Researchers say the innovation, known as SmartEM, will speed scanning sevenfold and open the field of connectomics to a ...

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From spines on neurons to pollen on an insect’s eye, the winners of Nikon’s Small World photo contest offer a kaleidoscopic glimpse into a tiny world. These water fleas (Daphnia sp.) can reproduce ...

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The intricate, hidden processes that sustain coral life are being revealed through a new microscope developed by scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The diver-operated ...

Enterprise social governance comes and goes. When profits are hit, the commitment to worthy “social” causes wobbles. If, for instance, profit hasn’t been registered in the past three quarters, ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Scanning electrochemical cell microscopy (SECCM) produces nanoscale-resolution ...

Researchers have invented an entirely new field of microscopy -- nuclear spin microscopy. The team can visualize magnetic signals of nuclear magnetic resonance with a microscope. Quantum sensors ...

The world’s first fully 3D-printed microscope can be made in a few hours and for a fraction of the cost of traditional ones. “It’s not just enabling, it’s empowering,” says Gail McConnell at the ...