Definition of microscopy
: the use of or investigation with a microscope
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Micro-CT scans combines microscopy and X-ray imaging to illustrate the inner world of tiny objects in intense detail.
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Kaltofen used an unusual technique that involves both electron microscopy and a specialized X-ray analysis that can detect extremely low levels of radioactive particles.
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The same problem applies to trying to see inside large samples using fluorescence microscopy.
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Ancoracysta twista Ancoracysta twista Electron microscopy of an ultrathin section through a cell.
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Another cutting-edge technique that helps make this new scope work is called lattice light-sheet microscopy, a technique Betzig pioneered earlier this decade.
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As the following images show, microscopy is now both art and science, a blend of data and design.
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Using transmission electron microscopy, researchers analyzed the tiny crystals within the diamonds to determine how they were formed.
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The researchers wanted to confirm that the visible (using microscopy) physical features were responsible for the improved performance and not some unusual chemistry at the polymer level.
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First Known Use of microscopy
circa 1665
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of microscopy
plural microscopies
: the use of or investigation with the microscope
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