Better views of slimy substances
Friday, July 10, 2015 - 06:40
in Physics & Chemistry
Scientists can now see biofilms, structured communities of microbes, in 3D and real time thanks to a laboratory instrument developed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The instrument-a microfluidic reactor called System for Analysis at the Liquid Vacuum Interface, or SALVI-won an R&D 100 Award in 2014 for enabling the first-ever imaging of liquid samples in real time and space by instruments that previously could only accommodate solid samples.