microscopes

Caltech bioengineers develop microscope on a chip

harminka — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:03:48 -0500

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have turned science fiction into reality with their development of a super-compact high-resolution microscope, small enough to fit on a finger tip.

Nanotechnology in reverse uses cell to calibrate tools

harminka — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:30:48 -0500

Nanotechnology researchers at UC Davis have shown that they can use a red blood cell to calibrate a sensitive instrument, an atomic force microscope.

Modified electron microscope identifies atoms

harminka — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:56:03 -0600

A new electron microscope recently installed in Cornell's Duffield Hall is enabling scientists for the first time to form images that uniquely identify individual atoms in a crystal and see how those atoms bond to one another. And in living color.

World’s only ultrafast electron microscope takes 4-D “movies” of molecules

harminka — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 02:43:16 -0600

A unique electron microscope that can help create four-dimensional “movies” of molecules may hold the answers to research questions in a number of fields including chemistry, biology, and physics, according to an article scheduled for the Dec. 24 issue of Chemical & Engineering News, ACS’ weekly newsmagazine.

New microscope peers into secret lives of cells

harminka — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:05:55 -0600

“See those white sparks?” asks Kirk Czymmek, as he points to the video on his computer screen of a highly magnified heart cell in action. Tiny fireworks flash across the screen with every pulsation of the cell.

New digital ophthalmoscope could revolutionise eye disease diagnosis

harminka — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:31:44 -0600

Developing tool that sharpens up microscope images

harminka — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:59:06 -0600

Molecules under hammer

harminka — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:58:19 -0600

NIST 'Standard Bullet' fights gang violence

harminka — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 02:58:53 -0600