Seeing What Nanoparticles Are Made Of
September 24, 2025
By combining cryo-TEM with EELS, researchers have mapped elements in soft and biomaterials at the nanometer scale for the first time
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Molecular Map of the Glycocalyx Could Transform Cancer Research
September 22, 2025
Scientists capture the cell’s sugar layer – crucial to a range of processes in health and disease – in unprecedented detail
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Atomic-Scale Insights into Methane-to-Syngas Catalysis
September 17, 2025
First operando TEM study under realistic conditions maps active sites for syngas production
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Dating a Dinosaur Egg, Directly
September 17, 2025
A methodological milestone in palaeontology could eliminate long-standing uncertainties in fossil dating
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Dual-Mode Optical System Sharpens Skin Cancer Diagnosis
September 12, 2025
AI-assisted imaging merges structure and chemistry for noninvasive classification of nonmelanoma cancers
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Ultrasound Microscopy Breaks Depth Barrier in Brain Imaging
September 8, 2025
MIT system combines three-photon excitation and photoacoustics for label-free, single-cell metabolic imaging deep in brain tissue
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Could this Snail Show Us How to Regrow Human Eyes?
By James Strachan
September 5, 2025
Genomic and developmental analyses reveal how the apple snail rebuilds a complex, camera-type eye from scratch
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Protein Mapping at Subcellular Resolution
August 26, 2025
By clustering protein signatures at the pixel level, PathoPlex offers a new perspective on tissue pathology and disease mechanisms
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New Microscopy Method Tackles Thick Tissues
By James Strachan
August 14, 2025
Open-access imaging technique improves both resolution and contrast – without changing the microscope
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Suckerfish-Inspired Adhesive Could Deliver Drugs to the Gut
By James Strachan
August 11, 2025
“What excites us is that we're just scratching the surface of biomimicry,” says MIT researcher Ziliang (Troy) Kang
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