New technique provides detailed views of metals' crystal structure
Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have developed a new combination of methods that can provide detailed information about the microstructure of polycrystalline metals.
Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have developed a new combination of methods that can provide detailed information about the microstructure of polycrystalline metals.
Condensed Matter
Jul 6, 2016
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Stanford and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory jointly run the world's leading program for isolating and studying diamondoids—the tiniest possible specks of diamond. Found naturally in petroleum fluids, these interlocking ...
Nanophysics
May 12, 2016
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At next week's SPIE Photonics West 2016, imec will demonstrate a lens-free microscope for large field-of-view live imaging at micrometer resolution. Imec's on-chip lens-free microscope can be integrated into life sciences ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Feb 11, 2016
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Amid all the fancy equipment found in a typical nanomaterials lab, one of the most useful may turn out to be the humble microwave oven.
Nanomaterials
Jan 22, 2016
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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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A new microscope capable of capturing nearly 17 billion pixels in a single image has been developed by Antony Orth PhD '14, now of RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, and Ethan Schonbrun of Harvard's Rowland Institute. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 22, 2015
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A new multispectral microscope, one capable of processing nearly 17 billion pixels representing 13 individual color channels in a single image, has been successfully demonstrated by a team of researchers from the United States ...
Optics & Photonics
Jul 16, 2015
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Fuel cells have the potential to provide clean energy for powering vehicles, but improved performance and durability are needed for wide-spread commercialisation. A collaboration of researchers in Japan has now demonstrated ...
Materials Science
Jun 9, 2015
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