Quantum microscopes reveal biological structures that would otherwise be impossible to see.
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Van Leeuwenhoek, who discovered bacteria, is one of the most important figures in the history of medicine, laying the groundwork for today’s understanding of infectious disease.
Engineering students in Malawi and Tanzania have used the materials and tools available to them to build ventilators, personal protective equipment and UV disinfection systems.
Nanodiamonds aren’t just cellular bling: they could be used to better understand the development of cancer in our cells.
Viruses exist in a realm where there is no light and colour has no meaning. In their COVID-19 depictions, designers, illustrators and communicators make some highly creative and evocative decisions.
Born on July 18, 1635, this polymath broke ground in fields ranging from pneumatics, microscopy, mechanics and astronomy to civil engineering and architecture.
Our view of this essential dimension of earth’s biome has been shaped by the manufacturers of cleaning products.
Even though you don’t think of your mobile phone as being anything like a microscope, it’s got almost all the parts you need.
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Professor of Quantum and Precision Technologies, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Bioengineering, Rice University
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Research Officer, RMIT University
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Associate Professor in Marketing, Trinity College Dublin
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Lecturer in Media, Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics and Data Modelling, University of Bristol
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Senior Lecturer, School of Creative Industries, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Malawi
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Researcher, Department of Solid State Physics, Lund University
