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Scanning electron microscopy revealed dense microbial biofilms covering both LAHB surfaces.
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Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
The scientists measured body weight, fat mass, energy expenditure, food intake, blood sugar and insulin responses, as well as fat and liver tissue (via microscopy), gene expression (via RNA sequencing), and macrophage metabolism.
—New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2025
Nearly three-quarters of diagnoses still depend on sputum microscopy, a method first introduced around 140 years ago, that can miss active cases.
—CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025
Overcoming the Diffraction Limit Super-resolution microscopy uses a variety of techniques to detect detail that would normally be hidden by the diffraction limit, Schermelleh explains.
—Katarina Zimmer, JSTOR Daily, 14 Aug. 2025
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Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
The scientists measured body weight, fat mass, energy expenditure, food intake, blood sugar and insulin responses, as well as fat and liver tissue (via microscopy), gene expression (via RNA sequencing), and macrophage metabolism.
—New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2025
Nearly three-quarters of diagnoses still depend on sputum microscopy, a method first introduced around 140 years ago, that can miss active cases.
—CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025
Overcoming the Diffraction Limit Super-resolution microscopy uses a variety of techniques to detect detail that would normally be hidden by the diffraction limit, Schermelleh explains.
—Katarina Zimmer, JSTOR Daily, 14 Aug. 2025
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“Microscopy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/microscopy. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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microscopy
noun
mi·cros·co·py
mī-ˈkräs-kə-pē 
: the use of the microscope : investigation with the microscope
Medical Definition
microscopy
noun
mi·cros·co·py
mī-ˈkräs-kə-pē
plural microscopies
: the use of or investigation with the microscope
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