Have you ever wondered what makes shark skin so tough and sleek? It's dermal denticles—tiny, tooth-like structures that cover a shark's skin. Made of the same material as teeth and shaped like small ...

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A team of researchers at the University of Victoria (UVic) have achieved an advance in electron microscopy that will allow scientists to visualize atomic-scale structures with unprecedented clarity ...

Discover how researchers achieved high-resolution atomic-scale images using low-cost electron microscopes, transforming microscopy accessibility.

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Scanning electron images show four types of denticle shapes found in bonnethead shark skin, arranged from least to most pointed (A–D). Samples come from juvenile and mature female sharks, revealing ...

A team of researchers at the University of Victoria (UVic) have achieved a major breakthrough in electron microscopy that will allow scientists to visualize atomic-scale structures with unprecedented ...

Researchers have developed a new cryo-imaging approach that allows for the imaging of thick biological samples with higher contrast and a fivefold increase in efficiency.

University of Victoria breakthrough will allow scientists to visualize atomic-scale structures using lower-cost and lower-energy microscopes ...

Breakthrough will allow scientists to visualize atomic-scale structures using lower-cost and lower-energy microscopes ...