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Gravity feed: tiny oyster larvae depend on dense shells and gravity to draw in food

A new WHOI-developed tool for studying microscopic marine organisms sheds light on the feeding behavior of oyster larvae and ...

[Nikon Model H Microscope] Reading the Instruction Manual [An Engineer's Weekend]

Key points of this articleThe Nikon Model H is not just a small microscope. Reading the original English instruction manual ...
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Tiny Janus Particles That Bounce Light Back Could Transform DNA Testing

Imagine a diagnostic test so simple that it needs nothing more exotic than a microscope, a microfluidic chip, and a handful ...

Letting light wander through milk—a surprising approach to better imaging

Light scattered in tissue usually ceases to be a useful source of information. But what if, instead of forcing it to travel ...
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Physicists steer attosecond electron currents with sculpted light in a tunneling microscope

For decades, the scanning tunnelling microscope has been the gold standard for seeing matter one atom at a time. By hovering ...