Researchers develop non-destructive spectrometry technique for analyzing fragile archaeological ivory

A research team led by Prof. Wang Zhenyou at the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...
Phys.org

ROSE-3D advances isotropic 3D super-resolution microscopy

In a study published in Nature Methods on December 2, a research team led by Profs. Xu Tao and Ji Wei from the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a ...
The Conversation

Examining mushrooms under microscopes can help engineers design stronger materials

Mohamed Khalil Elhachimi does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...
C&EN

Electric Patch-Clamp Probing and Computational Studies of Lipid Bilayer Structural Fluctuations Induced by Methylamphetamine on a Neuronal Cell Membrane

Investigating how the central nervous system stimulant methylamphetamine (METH) disrupts neuronal cell membranes is crucial, as lack of knowledge of the molecular-level disruptions-such as complex ...
Science Daily

A completely new type of microscopy based on quantum sensors

Researchers have invented an entirely new field of microscopy -- nuclear spin microscopy. The team can visualize magnetic signals of nuclear magnetic resonance with a microscope. Quantum sensors ...
Frontiers

Electrophysiological properties of melanin-concentrating hormone neuron subpopulations defined by anatomical localization and CART expression

Division of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, St. John’s, NL, Canada Introduction: Melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) neurons are essential regulators of energy and ...
New Atlas

$35 lens turns any smartphone into a powerful microscope

Six years on from the first iMicro smartphone microscope, the team has unveiled its latest: the iMicro Q3p, a fingertip-sized, lightweight device that makes microscopy inexpensive, portable and ...
eLife

Astrocytes mediate two forms of spike timing-dependent depression at entorhinal cortex-hippocampal synapses

This valuable study reports the existence of specific spike-timing dependent synaptic plasticity processes at two excitatory synapses of the dentate gyrus granule cells. These synapses link the ...