Thin section petrography, geochemistry, scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction are key scientific methods used to investigate the raw materials, origins and production technology of ...

Originally, explanatory conflicts hampered the use of freeze-fracture, but once these were remedied, the method prospered during the 1970s and 1980s, offering breakthroughs in the interpretation of ...

Reflection-contrast microscopy is a type of light microscopy that can be used to analyze single cells, biopsies, and other small objects. In contrary to most light microscopy techniques, ...

Discover how Professor Sarah Haigh uses electron microscopy to advance material science, from 2D materials to catalysts, with ...

A research team led by NIMS has, for the first time, produced nanoscale images of two key features in an ultra-thin material: ...

TEM works by transmitting a beam of electrons through an ultra-thin specimen. As the electrons interact with the specimen, they are scattered or transmitted, producing an image that is magnified and ...

Researchers performing cryo-EM experiments can acquire the training to make their own cryo-EM and negative-stain grids, and collect and process their own high-resolution data. We also offer sample ...

The ability to precisely study and manipulate electrons in electron microscopes could open new possibilities for the ...

Conventional light microscopy has its limits. Light, being a wave, is subject to diffraction which severely limits the size of structures one can resolve. To be able to observe parts of an organism ...

After 15 years of research, the late, Nobel Prize-winning, scientist Roger Tsien and his colleagues bring multicolor labels to electron microscopy. Three new discoveries have already emerged. Every ...