Nearly 100 years ago, a seemingly simple discovery revolutionized the microscope. The introduction of phase contrast, which ...

In a landmark achievement in biological imaging, researchers at Biohub and the University of California, Berkeley today ...

Fifteen years ago, physicists worked out a method to increase image contrast by hitting the electron imaging beam with an ...

In a landmark achievement in biological imaging, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and Biohub today ...

From paints and inks to catalysts and drug-delivery materials, many advanced technologies rely on substances dispersed in ...

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Many natural processes, ranging from magnetism to chemical reactions, entail the movement and rotation of particles at very ...

A scanning electron microscope image of a supergiant Euplotes gigatrox cell. (Ben Larson/Samuel Lord) A newly discovered ...

According to [Asianometry], no one believed in the scanning electron microscope. No one, that is, except [Charles Oatley].The video below tells the whole story. The Cambridge graduate built radios ...