Not exact matches
The
only species Onstott has observed in action are nematode worms; he could see them squirming under a microscope, and took detailed
electron microscopy images of their hundredth - of - an - inch - long bodies.
The traditional methods used in materials science analysis, like high - powered
electron microscopy and spectroscopy, do not combine chemical insights with the spatial resolution of IR imaging, the researchers said, so they can
only provide average chemical measurements.
Scanning probe
microscopy (SPM) resolves
only surface features, and transmission
electron microscopy is limited to samples readily traversed by
electrons.
Using confocal laser
microscopy and
electron microscopy, coupled with the use of advanced synchrotron techniques at the Swiss Light Source, in Villigen (Switzerland), and at the Canadian Light Source in Saskatoon, Canada, the team was able to show that not
only the morphology of microbial twisted structures is preserved after long incubations under diagenetic conditions, but also organic remnants can be detected in the mineralized twisted structures.
Co-author Lisa Tell summarizes: «This study was exciting because not
only were we able to document the presence of a mite on feathers from two species of hummingbirds found in California, but we were also able to examine the positioning of live feather mites in situ with
electron microscopy that is portable enough to use in the field.»
«But we could not have achieved this result using
only electron microscopy, since it can
only display details and sections of the specimen,» Hoell emphasised.
Instead, urumin appears to
only disrupt the integrity of flu virus, as seen through
electron microscopy.
This is followed by the formation of giant cytoplasmic vacuoles in acinar cells, visible
only by
electron microscopy.