News tagged with electron microscopes


Silver Nanoparticle Mirror

Beaming new light on life: From beetles to aircraft, nanoparticles aid microscope views

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Utah physicists and chemists developed a new method that uses a mirror of tiny silver "nanoparticles" so microscopes can reveal the internal structure of nearly opaque biological ...


PICO and SALVE: Understanding the subatomic world better

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 18, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Two new high-resolution transmission electron microscopes, co-financed by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation), are set to open up new opportunities for research in physics and materials science. ...





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To peer inside a living cell

To peer inside a living cell

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Quantum mechanics could help build ultra-high-resolution electron microscopes that won't destroy living cells, according to MIT electrical engineers.


Researchers bring new brain mapping capabilities to desktops of scientists worldwide

Biology / Other

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Mapping the billions of connections in the brain is a grand challenge in neuroscience. The current method for mapping interconnected brain cells involves the use of room-size microscopes known as transmission electron microscopes ...


Super-Resolution X-ray Microscopy unveils the buried secrets of the nanoworld

Super-Resolution X-ray Microscopy unveils the buried secrets of the nanoworld

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 17, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 0

A novel super-resolution X-ray microscope developed by a team of researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) and EPFL in Switzerland combines the high penetration power of x-rays with high spatial resolution, ...


State-of-the-art electron microscope promises to aid major research advances

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Arizona State University will be home to one of the world's most advanced electron microscopes, one that will enable researchers to do work essential to making significant advances in nanoscale aspects of solid state science ...


New insights, and a new angle, on high-temperature superconductivity

New insights, and a new angle, on high-temperature superconductivity

Physics / Superconductivity

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Princeton-led research team has revealed surprising information about how electron behavior influences the conduction of electricity in a class of high-temperature superconductors. An increased ...


Researchers build sharpest tip

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 11, 2006 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (32) | comments 0

Forget the phrase, "sharp as a tack." Now, thanks to new University of Alberta research the popular expression might become, "sharp as a single atom tip formed by chemically assisted spatially controlled field evaporation." ...


Electron flashes for the nanoworld

Electron flashes for the nanoworld -- a new source of ultrashort electron pulses

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 30, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Researchers at the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI) in Berlin, Germany, have developed a novel source of extremely short electron pulses.


Scientists increase imaging efficiency in cell structure studies

Biology / Other

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists in the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) Laboratory of Bioengineering and Physical Science have developed a new technique that allows researchers to visualize fine details of cell ...


World's Most Precise Microscope Headed For UVic

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

A new microscope that views the subatomic universe -- the first of its kind in the world -- is being built for the University of Victoria, Canada, in collaboration with Hitachi High-Technologies.


Hitachi Endorses Zyvex Nanoprober Solutions

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created Aug 23, 2004 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hitachi High Technologies America (HTA) and Zyvex Corporation today announced an agreement to refer microsystems customers for worldwide sales channels. Under this agreement, Hitachi High Technologies America will refer ...



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