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a new technique that allows them to expand tissue 20-fold before imaging it
Technology

Making high-resolution imaging more accessible

Amit Malewar

A new expansion technique to image nanoscale structures inside cells.

3D reconstruction of a spherical colony of 70 choanoflagellates
Science

Another unusual creature found lurking in California’s Mono Lake

Amit Malewar

Colonies of these choanoflagellates have their own unique microbiomes.

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Technology

The world’s fastest microscope that can see electrons in motion

Amit Malewar

Freeze-frame!

Spiral-tip motion
Nanotechnology

Deciphering dynamics of electric charge

Amit Malewar

New tool presents precise, holistic picture of devices, materials.

High resolution transmission electron microscope images
Invention

A new membrane platform to analyze ‘down to a handful of gas atoms’

Ashwini Sakharkar

Ultra-thin ceramic membrane.

Atomic map of high-entropy alloy
Chemistry

Scientists created 3D maps of the next-generation alloys

Amit Malewar

3D atomic details of next-generation alloys.

new superlens technique
Physics

A new pathway to achieve superlensing without a superlens

Amit Malewar

Microscopes boosted beyond limits.

high-resolution images of things like this bacterial cell
Invention

Getting high-resolution images of individual proteins in cells

Pranjal Malewar

Tearing apart a million-dollar microscope – for science.

Image showing Posidonia Shale.
Environment

“Golden” fossils reveal origins of exceptional preservation

Vidya Nagalwade

All that glitters is not gold, even in the case of fossils.

Image showing fungi
Science

The positive benefits of fungi on coral have yet to be entirely understood

Vidya Nagalwade

Fungi can help protect coral reefs from climate change.

holographic microscope
Invention

New microscope allows scientists to see through the skull and image the brain

Pranjal Malewar

The new label-free deep-tissue imaging with the wave correction algorithm.

Suliana Manley
AI & Machine Learning

Automating microscope control for imaging biological events

Ashwini Sakharkar

Intelligent microscopes for detecting rare biological events.

This light-shrinking material turns a conventional light microscope into a super-resolution microscope
Technology

Turning a conventional light microscope into a super-resolution microscope

Ashwini Sakharkar

Light-shrinking material lets ordinary microscopes see in super-resolution.

a new type of hydrogel
Technology

A technique for imaging biological samples with accuracy

Ashwini Sakharkar

The method offers inexpensive imaging at the scale of virus particles.

Temperature of C. elegans measured via tracking of embedded nanodiamonds
Quantum Technology

Quantum thermometer using nanodiamonds senses a fever in live, microscopic animals

Amit Malewar

Get diamonds, take the temperature.

Technology

Revolutionizing fluorescence microscopy using a new type of microscope slide

Ashwini Sakharkar

Fluorescence microscopy works by detecting the light that compounds called fluorophores transmit when energized. All the more explicitly, fluorophores retain light at a given...

The algorithm performs the calculation in just a few seconds and generates a single number© 2019 EPFL
Technology

Universal algorithm set to boost microscopes

Amit Malewar

An universal algorithm that can determine whether a super-resolution microscope is operating at a maximum resolution based on a single image.

It works like an MRI machine that generates images of cells from all angles using their refractive index and then compiles 3D images with the help of an advanced software© 2019 Alain Herzog
Invention

Automated microscope gives a look inside live cell populations

Amit Malewar

EPFL scientists have recently come up with a next-generation microscope that can show live cells function and react under various experimental conditions. Called as...

World's tiniest flatoscope
Technology

Scientists designed lens-free fluorescent microscope

Editorial Team

According to Rice University engineers with a notion that lenses are no longer necessary for some microscopes since they are developing FlatScope, a thin fluorescent...

Scientists Make Droplet Microscope From Droplets
Technology

Scientists Make Droplet Microscope From Droplets

Amit Malewar

Liquid droplets are real magnifier that act as lens. Microscopes on this principle were state of the art in the 17th century. Once again, MIT...

New Smartphone Microscope To Power Artificial Systems
Technology

New Smartphone Microscope To Play Games

Amit Malewar

Observational microscopy has greatly helped biology education. Still, we cannot easily and playfully interact with the microscopic world. Therefore, scientists from the Stanford University...

Thermal Noise Imaging Method 3-D Images by Mapping Negative Space
3D Printing

Thermal Noise Imaging Method 3-D Images by Mapping Negative Space

Amit Malewar

Scientists from the University of Texas at Austin, have discovered a new method. This method captures three-dimensional images of structures in organic material. They...

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