Sentences with phrase «said microscopic structures»

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«At the very microscopic level,» he says, «we have developed techniques like two - photon microscopy, which allows extremely detailed examinations of structures and processes within cells.»

He said glass appeared to be structured randomly, but it was actually quite ordered at the microscopic level of a few atoms.

Other potential applications for sasers include detecting defects in microscopic structures and improving signal processing in semiconductor chips, the scientists say.

«Linking observable properties, such as viscosity to microscopic structures, is what physical chemistry is all about,» co-lead author Hajime Tanaka says.

«We have made, by far, the most precise extraction to date of a key property of the quark - gluon plasma, which reveals the microscopic structure of this almost perfect liquid,» says Xin - Nian Wang, physicist in the Nuclear Science Division at Berkeley Lab and managing principal investigator of the JET Collaboration.

Michael Barnhardt, a senior research scientist at NASA ARC and principal investigator of the Entry Systems Modeling Project, said the X-ray work opens a new window into the structure and strength properties of materials at the microscopic scale, and expands the tools and processes NASA uses to «test drive» spacecraft materials before launch.

«In order to understand how a system chooses its rearrangement scenario,» said Douglas Durian, professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania, «we must make connection with the underlying microscopic structure.

«Thin microscopic sections of dirt samples show organization of soil grains, revealing whether an earthen structure was human - built or laid down as part of a natural sedimentation process,» Kidder said.

«This accurate local structure is the important piece in relating the microscopic to macroscopic, or intrinsic properties of the ions in solution to collective properties,» said Mundy, who led the studies at PNNL.