Researchers have captured the dynamic nature of nuclear pore complexes with AFM, reshaping our understanding of intracellular ...

Understanding optical resolution is key in microscopy, highlighting the diffraction limit and innovations in super-resolution ...

(a) A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of the nanoneedle probe used for the measurements. (b) Elasticity map of a 1 µm × 1 µm area on the nuclear surface, showing the change in elasticity ...

TEM works by accelerating electrons, typically with energies between 80 and 300 kV, and directing them through a specimen thin enough for electron transmission. Because of their very short wavelength ...

Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM) is one of the foremost imaging and analytical techniques, able to offer both the high spatial resolution of transmission electron microscopy and the ...

Electron microscopy has become a vital tool in structural biology, enabling researchers to visualize biological macromolecules at near-atomic resolution. Recent advances have transformed it from a low ...

Felipe Rivera, director of the microscopy facility at BYU, stands in front of one of the university’s new transmission electron microscopes, which will allow undergraduate students to capture 3D ...

The well-known technique of microtomy, which is an essential cutting tool, was first developed for light and transmission electron microscope uses, but it is currently also utilized to prepare ...

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have reimagined the capabilities of atomic force microscopy, or AFM, transforming it from a tool for imaging nanoscale features ...

The retina is the light-sensitive inner layer of the eye, consisting of multiple cell types organized into ten distinct layers of neurons interconnected by synapses that play a crucial role in visual ...