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How Can Electron Microscopy Help Our Understanding of Allergic Reactions?

Despite the growing use in recent years to image materials, electron microscopy techniques have been in use for many decades to image and understand how allergic reactions happen.

3 Apr 2020

Characterizing Particles Using Image Analysis Systems

Image analysis systems are used to characterize particles in many different areas of science, including materials science, biology, ecology, energy technology, and geosciences.

9 Apr 2020

Building a Sharper Black Hole Image

This article discusses research that revealed details in last year's black hole image, and the future for black hole imaging.

8 Apr 2020

Image Formation in Electron Microscopy: Optical Transfer Theory

One advantage of working with electrons over photons is that the greater mass of the electron means that even slower-moving particles have much shorter wavelengths. This results in a smaller diffraction limit and it is much easier to achieve higher imaging resolution.

6 Apr 2020