<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ab672635-7070-46d1-9d48-697d107743e9/65236D30-EBBD-4874-A0DA-7081DDC5AD93/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/07/01/scientists-develop-incredible-x-ray-vision-microscope/" href="http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/07/01/scientists-develop-incredible-x-ray-vision-microscope/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.geeksaresexy.net</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/07/01/scientists-develop-incredible-x-ray-vision-microscope/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.geeksaresexy.net/img/C88B8F4C-8825-4DE9-A161-CE27277AD3CF" alt="xrayfish" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/07/01/scientists-develop-incredible-x-ray-vision-microscope/"><P>A team over at Germany’s Helmholtz Zentrum München, led by Dr. Vasilis Ntziachristos, has created a new technique for imaging relatively large and thick biological samples.  Using lasers and an ultrasound machine, they can examine the detailed structure of an organism (this first test used a zebra fish) and create a complex 3-D map.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/07/01/scientists-develop-incredible-x-ray-vision-microscope/"><P>Unlike a microscope that detects light, this new system uses an ultrasound machine to detect minute disturbances in the tissue caused by the laser’s ability to affect the temperature of its target.  In this case, that target is a fluorescent dye injected into the subject.  After the data has been collected and analyzed, a coherent 3-D image can be constructed.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/07/01/scientists-develop-incredible-x-ray-vision-microscope/">While <A href="http://io9.com/5304856/new-microscopic-x+ray-technology-revolutionizes-microbiology" linkindex="18">i09 called this an advance in microbiology</A>, which it is, it really falls into the field of microscopy or “bioimaging.” </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/07/01/scientists-develop-incredible-x-ray-vision-microscope/">New techniques in bioimaging such as this one allow scientists to clearly obvserve cell and tissue phenomena after an experiment has run its course.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/65236D30-EBBD-4874-A0DA-7081DDC5AD93/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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