A transmitting electron microscope (TEM) ready for operation (photo by Nikky on Adobe Stock). Research capabilities are expanding at the Franceschi Microscopy and Imaging Center (FMIC) thanks to the ...

Scientists are combining an electron microscope with a quantum computer to squeeze far more information from each electron. The approach could reveal faint details with fewer electrons, helping ...

Electron microscopes are used wherever particularly small details need to be imaged. But from a strictly physical point of view, every electron in a conventional electron microscope represents a ...

Your browser does not support the video tag. Imagine being able to read the date on a coin that’s sitting on the moon, approximately 240,000 miles, or 384,000 km ...

Adapted from an article by Robert Sanders at UC Berkeley. Nearly 100 years ago, a discovery revolutionized light microscopy. The introduction of the phase-contrast microscope, which garnered a Nobel ...

Nearly 100 years ago, a seemingly simple discovery revolutionized the microscope. The introduction of phase-contrast, which garnered a Nobel Prize in 1953, brought into clear view structures inside ...

A laser (purple) is powerfully amplified by highly polished mirrors and focused on the electron beam (blue) to shift its phase and increase the cryo-EM microscope’s contrast, allowing biologists to ...

SEM stands for scanning electron microscope. The SEM is a microscope that uses electrons instead of light to form an image. Since their development in the early 1950s, scanning electron microscopes ...

Schematic diagram and photograph showing the ultrafast transmission electron microscopy integrated with transient optical spectroscopy capability, enabling co-registered measurements of electronic and ...

In this video Microscopy Specialist takes a look at a vinyl record, stylus, and cartridge under a hugely powerful scanning electron microscope (SEM) with up to 100,000× magnification and ~10 nm ...

When you think of a web browser, odds are your mind immediately jumps to Google Chrome. Since launching in 2008, Chrome has become the dominant web browser, regardless of the device. Thus, it makes ...