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From microscopic cells to massive galaxies, imaging is a core tool for many research fields today, and it’s also the basis of a surge in recent technical developments – some of which are being pioneered in Cambridge.

Radiotherapy treatment plan for a head and neck tumour showing colour-shaded dosage areas.

Study to reduce radiotherapy toxicity

01 Oct 2012

A new research programme at the University of Cambridge hopes to improve cancer cure rates by reducing toxicity from radiotherapy.

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Confocal image of zebrafish retina

How the brain is made

24 Sep 2012

By combining advanced imaging with powerful genetic labelling techniques, Professor Bill Harris has imaged the entire process of retinal development...

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Marking Parkinson's

Physical sciences illuminate neurodegenerative diseases

28 May 2012

What do physicists, chemists, mathematicians and biologists have in common? One of the answers at Cambridge is a shared interest in unravelling the...

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From left to right, CT, PET and combined PET/CT images of the heart arteries.

Scientists develop new technique that could improve heart attack prediction

03 May 2012

First use of PET and CT to look at disease processes leading to heart attack.

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Nanowires

Under the Microscope #16 - Nanowires

15 Mar 2012

Nanowires growing in real time. Each nanowire is roughly 450 atoms wide.

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tiny worm faecal pellets and fossils

Under the Microscope #13 - Tiny worm pellets

01 Mar 2012

Matthew Kuo tells us how tiny worm faecal pellets affect how oil pipelines sit on the seabed.

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A mouse embryo in which the outer membranes of all cells are glowing red.  A subset of cells are expressing a green glowing protein that identifies them as cells that will signal head development.

Critical stage of embryonic development now observable

14 Feb 2012

Scientists now able to view critical aspects of mammalian embryonic development using new technique.

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Beetle egg

Under the Microscope #8 - Beetle embryo

13 Feb 2012

In this video, Matt Benton shows us nuclei moving inside a beetle egg as a beetle embryo forms.

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Stretchable Electronics

Under the Microscope #7 - Stretchable electronics

09 Feb 2012

In this video Dr Ingrid Graz shows us a thin layer of gold on top of rubber. Cracks in the gold allow it to stretch and we can use this for...

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Daisy

Under the Microscope #5 - Daisy

03 Feb 2012

In this video Dr Beverley Glover explains how a daisy is a collection of tiny flowers grouped together to make it look like a single big flower.

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Mouse embryo development

Under the Microscope #3 - Mouse embryo

26 Jan 2012

In this video, we see a mouse embryo developing. Dr Erica Watson tells us that studying this process helps us better understand human pregnancy.

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fruit-fly-eye

Under the Microscope #1 & #2 - Small things, big thinking

19 Jan 2012

Using an electron microscope it’s possible for the human eye to see in minute detail the foot of the fruit fly – an appendage that is just about the...

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