New Atlases Will Map All 180+ Billion Cells in the Human Brain
Columbia-led team wins $9.1 million research grant to create fundamentally new maps that will chart cell diversity throughout the brains of humans. Researchers at Columbia…
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Hidden Inscription on Early Modern Funerary Cross Revealed by Terahertz Imaging
Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Georgia Tech-Lorraine employed terahertz imaging and signal processing techniques to peer behind the corroded surface of a…
Groundbreaking X-Ray Lens Provides Incredible Glimpse Into the Nanoworld
Paul Scherrer Institute scientists have developed a groundbreaking achromatic lens for X-rays. This allows the X-ray beams to be accurately focused on a single point…
Molecular Movie Reveals How To Get Chloride Ions Into the Cell
For the first time, a molecular movie has captured in detail the process of an anion transported across the cell membrane by a light-fuelled protein…
Landmark Advancement in Flow Cytometry Technology With Potential To Transform Immunology and Genomics Research
Technology breakthrough has potential to transform wide range of disciplines from immunology and genomics research to cell-based therapeutics. BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX),…
Sneezes, Rain Clouds and Ink Jets: Improved Accuracy in Measuring Microdroplets
Scientists boost the accuracy of optical microscopes to image microdroplets in flight and apply the method to analyze the concentration of plastic nanoparticles. Sneezes, rain…
New Imaging Method Visualizes Blood Flow in the Brain Down to a Single Blood Cell
Researchers from the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology and Saratov State University have come up with an inexpensive method for visualizing blood flow in…
MIT Chemists Get Quantum Dots To Stop Blinking
New approach solves a persistent problem of intermittency that has hindered use of the tiny light emitters for biological imaging or quantum photonics. Quantum dots,…
“Magic Wand” Reveals a Previously Invisible Colorful Nano-World
Novel color photography using a high-efficiency probe can super-focus white light into a 6-nanometer spot for nanoscale color imaging. Scientists have developed new materials for…
Peeking Into a Chrysalis, Incredible Videos Capture Butterfly Wings Forming During Metamorphosis
The findings could inform the design of new materials such as iridescent windows or waterproof textiles. If you brush against the wings of a butterfly,…
Study of Mice Watching Movies Reveals Brain Circuit That Ensures Vision Remains Reliable
A study of mice watching movies shows our brain cells rely on a circuit of inhibitory neurons to help ensure that the same images are…
Scientists Have Found a Way To “See” Single Cells Using Sound
If you are a researcher who wants to see how just a few cells in an organism are behaving, it is no simple task. The…
Stunning Images Captured Using the Glowing Properties of Plant Cells
Scientists have come a long way since Antonie van Leeuwenhoek discovered teeming colonies of previously invisible bacteria and protozoa while peering through his custom-made microscopes….
Capturing the Intricacies of the Brain’s Activity at Unprecedented Resolution
The neuroactivity of one million neurons in the mouse brain, at unprecedented resolution. Credit: Alipasha Vaziri New microscopy technique reveals activity of one million neurons…
Scientists Are First in the World To Watch Plants “Drink” Water in Real-Time
Scientists at the University of Nottingham have become the first in the world to find a way to observe how plant roots take in and…
New Quantum Stopwatch With Ultrafast “Time Lens” Can Improve Imaging Technologies
Researchers at CU Boulder have designed one of the most precise stopwatches yet—not for timing Olympic sprinters and swimmers but for counting single photons, or…
Unprecedented Resolution of Novel Microscope Pins Down the Miracle of Molecular Oxygen
Researchers at the University of Regensburg track the first step of the reaction of one single dye pigment with oxygen at unprecedented resolution. Why is…
Harnessing the Dark Side: Optical Singularities Could Be Used for a Wide Range of Applications
When we think about singularities, we tend to think of massive black holes in faraway galaxies or a distant future with runaway AI, but singularities…
