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Atomic Force Microscopy Enables Nanoscale Analysis of Tooth Enamel Erosion

KAIST researchers used atomic force microscopy to quantitatively evaluate how acidic and sugary drinks affect human tooth enamel at the nanoscale level.

23 Jul 2020

Super-Resolution Microscopy Helps Study the Dynamics of Key Protein Complex

With the advent of super-resolution microscopy, scientists can study close protein associations better than ever before.

10 Jul 2020

Combination of Two Microscopy Methods Helps Image Smallest Cell Structures

With high-resolution microscopy, it is theoretically possible to image cell structures with a resolution of a few nanometres. However, this has not yet been possible in practice.

8 Jul 2020

Advanced Electron Microscopy Shows Tiny Metal Nanoparticles Inside Heart Tissue

Toxic metallic air pollution nanoparticles are getting inside the crucial, energy-producing structures within the hearts of people living in polluted cities, causing cardiac stress - a new study confirms.

7 Jul 2020

Rigaku Analytical Devices to Present During Thai Industrial Pharmacist Association (TIPA) Webinar

Rigaku Analytical Devices, the market leader in handheld 1064nm Raman technology, will present its solution for raw material identification during a webinar hosted by the Thai Industrial Pharmacist Association (TIPA) on July 16, 2020 at 9:30 am ICT / 8:30 pm EDT.

From Rigaku Analytical Devices 6 Jul 2020

ExM and Structured Illumination Microscopy Help Visualize 3D Structure of Synaptonemal Complex

The synaptonemal complex is a ladder-like cell structure that plays a major role in the development of egg and sperm cells in humans and other mammals.

2 Jul 2020

New Microscopy Technique to Measure Electrical Potential in Nanomaterials

As technology shrinks, the need to characterize the properties of very small materials-measured in nanometers (1 nanometer = 1 billionth of a meter)-has become increasingly important.

25 Jun 2020

WITec Begins Expansion of its Headquarters Facility

WITec GmbH, the technology leader in correlative Raman microscopy, is expanding its headquarters building in Ulm.

From WITec GmbH 12 Jun 2020

Optical Microscopy may Unravel Problems that Impact Humans’ Daily Lives

New Illinois ECE research is advancing the field of optical microscopy, giving the field a critical new tool to solve challenging problems across many fields of science and engineering including semiconductor wafer inspection, nanoparticle sensing, material characterization, biosensing, virus counting, and microfluidic monitoring.

8 Jun 2020

New Nanoparticle-Based Imaging Technique Captures Mechanical Properties of Living Cells

A first-of-its-kind nanoparticle-based in vivo imaging technique that may one day be used to help diagnose and even treat cancer has been developed by researchers collaborating from Michigan State, Johns Hopkins and Stanford universities.

30 Apr 2020