So, if the cell membrane were a lipid ... Under the view of the electron microscope, the outsides of the lipid bilayer show up as two darker layers, whereas the hydrophobic interior stains ...

An international team of microbiologists from the Medical University of Graz, the DSMZ—German Collection of Microorganisms ...

Gimzewski is well suited to tackle the question, being both an expert at instrumentation—he has built his own microscopes ... cell's surface, measuring every bump and hollow of its outer membrane.

Molecules and ions pass in and out of the cell through tiny openings in the cell wall. Although the holes are too small to be seen with an electron microscope, their size has been measured ...

This technology addresses long-standing challenges, such as imaging molecules in the spindle of a dividing cell, which become ambiguous when viewed at an angle. The concept for this microscope ...

Below the basic structure is shown in the same animal cell, on the left viewed with the light microscope ... as photosynthesis and respiration. Cell membrane Allows gases and water to diffuse ...