Three-dimensional structures have been a challenge up to now, either due to the complex formation method or the lack of appropriate material.… more

2nd place in 2008 in the EM Life category was awarded to David Spears for his micrograph of a Thistle floret.… more

Life's smallest motor, a protein that shuttles cargo within cells and helps cells divide, does so by rocking up and down like a seesaw,...… more

Fully understanding the functionality and the complexity of the human central nervous system remains as one of the major open questions in modern science.… more

Antifreeze Proteins Can Stop Ice Melt

The same antifreeze proteins that keep organisms from freezing in cold environments also can prevent ice from melting at warmer temperatures, ...
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Light Sculpts Three-Dimensional Crystals

Engineering and guiding light by artificial structures is one of the most actual questions in photonics, allowing optical information processing to ...
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Probe of Hidden Dynamics of Molecular Biology

Funded by a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation, University of Chicago scientists are aiming to develop a systematic method for ...
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International Micrograph Competition

The Royal Microscopy Society's biennial International Micrograph Competition has been launched. This highly respected event will culminate with ...
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Low-Cost Drive Electronics

The compact Nexact piezo stepping drives from Physik Instrumente (PI) push forward into a new performance class for linear drives: with forces of 10 ...
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Launch of Light Engine

Lumencor announced the launch of its new product. The Spectra light engine provides seven discrete solid state outputs spanning the complete visible ...
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Most Compact 355 nm Solid State Laser

The diode pumped laser Zouk from Cobolt is a compact, true continuous wave (CW) solid state laser at 355 nm. The wavelength of 355 nm is particularly ...
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Optical Micro- and Nano- Metrology

To image and measure small structures, forms and surface roughness has become more easy, fast and versatile with the Sensofar PLµ Neox, distributed ...
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Fluorescence Microscope for High Sensitivity

For the three „global killer diseases", HIV/ AIDS, TB and Malaria, fast and reliable diagnosis is crucial for modern laboratory practices. In ... more

Correlative Microscopy for Material Analysis

Austempered Ductile Iron (ADI) excels through strength, wear resistance and toughness - characteristics that make ADI the material of choice for use ... more

TIRF

Changes in the intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) accompany many diverse biological phenomena from neuronal excitability and muscle ... more

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Perspectives of Superresolution in Neurobiology

The Future of STED Microscopy

Fully understanding the functionality and the complexity of the human central nervous system remains as one of the major open questions in modern ...
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Stem Cell Biology

Fluorescence Microscopy in Cancer Research

The view of a tumor as an aberrant tissue whose growth and differentiation is sustained by cancer stem cells is now largely accepted for a wide ...
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Routine Assessment of Fluorescence Microscope Performance

An ImageJ Macro to Speed Up PSF Display and Analysis

Modern automated fluorescence microscopes are complex devices, dedicated to produce accurate representations of objects at a resolution exceeding the ...
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Quantum Dots DNA Nanosensors

Ultrasensitive Platform for Detecting Genomic Cancer Markers

Semiconductor quantum dots are light-emitting nanocrystals (2-10 nm) that straddle the border between condensed matter and atomic physics. In a ...
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