When you’ve got a scanning electron microscope sitting around, you’re going to find ways to push the awesome envelope. [Ben Krasnow] is upping his SEM game with a new rig to improve image ...

Today we are machining some metal inside the scanning electron microscope! By creating a custom fixture, we can manually ...

All of these advantages, as well as the actual strikingly clear images, make the scanning electron microscope one of the most useful instruments in research today. The SEM is an instrument that ...

Scientists have discovered a unique sequence of minerals that formed from evaporated water in samples from Bennu.

Scientists have detected amino acids and complex mineral compounds in NASA's asteroid Bennu rocks, some never seen before in space rocks.

Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) has revolutionized the realm of microscopic analysis. By delivering astonishingly detailed images of minuscule entities such as insects, bacteria, or even the ...

The new device, a newer version of a transmission electron microscope, captures images of electrons in flight by hitting them with one- quintillionth-of-a-second electron pulses. This is quite a ...