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Microscopic Folds Enhances Plastic Solar Cell Efficiency

Researchers from the Princeton University have conducted a study to improve the power output of solar cells. The researchers were inspired by the simple leaf structure, which is flexible and simultaneously absorbs sunlight to produce energy and nutrients for a tree.

2 May 2012

Looking Through the Mirror: Optical Microcavities Show Strong Interaction with Conductive Surface

A team of researchers from Spain have shown that the interactions which occur between charges or magnets and a good electrical conductor can be extended to optical microcavities under external illumination.

1 May 2012

The Linkam TH60-6 Warm Stage Used for Study of Bird Hybridization

Market leaders in temperature controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments report on the use of their TH60-6 warm stage to study bird hybridization at the Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala, Sweden.

30 Apr 2012

Researchers Develop Affordable, Portable Microscope for Oral Cancer Detection

A team of scientists from the University of Texas at Austin has devised a handheld microscope that shows promise in decreasing the time consumption to detect oral cancer.

30 Apr 2012

Two National Laboratories Install Xradia’s 3D X-Ray Imaging Systems

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) have each installed the UltraXRM-L200, Xradia’s lab-based microscope that delivers three-dimensional visualization at a resolution down to 50 nm.

25 Apr 2012

New Method Employs Super-Resolution Microscopy to Study Dynamic Cellular Processes

Bo Huang, an assistant professor at Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of California San Francisco, and Lei Zhu, an assistant professor at George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering of the Georgia Institute of Technology, have developed a new technique that enables a super-resolution microscope to perform live-cell imaging.

25 Apr 2012