Nearly 100 years ago, a seemingly simple discovery revolutionized the microscope. The introduction of phase contrast, which ...

The left side illustrates a schematic of electric field observation of the space charge layer at the grain boundary. An electron beam tilted at various angles (tilt-scan-averaged electron beam) scans ...

Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) can help scientists determine the three-dimensional structure of proteins in unprecedented detail. Jacques Dubochet, former group leader at EMBL, shared the 2017 ...

Fifteen years ago, physicists worked out a method to increase image contrast by hitting the electron imaging beam with an ...

Lipids and proteins compartmentalize biological membranes into nanoscale domains, which are crucial for signalling, intracellular trafficking and many other cellular processes. Studying nanodomain ...

Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley physicists' new technique offers detailed images of the small molecules and cell structures that ...

Linkam Scientific Instruments, a market leader in temperature-controlled microscopy, has reported on the use of its temperature-controlled stages for CLEM and fluorescence microscopy to assist in ...

With a so-called cryo plasma-FIB (Plasma Focused Ion Beam) scanning electron microscope with nanomanipulator, Goethe University in Frankfurt (Germany) is expanding its research infrastructure with a ...

From paints and inks to catalysts and drug-delivery materials, many advanced technologies rely on substances dispersed in ...

It takes just a few milliseconds: A vesicle, only a few nanometers in size and filled with neurotransmitters, approaches a cell membrane, fuses with it, and releases its chemical messengers into the ...

The image taken at the CFcryo-EM (Core Facility for cryo-Electron Microscopy) captures the moment during which a vesicle (arrow) fuses with the cell membrane. By superimposing several electron ...

Oxidation and corrosion are fundamental phenomena that profoundly impact the performance and longevity of metals and alloys across various applications. These processes can lead to significant ...