Sentences with phrase «called scanning electron microscopes»

Viruses are the smallest of know living organisms, and can only be seen with special microscopes called scanning electron microscopes, that cost millions of dollars (ours is on order).

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DEEP DEVELOPMENT Diamonds (dark grey) begin to form from minerals containing iron and magnesium (white) and from carbon - oxygen compounds called carbonates (light grey) in a scanning electron microscope image.

Matthew Shawkey at the University of Akron in Ohio and colleagues trained a scanning electron microscope on the fossil's feathers and found tiny structures called melanosomes, which contained dark pigment.