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Norovirus — highly contagious, really disgusting
It's also known as the 'vomiting bug.' Medics first discovered noroviruses in 1972 using an electron microscope. Since then, they've found a large variety of different noroviruses, several of ...
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Nanotech Scientists Build on an Insect’s Odd Soccer-Ball-Like Excretions to Design Ingenious Camouflage
In the early 1950s biologists at Brooklyn College were using an electron microscope to pursue a lead ... this trick of the light renders the insects stealthy on leaf surfaces where hungry insects ...
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Microscopic images reveal how herbs get their flavor
Oeggerli made images of herbs and spices with a scanning electron microscope, then enhanced ... the heat of compounds called piperines discourages insects from eating the plant.
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Introduction to Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) has revolutionized the realm of microscopic analysis. By delivering astonishingly detailed images of minuscule entities such as insects, bacteria, or even the ...