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Video Microscopy Unveils the Tricks of Nature’s Toughest Glue, Oozed By a Bacterium
A soybean-shaped bacterium called Caulobacter crescentus, found in freshwater and seawater, makes one of the strongest adhesives in the world....
Video: Researchers Produce the First High-Quality 3-D Images of an Individual Protein
Hacking the electron microscope
Video: Researchers Watch Type 1 Diabetes As It Unfolds, in Real Time
Real-time immune attack could pinpoint new interventions, thanks to a new procedure
Mice Finally Get That Microscope Hat They’ve Been Wanting
Scientists use mice for all kinds of fun things, from injecting old mice with young mouse blood to training them...
Researchers Capture “Natural Killer” White Blood Cells in Action in Highest Resolution Ever
Researchers at Imperial College London and the University of Oxford have pioneered a new technique to see exactly how our...
Single-Molecule Motor Runs on Electricity, Could Be Used for Single-Cell Surgery
We’ve seen single-molecule “motors” before, but they’re pretty primitive, motors only in the most basic sense of the word. But...
Holographic Microscope Detects Bacteria on the Cheap
Researchers at UCLA have built a cheap, optics-free holographic microscope capable of detecting bacteria like E. coli in things like...
Japanese Researchers Develop a Way to Turn Biological Tissue Transparent
Can be used to study brain function, or just to look cool
New Microscope Uses X-Rays To Resolve Nanoscale Details
A new type of X-ray microscope — or more appropriately, nanoscope — is another big breakthrough in the world of...
Advanced Optics That Let Telescopes See Deep Into Space Will Help Microscopes See Deep Inside Cells
Adaptive optics techniques used for the world’s most powerful telescopes will be used to image the smallest processes in living...
