Nearly 100 years ago, a seemingly simple discovery revolutionized the microscope. The introduction of phase contrast, which ...
You know when you are at the eye doctor getting an updated prescription, and suddenly the world snaps into sharper focus? Physicists at the University of California (UC), Berkeley, have now done ...
There is a constant war going on in your body. Working against you are viruses and cancer cells growing uncontrollably, threatening your tissues and organs. Fighting on your side are immune cells such ...
For 15 years, structural biologists have debated the feasibility of a technology that could improve the resolution of protein structures produced by cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM). The technology, ...
A dark point inside a beam of light should not be much of a traveler. Yet in a new experiment, some of those points appeared to move faster than light itself, darting through a wave field before ...
Rechargeable magnesium batteries promise higher volumetric capacity and greater resource abundance than lithium-ion systems, ...
When it’s new, the battery in your phone or electric car works just fine. It charges, discharges, and recharges with smooth ...
Researchers in China found that fine tuning the lead(II) oxide (PbO) and silicon dioxide (SiO₂) molar ratio in silver paste ...
Uniqlo’s high-quality products at reasonable prices were a winning model in the deflationary market of post-bubble Japan.
Optical microscopy revealed that both AlSi10Mg and Alloy C achieved similar bulk densities of approximately 99.8–99.9% ...
Gold and platinum sputter coatings enhance SEM imaging of nanofibers by minimizing charging effects and preserving fine ...