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Nanophysics Aug 10, 2015

All-purpose optical method for observing physical, chemical or biological processes at the nanoscale

To gain even deeper insights into the smallest of worlds, the thresholds of microscopy must be expanded further. Scientists at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) and the TU Dresden, in cooperation with the Freie ...

Energy & Green Tech May 8, 2015

Sustainability of the built environment

In times of limited resources and continued evidence of significant climate change, sustainability is increasingly regarded as a topic of global importance. Consider areas such as design, energy, and materials: These core ...

Nanophysics Mar 19, 2015

What happens when a quantum dot looks in a mirror?

The 2014 chemistry Nobel Prize recognized important microscopy research that enabled greatly improved spatial resolution. This innovation, resulting in nanometer resolution, was made possible by making the source (the emitter) ...

Analytical Chemistry Oct 10, 2014

How does Stanford's Nobel winner illuminate dark cells, revealing life and death?

Molecules are busy actors on the cellular stage, gathering and dancing to create life and trigger death. But they had been too tiny to see in action, a frustrating scientific impasse - until three scientists, including Stanford ...

Analytical Chemistry Oct 8, 2014

Two Americans, one German win Chemistry Nobel for giving microscope sharper vision

Cell & Microbiology May 31, 2013

Scientists peer into a cell in real time

A dream of scientists has been to visualize details of structures within our cells in real time, a breakthrough that would greatly aid in the study of their function. However, even the best of current microscopes can take ...

General Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Apr 29, 2013

Scientists advance important microscopic technique for biomedical research

Scientists at TU Delft have made an important advancement in a new microscopic technique that is widely used in medical research. They demonstrate what the resolution of this localisation microscopy is and how the best resolution ...

Nanomaterials Apr 29, 2013

Scientists reach the ultimate goal: Controlling chirality in carbon nanotubes

An ultimate goal in the field of carbon nanotube research is to synthesise single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) with controlled chiralities. Twenty years after the discovery of SWNTs, scientists from Aalto University in ...

Cell & Microbiology Aug 6, 2012

Virtual nanoscopy: Like 'Google Earth' for cell biologists

Just as users of Google Earth can zoom in from space to a view of their own backyard, researchers can now navigate biological tissues from a whole embryo down to its subcellular structures thanks to recent advances in electron ...

Cell & Microbiology May 17, 2012

A new optical microscopy approach opens the door to better observations in molecular biology

Researchers from the Institut Pasteur and CNRS have set up a new optical microscopy approach that combines two recent imaging techniques in order to visualize molecular assemblies without affecting their biological functions, ...

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