The Scientist

How the Electron Microscope Reveals Ultra-Fine Structures

Electron microscopy is a powerful technique that provides high-resolution images by focusing a beam of electrons to reveal fine structural details in biological and material specimens. 2 Because ...

Physicists introduce phase contrast to electron microscopy, delivering sharper images of our body's tiniest proteins

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

The world’s fastest microscope captures electrons down to the attosecond

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Phys.org

Freeze-frame: Researchers develop world's fastest microscope that can see electrons in motion

Imagine owning a camera so powerful it can take freeze-frame photographs of a moving electron—an object traveling so fast it could circle the Earth many times in a matter of a second. Researchers at ...
TweakTown

Scientists create world's fastest microscope capable of capturing electrons in motion

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. A team of researchers from the University of Arizona have penned a new study detailing the creation of a microscope capable of capturing the speed of a ...
EurekAlert!

Reimagining electron microscopy: Bringing high-end resolution to lower-cost microscopes

A comparison of experimental annular dark field (ADF)-scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) and electron ptychography in uncorrected and aberration-corrected electron microscopes. In the ...

In 1931, electromagnetic lenses helped scientists see a world ordinary microscopes could not reach

In 1931, physicists Knoll and Ruska unveiled the first electron microscope, revolutionizing science by using magnetic lenses ...
Physics World

‘Event-responsive’ electron microscopy focuses on fragile samples

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 ...
Nature

Identifying plant fibres in cultural heritage with optical and electron microscopy: how to present results and avoid pitfalls

Identification of archaeological and historical textile fibres is important because it gives insight into resource management in former times. The arrival of new tools such as table-top scanning ...
Nature

Concept and demonstration of a low-cost compact electron microscope enabled by a photothermionic carbon nanotube cathode

The scanning electron microscope (SEM) delivers high resolution, high depth of field, and an image quality as if microscopic objects are seen by the naked eye. This makes it not only a powerful ...
sciencex

Imaging living cells: First scanning electron microscope with nanomanipulator inaugurated

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 ...