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New Microscopy Technique Allows Us to See Inside Cells

New research uses a super-resolution microscopic technique that can allow chemical reactions to be tracked even if they involve minimal volumes of reagent.

12 Feb 2018

Quantum Switches Help Achieve Resolutions in the 30nm Range

Using quantum switches, physicists have beat the current resolution for microscopic analysis of solid state system to 1/31 - around 30 nanometres.

25 Jan 2018

Mathematical Model Describes the Process of Soliton Occurrence in Optical Microresonators

A new mathematical model describing the process of soliton occurrence in optical microresonators has been developed.

25 Jan 2018

New Imaging System Monitors Plant Health

A new imaging system that monitors the health of crops in the greenhouse or field has been developed by researchers, headed by Xu Liu from Zhejiang University in China.

8 Dec 2017

UV Microscope Serves as Powerful Diagnostic Tool in Patient Care and Medical Research

A microscope that uses ultraviolet (UV) light to illuminate samples allows pathologists to assess high-resolution images of fresh tissue samples, including biopsies, for various diseases within a matter of minutes, without damaging the tissue or requiring lengthy preparation of traditional slides.

5 Dec 2017

New Microscope Optimized to Perform Studies Using Optogenetic Methods

A new microscope provides researchers with a significantly enhanced tool to explore how neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and epilepsy affect neuron communication.

30 Nov 2017

New Microscope Allows the Creation of Wetting Maps for Hydrophobic Surface Characterization

Wetting is considered to be an everyday phenomenon that depoicts how well liquid spreads on a surface. When water comes into contact with an extremely ‘superhydrophobic’ or water-repellent surface, droplets bead up and then roll off effortlessly.

28 Nov 2017

Diagnosing Tumors and Other Pathologies by Adopting Microspectroscopy

Very similar to the way chemical compositions and mechanical characteristics are basically significant in buildings, the cells constituting living organisms have various disparate characteristics and shapes based their state and function.

17 Nov 2017

Cryo-Electron Microscopy Allows Imaging Objects too Small to be Seen by Light Microscopes

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to optical scientists, only three years ago, for breaking Abbe’s diffraction limit in order to enable super-resolution microscopy.

6 Oct 2017

Assessing Cancer Stage Using Innovative Three-Dimensional Microscopy Technique

A research carried out at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital indicates that an innovative microscopy method for three-dimensional investigation of tumor tissue has the ability to more precisely diagnose cancer than prevalent two-dimensional techniques.

4 Oct 2017