A study published online in the journal Nature Communications describes how an updated version of this centuries-old tool can now enable scientists to see tiny objects while also measuring t... Read more
Each of the single-molecule, 244-atom submersibles built in the Rice lab of chemist James Tour has a motor powered by ultraviolet light. With each full revolution, the motor’s tail-like prop... Read more
A tool that provides world-class microscopy and spatially resolved chemical analysis shows considerable promise for advancing a number of areas of study, including chemical science, pharmace... Read more
Mathematical image processing creates a 3D movie of any scene, using just two frames from a stationary camera or microscope Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Scien... Read more
Just remove the lens . . . Researchers at the University of Sheffield have created what sounds impossible – even nonsensical: an experimental electron microscope without lenses that no... Read more
In some cases, looking at a living cell under a microscope can cause it damage or worse, can kill it. Now, a new kind of microscope has been invented by researchers from the Howard Hughes Me... Read more
Scientists and MDs have a wide range of technologies available for the imaging of live tissue, but each of these comes with its own limitations – be it poor contrast, low resolution, l... Read more