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Researchers in the United States have built a technology that boosts the performance of electron microscopes, offering detailed images of small molecules and cell structures.
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United States, Berkeley
Who
Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley physicists, Holger Müller
What
Researchers in the United States have built a technology that boosts the performance of electron microscopes, offering detailed images of small molecules and cell structures.
When
Mon, 15 Jun 2026 04:25:00 GMT · 3h 24m ago
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United States, Berkeley ·
Why
The new technique delivers 10,000 times the magnification of light microscopy, crucial for understanding biology and disease.
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This advancement in electron microscopy, featuring a laser-based phase plate and a new custom microscope called Theia, enables clearer, sharper images and more accurate atomic models of molecules, potentially transforming biology and disease research. It is expected to significantly improve the study of cellular processes by capturing molecules in their natural states at higher resolutions.
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