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Nanoscale Study of Visual Degradation in Da Vinci's Self-Portrait

One of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpieces, drawn in red chalk on paper during the early 1500s and widely believed to be a self-portrait, is in extremely poor condition. Centuries of exposure to humid storage conditions or a closed environment has led to widespread and localized yellowing and browning of the paper, which is reducing the contrast between the colors of chalk and paper and substantially diminishing the visibility of the drawing.

4 Jun 2014

Low-Energy Electron Microscopy Helps Visualize Desorption of Oxygen Molecules from a Silver Surface

In a recent study involving researchers from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich, the desorption of oxygen molecules from a silver surface was successfully visualized for the first time. The effects account for the shortcomings of conventional models of desorption.

29 May 2014

Space-saving, Cost-effective Microscope for Time-Lapse Observation of Cell Cultures

Biologists and doctors rely heavily on incubators and microscopes. Now the Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering IBMT has come up with a novel solution that combines the functions of both these tools in a compact and extremely small-scale system.

26 May 2014

Researchers Image Microtubule Assembly and Disassembly at Unprecedented Resolution

A pathway to the design of even more effective versions of the powerful anti-cancer drug Taxol has been opened with the most detailed look ever at the assembly and disassembly of microtubules, tiny fibers of tubulin protein that form the cytoskeletons of living cells and play a crucial role in mitosis.

23 May 2014

Daylight Solutions Delivers Spero Microscope to Dr. Rebekah Drezek’s Laboratory at Rice University

Daylight Solutions, Inc., a leading manufacturer of molecular detection and imaging solutions in the mid-infrared, today announced delivery of the world’s first commercially available laser-based infrared microscopy platform.

From Daylight Solutions Inc. 21 May 2014

COPAN and MetaSystems Integrate Automatic Microscopy Slide Scanning System with WASPLab

COPAN and MetaSystems GmbH are pleased to announce they have signed a global and exclusive agreement for the integration of automatic microscopy slide scanning system, provided by MetaSystems, with WASPLab™. Thi...

20 May 2014

XEI Scientific Awarded US Patent for New TEM Stage Loader

XEI Scientific Inc, manufacturer of the popular EVACTRON® De-Contaminator™ Plasma Cleaning System for electron microscopes and other vacuum chambers, was awarded a US patent on May 6, 2014, for a device to load TEM sample holders into a vacuum chamber.

From XEI Scientific 20 May 2014

Novel Method to Watch Newly Forming AIDS Virus Particles Emerging from Infected Human Cells

University of Utah researchers devised a way to watch newly forming AIDS virus particles emerging or “budding” from infected human cells without interfering with the process.

19 May 2014

Invisible ‘Ultrasonic Hands’ Can Grip Microparticles

A team of researchers from the Universities of Bath, Bristol and Dundee has discovered for the first time that ultrasonic waves can be used to grab several microparticles at a time, effectively creating a pair of invisible ‘ultrasonic hands’ that can move tiny objects, such as cells, under a microscope.

15 May 2014

Second Stem Cell Symposium Focuses on Cancer Stem Cells

Healthy stem cells work to restore or repair the body’s tissues, but cancer stem cells have a more nefarious mission: to spawn malignant tumors. Cancer stem cells were discovered a decade ago, but their origins and identity remain largely unknown.

14 May 2014

Microscopy News

Nanoscale Study of Visual Degradation in Da Vinci's Self-Portrait

Low-Energy Electron Microscopy Helps Visualize Desorption of Oxygen Molecules from a Silver Surface

Space-saving, Cost-effective Microscope for Time-Lapse Observation of Cell Cultures

Researchers Image Microtubule Assembly and Disassembly at Unprecedented Resolution

Daylight Solutions Delivers Spero Microscope to Dr. Rebekah Drezek’s Laboratory at Rice University

COPAN and MetaSystems Integrate Automatic Microscopy Slide Scanning System with WASPLab

XEI Scientific Awarded US Patent for New TEM Stage Loader

Novel Method to Watch Newly Forming AIDS Virus Particles Emerging from Infected Human Cells

Invisible ‘Ultrasonic Hands’ Can Grip Microparticles

Second Stem Cell Symposium Focuses on Cancer Stem Cells

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