MetaFilter posts tagged with microscopy

Pepsi Big Blue

grouse — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:42:51 -0800

Scientists image single molecule with atomic force microscopy. See the original abstract in Science. CNET reproduces a representation of the experiment.

To isolated dwellers in such a community, possessed of higher tastes and feelings, our Society may be made a priceless boon

jessamyn — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:24:23 -0800

"The design of the Society is specially to afford, to dwellers in remote parts of the country, by means of postal facilities, the advantages derivable from interchange of thought on such subjects of common interest as may be elucidated by the microscope." from the Journal of the Postal Microscopical Society c. 1882. It might interest you to know that the Postal Microscopical Society is still in existence and that there are other microscopical societies around the world. Now you can look at slides from the Victorian Era or present day without waiting for the mailman. [previously]

Nanobliss: now with extra audacity, hope and change!

kosem — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:31:29 -0800

Nanobliss "Nanobliss is a gallery of visualizations of small-scale structures of carbon nanotubes and silicon, created by John Hart." I came for the awesome Nanobamas [Flickr set here], but was impressed enough with the rest to share the whole. Enjoy---particularly the informative techniques page. At the very least, have a look at some of the pretty nano pictures.

Zoom into Aluminium

Tube — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:39:59 -0800

Accomplished by seamlessly blending images captured with different photo and microscopy techniques – and some deal of illustration – delve deep into the matter, from the hair above to concrete, steel and more in the Weird, Weird Science Channel. Via forgetomori

Microchip microscope

Kronos_to_Earth — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:04:02 -0800

Researchers working on optofluidic microscopy at the California Institute of Technology have developed a minuscule microscope that works without lenses.... (via) "Developing optofluidic technology through the fusion of microfluidics and optics"[pdf]

Orders of Magnitude

Kronos_to_Earth — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:07:59 -0800

Leave the planet to travel into the largest structures of the universe, then plunge into the tiniest. Forty two orders of magnitude in thirty six minutes.... Cosmic Voyage. (single link Google video via) The picture is a little pixelated, and you might need to turn up the volume a bit. It might just have been my connection.

Shedding Light on Life

Frankieist — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:02:37 -0800

Light makes a comeback. “New technologies — more sophisticated imaging techniques, fluorescent molecules that act as beacons of light in the cell, and the computing power to gather and stitch together multiple images and create videos from high-powered microscopes — make it possible to harness one of light’s key advantages: gentleness. Unlike higher-resolution techniques, light microscopes can image biological structures without killing them or chemically fixing them. At Harvard, the resurgence of light microscopy is making it possible to see structures and events that have never before been seen in the context of living cells and organisms.” Also don't miss the video samples of “in vivo” imagining.

Who thought cancer could be so beautiful

fearfulsymmetry — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:54:54 -0800

The Wellcome Image Awards. Gallery. How they were made. From the Welcome Collection (previously)

Bug Portraits

Feisty — Tue, 09 Mar 2004 09:24:27 -0800

Bug Portraits by Frank Phillips. ". . .I always keep in mind the goal of capturing the bug from an angle that we humans don't normally see...and I believe that it shows in my work."

kokogiak — Mon, 07 May 2001 14:44:17 -0800

Nanotech Machines overrun by (relatively) giant bugs. Electron Microscope imagery has such a great look to it. Here's a series of images from the folks at Sandia Labs, who - while imaging their micro-machines - placed some interesting creatures in the frame for scale.