captured with an electron microscope; scale of 50 nanometers (approximately 0.000002 inches). Credit: Vinayak Dravid/Northwestern University This phenomenon, observed through an innovative microscopy ...

The trunk of each 'Christmas tree' (a transcription unit) represents a DNA molecule; the tree branches (granular strings attached to the DNA) are RNA molecules that have been transcribed from the DNA.

SEM stands for scanning electron microscope. The SEM is a microscope that uses electrons ... special preparations must be done to the sample. All water must be removed from the samples because the ...

Two laboratories recently used cryo-electron microscopy to directly image ... individual hydrogen atoms in the apoferritin molecule and the water surrounding it. For years, the standard way ...

We all know the ingredients for water. You take two atoms of hydrogen and one of oxygen, moosh them together just so, and ...

A new microscope is capable of live imaging of biological processes in such detail that moving protein complexes are visible.

In Nijmegen, Netherlands, researchers have installed the world's first microscope capable of live imaging of biological ...

Until now, this was only possible using expensive structural biology methods such as electron ... With ONE microscopy, the ...

The Electron and Scanning Probe Microscopy Unit provides solutions for imaging and analysis at the nanoscale. The unit houses two scanning electron microscopes, two scanning probe microscopes and ...

Scanning Electron ... microscopy, can now be visualized in impressive detail using SEM. The intricate designs of nanomaterials, the novel structures of nanoparticles, and the complex arrangements of ...

Inner membranes of live mitochondria under a STED microscope imaged using the MitoPB Yellow fluorescent marker molecule created ... than a Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM), requiring about ...

When all you’ve got is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. And when you’ve got a scanning electron microscope, everything must look like a sample that would be really, really interesting ...