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Atomic Force Microscopy and Ballistic Intracellular Nano-Rheology Provide New View of Cancer Cells

A team of student researchers and their professors from 20 laboratories around the country have gotten a new view of cancer cells. The work could shed light on the transforming physical properties of these cells as they metastasize, said Jack R. Staunton, a Ph.D. candidate at Arizona State University in the lab of Prof. Robert Ros, and the lead author of a paper reporting on the topic.

From Arizona State University 29 Apr 2013

Novel Technique to Image Nanoparticle Dynamics in a Liquid Environment with Atomic Resolution

The macroscopic effects of certain nanoparticles on human health have long been clear to the naked eye. What scientists have lacked is the ability to see the detailed movements of individual particles that give rise to those effects.

26 Apr 2013

Transmission Electron Microscopy Helps Resolve Crystal Structure of Mineral Vaterite

By using state-of-the-art high-resolution transmission electron microscopy to examine crystals found in and on the bodies of small marine organisms called sea squirts, a team of scientists led by the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology has resolved the nearly 100 year-old mystery about the crystal structure of the mineral called vaterite. The findings are published in the current issue (April 26, 2013) of SCIENCE.

26 Apr 2013

LamdaGen Corporation Extends the Company's Patent Estate for its Nano-based LSPR Platform

LamdaGen Corporation, a nano-technology platform company that provides plasmonic sensors and systems for diagnostics and life sciences, announced the United State Patent and Trademark Office (USTPO) issuance of patent &l...

From LamdaGen Corporation 25 Apr 2013

Partial Wave Spectroscopic Microscopy Helps Detect Early Presence of Ovarian Cancer

Pioneering biophotonics technology developed at Northwestern University is the first screening method to detect the early presence of ovarian cancer in humans by examining cells easily brushed from the neighboring cervix or uterus, not the ovaries themselves.

23 Apr 2013

Multiple Microscopy Techniques Employed to Study How Cells Grow

While cells typically grow by expanding outward in all directions, many critical biological functions—including the development of root hairs in plants, budding in yeast, and the extension of axons in animal neurons—require cells to grow in a single direction. Though biologists have known for several decades which structures within the cell appear to participate in what is known as polarized growth, exactly how those components work together to achieve this complex function remains a mystery.

23 Apr 2013

ASI, WaveSense Partner to Deliver Combined Computerized Imaging and Analysis for Molecular Pathology

Applied Spectral Imaging Inc. (ASI) and WaveSense Inc. have entered into an agreement in which both companies will engage in combined sales and marketing of the GenASIs imaging and analysis instrument by ASI and the EpiSEP cell recovery and enrichment solution by WaveSense. The combined solution delivers an integrated cell capturing solution and computerized instrument to detect, image and analyze the captured cells.

22 Apr 2013

Self-Assembly of Nanoparticle Chains Observed in Real-Time

In a new study performed at the Center for Nanoscale Materials at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, researchers have for the first time seen the self-assembly of nanoparticle chains in situ, that is, in place as it occurs in real-time.

From Argonne National Laboratory 22 Apr 2013

Lens-Free Holographic Microscope Helps Capture 3-D Swimming Patterns of Sperm

Opening the door to more sophisticated investigation of sperm locomotion and biophysics, researchers from UCLA's Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have identified previously unobserved swimming patterns in human and horse sperm cells.

From University of California, Los Angeles 22 Apr 2013

Researchers Employ Atomic Force Microscopy to Look at Cells from Articular Cartilage

A researcher at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research has discovered additional mechanical properties of articular cartilage, a protective cartilage on the ends of bones that wears down over time, resulting in the development of osteoarthritis. The findings are published in the April issue of PLOS ONE.

20 Apr 2013

Microscopy News

Atomic Force Microscopy and Ballistic Intracellular Nano-Rheology Provide New View of Cancer Cells

Novel Technique to Image Nanoparticle Dynamics in a Liquid Environment with Atomic Resolution

Transmission Electron Microscopy Helps Resolve Crystal Structure of Mineral Vaterite

LamdaGen Corporation Extends the Company's Patent Estate for its Nano-based LSPR Platform

Partial Wave Spectroscopic Microscopy Helps Detect Early Presence of Ovarian Cancer

Multiple Microscopy Techniques Employed to Study How Cells Grow

ASI, WaveSense Partner to Deliver Combined Computerized Imaging and Analysis for Molecular Pathology

Self-Assembly of Nanoparticle Chains Observed in Real-Time

Lens-Free Holographic Microscope Helps Capture 3-D Swimming Patterns of Sperm

Researchers Employ Atomic Force Microscopy to Look at Cells from Articular Cartilage

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