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Researchers Use a Single Fluorophore to Simultaneously Image Different Molecules

In day-to-day life, blinking lights can be used for sending signals––for instance, that a car is about to turn. At present, tiny “blinkers” that show single molecules of RNA or protein within cells based on the duration and frequency of every flash have been devised by scientists.

14 Mar 2019

New Type of Microscope Offers Possibilities for Drug Discovery

Using a new type of microscope, doctors may now be able to get a better idea of how safely and efficiently a pill will perform in the body. Researchers at Purdue University built the microscope founded on concepts of phase-contrast microscopy, which requires using optical devices to see membranes, molecules, or other nanoscale items that may be too translucent to distribute the light involved with conventional microscopes.

28 Feb 2019

Researchers Develop New Technique that Transforms 2D Fluorescent Microscopy Images into 3D Movies

Researchers at Rice University have expanded the capabilities of conventional laboratory microscopes by adding a new dimension to their revolutionary technique.

15 Feb 2019

Researchers Transfer Advanced Microscopy Method to X-ray Imaging

X-rays are known to offer interesting and detailed insights into the interior of cells, tissues, and materials.

4 Feb 2019

Innovative Electron Microscopy Delivers Damage-Free Tracking of Isotopes in Amino Acids at Nanoscale

A new electron microscopy method capable of detecting the minute variations in the weight of proteins at the nanoscale—while preserving the integrity of the sample—could pave the way for deeper, more wide-ranging studies on the basic building blocks of life.

1 Feb 2019

Digging Atomic Force Microscope Tip Deep into a Material to Realize More Energy-Efficient Computer Chips

UConn scientists have reported in Proceedings of the National Academies of Science that when a familiar tool is used in a way it was never planned to be used, it paves the way for a completely new technique for exploring materials.

28 Jan 2019

Researchers Produce and Monitor Unique Molecules Between Two Microscopically Small, Movable Gold Tips

Normally, molecules are produced in laboratory flasks or reaction vessels. A group of researchers from Empa has now successfully produced molecules between two microscopically small, movable gold tips, apparently as a “hand-knitted” unique specimen.

21 Jan 2019

New Microscopy Approach Enables Nanoscale Imaging of Fly and Mouse Brains

Eric Betzig did not anticipate the experiment to work. Recently, two researchers, Shoh Asano and Ruixuan Gao, sought to use their team’s microscope on brain samples that were expanded four-fold their normal size—puffed up like balloons.

18 Jan 2019

Scientists Identify Dense Actin Filament Nanoscaffold that Promotes Cell Movement

There are several occasions when human cells have to move. Formation of the body (embryonic development) is guided by mobile cells. Immune cells wander to capture undesirable intruders, and healing cells (fibroblasts) travel to repair wounds.

14 Jan 2019

Novel Technique Drastically Improves the Resolution of Light Microscope

Physical conditions tend to restrict the sharpness of a light microscope, for example, structures that are closer together than 0.2 thousandths of a millimeter will blur into one another and will no longer be differentiated from each other.

12 Dec 2018

Microscopy News

Researchers Use a Single Fluorophore to Simultaneously Image Different Molecules

New Type of Microscope Offers Possibilities for Drug Discovery

Researchers Develop New Technique that Transforms 2D Fluorescent Microscopy Images into 3D Movies

Researchers Transfer Advanced Microscopy Method to X-ray Imaging

Innovative Electron Microscopy Delivers Damage-Free Tracking of Isotopes in Amino Acids at Nanoscale

Digging Atomic Force Microscope Tip Deep into a Material to Realize More Energy-Efficient Computer Chips

Researchers Produce and Monitor Unique Molecules Between Two Microscopically Small, Movable Gold Tips

New Microscopy Approach Enables Nanoscale Imaging of Fly and Mouse Brains

Scientists Identify Dense Actin Filament Nanoscaffold that Promotes Cell Movement

Novel Technique Drastically Improves the Resolution of Light Microscope

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