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How do scientists determine the texture of cells?

Posted on October 5, 2018

co-authored by Arielle Mensch & Yi Cui We recently received a very intriguing question from a 12-year old reader, Olivia, who asked, “How do scientists figure out the texture of cells?” This is a great …

Posted in Sustainable NanoTagged AFM, Arielle Mensch, cell membranes, cells, fluorescence, imaging, microscopes, microscopy, nanoparticles, SEM, STORM, topography, video, Yi Cui

Royal Rife’s Universal Microscope (and Why It Can’t Exist)

Posted on August 18, 2017

by Natalie Hudson-Smith edited by Merve Doğangün In the 1930s, microscope designer Royal Rife made a splash with reports that he had designed a new microscope that could view nanoscale objects such as viruses!1 The …

Posted in Sustainable NanoTagged color, Merve Doğangün, microscopes, microscopy, Natalie Hudson-Smith, pseudoscience, SEM, TEM, viruses, wavelength4 Comments

How Can We Photograph the Nanosized World?

Posted on May 4, 2016

by Ben Frank edited by Alicia McGeachy If you think back to primary school science class, you may recall looking at cells or bacteria under a microscope. I remember being fascinated that I could look …

Posted in Sustainable NanoTagged Alicia McGeachy, Ben Frank, microscopes, pollen, resolution, SEM, TEM2 Comments

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