Responsive technique: Jonathan Peters using an electron microscope at Trinity College Dublin (Courtesy: Lewys Jones and Jonathan Peters/Trinity College Dublin) A new scanning transmission electron ...

Unlike optical microscopy, SEM does not rely on light waves but instead uses a beam of electrons to interact with materials, enabling magnifications up to 300,000× and resolutions approaching 1 nm. 1 ...

Scanning transmission electron microscopy, or STEM, is a powerful imaging technique that enables researchers to study a material’s morphology, composition, and bonding behavior at the angstrom scale.

Have you ever seen a hibiscus flower? Although its petals have a range of colors, what makes the trumpet-shaped flower more ...

Electron microscopy has become a vital tool in structural biology, enabling researchers to visualize biological macromolecules at near-atomic resolution. Recent advances have transformed it from a low ...

Atoms measure roughly 0.1 nanometers across, a scale so small that scientists spent more than six decades developing ...

Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) is used to take high-resolution images of surface preparations and microstructures. In our research, we use SEM to examine the fine structural features of cells ...

The kidneys are vital organs that sustain life by filtering the blood and producing urine. This filtration process takes place in specialized structures called glomeruli, where podocytes play a ...

Key TakeawaysBerkeley Lab scientists developed a new way to determine atomic structures from nanocrystals previously ...