Stephanie Kuku had a career she loved: an NHS surgeon specialising in obstetrics and gynaecology. But as she approached her 38th birthday, she faced a dilemma. “I was single. I wanted more – a ...

For more than two decades, I have studied a condition that shapes the lives of about 10-13 percent of women. 1 This condition causes complex, wide-ranging symptoms such as irregular periods, excessive ...

Ovulation is when one of your ovaries releases a mature egg. To boost your chances of getting pregnant, it helps to know when you're ovulating. Then, you'll know when you and your partner should be ...

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The sixth annual competition showcases scientific microscopic imaging, illuminating tiny parts of nature, from individual cells to arthropods, diatoms and a zebrafish brain Carlyn Kranking | Associate ...

The electron microscope is a type of microscope that uses electrons to create an image of the target. It has much higher magnification or resolving power than a normal light microscope. Although ...

Funding is tight. Grants are rejected. Research equipment is too expensive. And these are complaints heard in well-heeled laboratories in the US and UK. In the following pages, we present inspiring ...

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Late 1600s – Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek constructed a microscope with a single spherical lens. It magnified up to ×275. 1800s - the optical quality of lenses increased and the microscopes ...

Electron microscopy uses a beam of electrons to illuminate a sample and achieve much higher spatial resolution than light microscopy. Transmission electron microscopy generates an image of the ...

Since the invention of the first prototype in the early 20th Century the electron microscope has allowed us to peer into the micromolecular world more deeply than ever. Image of blood clot using a ...