Sentences with phrase «observed under an electron microscope»

The scientists then reconstructed the synapses in three dimensions from slices that were observed under an electron microscope.

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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.

So researchers decided to take a closer look at duck plumage, observing feather filaments belonging to four species, including the mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), under an electron microscope.

Being able to reach a resolution of tens of nanometers with visible light meant that biological molecules could be observed while still alive, not under the harsh conditions necessary for an electron microscope.

UCLA mechanical aerospace engineer Pirouz Kavehpour and colleagues observed gentoo penguin feathers under a scanning electron microscope and spotted a jagged surface full of nano - sized pores.

«Utilizing the nanoparticle carrier with a core made of gold nanoparticles also made it possible to obtain evidence for the entry of nanoparticles into the tumor; we looked at the tumor under the electron microscope and observed the particles,» said post-doctoral fellow and first author Xiangsheng Liu.

Chisholm first observed the vesicles in 2008 when one of her graduate students, Anne Thompson, spotted tiny buds on the surface of Prochlorococcus under an electron microscope.