Coffee as a staining agent substitute in electron microscopy

To ensure that the tissue structures of biological samples are easily recognizable under the electron microscope, they are treated with a staining agent. The standard staining agent for this is uranyl ...
The American Bazaar

Harvard’s Aravinthan Samuel gets a better look at brains

Indian American researcher’s new AI-enhanced scanning method promises to boost quest for high-resolution mapping of the brain ...
Physics World

‘Event-responsive’ electron microscopy focuses on fragile samples

Responsive technique: Jonathan Peters using an electron microscope at Trinity College Dublin (Courtesy: Lewys Jones and Jonathan Peters/Trinity College Dublin) A new scanning transmission electron ...
The Scientist

The Expansion of Volume Electron Microscopy

With the inventions of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) in 1931 and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) shortly after in 1937, scientists gained an unprecedented ultrastructural view of the ...
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Toward a quantum electron microscope: a compact pulse hollow cone hybrid TEM/SEM by CityUHK to revolutionize electron microscopy

Attending the RAISe+ Scheme Signing Ceremony are Professor Chen Fu-Rong (2nd left) and his research team members: Professor Hsueh Yu-Chun (1st left), Dr Chen Yan (2nd right) and Mr Chen Yuchi (1st ...
Technology Networks

Microscopes That "Work Like Human Eyes" Help To Build a Picture of the Brain's Connectome

Using machine learning to guide microscopes could reveal greater insights into the brain's connectome and deepen our ...
AZoNano

Electron Microscopy in Industry: Quality Control and Failure Analysis

They can image a wide range of materials and biological samples with high magnification, resolution, and depth of field, thereby revealing surface structure and chemical composition. Industries like ...
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A view into the innermost workings of life: Hesse's first scanning electron microscope with nanomanipulator inaugurated in at Goethe University

Goethe University Frankfurt (Germany) ceremonially commissioned a state-of-the-art cryo plasma-FIB scanning electron microscope with nanomanipulator worth more than 5 million euros on Thursday. The ...