What does "resolution" mean here? Microscopy puzzle solved

New microscopy method can identify molecules: The question of resolution proved to be a difficult puzzle

11-Feb-2025 - When judging the quality of a microscope, the crucial question is: How large are the smallest structures that can just be made visible with it? How close can two objects come to each other before they can no longer be seen as two separate objects, but blur into a single image blob? With ...

Researchers have succeeded for the first time in analyzing nanovesicles and proteins in parallel

This is important to determine the quality of a sample and to clearly attribute effects to the transport vesicles

26-Oct-2021 - To transport substances between cells, they are packaged in nanovesicles. The small vesicles are surrounded by a lipid layer and fuse with the cell membrane at their destination. Within the body, they control many important processes. However, it is still unclear whether the influence in ...

Molecule flash mob

20-Jan-2017 - Neurotransmitter transporters are some of the most popular transport proteins in research as they play a major role in the processing of signals in the brain. A joint study by TU Wien and the Medical University of Vienna has now successfully demonstrated for the first time the structural impact ...

Sights set on innovation: New approaches to vision with microchips holds out prospects for the blind

13-May-2015 - To date, chip-based retinal implants have only permitted a rudimentary restoration of vision. However, modifying the electrical signals emitted by the implants could change that. This is the conclusion of the initial published findings of a project sponsored by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, ...