Tag Archives: electron microscopy

Frustrated Internal Reflection…

Posted on September 20, 2009 by dat

… is what happens when photons leak between two glass surfaces brought within 1 micron of one another. Apparently it’s analogous to quantum-mechanical tunneling.  It comes up because of a proximity-detection issue.  Wouldn’t a feedback mechanism between a conductive sample … Continue reading →

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What’s another word for ‘exciting’?

Posted on August 28, 2009 by dat

I’ve been reading about electron microscopy.  I’ve been checking out the electron microscope.  I’ve been getting into your fridge, eating your condiments. And I must say, that ketchup is old. All in seriousness now, taking images is much more difficult … Continue reading →

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What do VectorNTI, Light Microscopy and Disco have in Common?

Posted on August 25, 2009 by dat

They’re all dead. Vector NTI It was great.  It was a program free to academics that would let you look at plasmids.  You could keep track of an entire library of them, splice them, rearrange them, transform them, find insertion … Continue reading →

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