Lensless imaging of whole biological cells with soft X-rays
Friday, May 7, 2010 - 23:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Scientists have used X-ray diffraction microscopy to make images of whole yeast cells, achieving the highest resolution -- 11 to 13 nanometers (billionths of a meter) -- ever obtained with this method for biological specimens. Their success indicates that full 3-D tomography of whole cells at equivalent resolution should soon be possible.