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'Silver nanoparticle' microscope may shed new light on cancer, bone diseases

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

In a finding that could help speed the understanding of diseases ranging from cancer to osteoporosis, researchers in Utah are reporting development of a new microscope technique that uses “silver nanoparticle” mirrors to ...





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Nanoscale Dimensioning Is Fast, Cheap with New Optical Technique

Nanoscale Dimensioning Is Fast, Cheap with New Optical Technique

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Oct 29, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (17) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A novel technique under development at the National Institute of Standards and Technology uses a relatively inexpensive optical microscope to quickly and cheaply analyze nanoscale dimensions ...


Automated screening process may eventually reduce additional breast cancer surgeries

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A team of researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and the Moores UCSD Cancer Center have developed a rapid, automated image screening process to distinguish breast cancer cells from normal cells. The ...


New imaging method lets scientists 'see' cell molecules more clearly

Biology /

created Jan 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Scientists have always wanted to take a closer look at biological systems and materials. From the magnifying glass to the electron microscope, they have developed ever-increasingly sophisticated imaging devices.


Cancer diagnosis: Now in 3-D (Video)

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 09, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

University of Washington researchers have helped develop a new kind of microscope to visualize cells in three dimensions, an advance that could bring great progress in the field of early cancer detection. The technique could ...


Looking at neurons from all sides

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 27, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (29) | comments 0

A new technique that marries a fast-moving laser beam with a special microscope that look at tissues in different optical planes will enable scientists to get a three-dimensional view of neurons or nerve cells as they interact, ...


Nanotechnology in reverse uses cell to calibrate tools

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 15, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 0

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


NIST studies how new helium ion microscope measures up

Team studies how new helium ion microscope measures up

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 04, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (13) | comments 1

Just as test pilots push planes to explore their limits, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology are probing the newest microscope technology to further improve measurement accuracy ...


Shedding light on cancer cells

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists label cells with coloured or glowing chemicals to observe how basic cellular activities differ between healthy and cancerous cells. Existing techniques for labelling cells are either too slow or too toxic to perform ...


New imaging technique reveals the atomic structure of nanocrystals

New imaging technique reveals the atomic structure of nanocrystals

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new imaging technique developed by researchers at the University of Illinois overcomes the limit of diffraction and can reveal the atomic structure of a single nanocrystal with a resolution ...


Nanoscopic changes to pancreatic cells reveal cancer

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Feb 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

A team of researchers in Chicago has developed a way to examine cell biopsies and detect never-before-seen signs of early-stage pancreatic cancer, according to a new paper in the Optical Society (OSA) journal Optics Letters. Though ...



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