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Article: Synchrotron beam makes cells tell all.(infrared spectromicroscopy of living cells)(Brief Article)
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- Science News
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- May 2, 1998
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Nothing makes a cell more willing to confess its secrets than the bright light of a synchrotron. An international team of scientists reports that it has ' used that intense glare to grill a few suspects and has obtained some of the first images of the chemical components of intact, living cells.
The researchers, working with the National Synchrotron Light Source at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, N.Y., shone bright infrared light onto cells and used a combination of spectroscopy and microscopy to create images. The technique revealed more than the shape and structural features of cells, which microscopy can uncover.
"We were able to monitor ...