map how light energy migrates in photosynthetic bacteria on timescales of one-quadrillionth of a second.

Biochemistry

Oct 12, 2018

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