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Photographing Innerspaces
Makarand writes "In the past few days photographic techniques for
recording phenomena at the molecular and atomic levels have been reported. Prepare to be amazed!
(1)
Scientists
at UCLA were able to eavesdrop on cellular conversations between proteins.
(2)
Scientists at the University of Buffalo
recorded on videotape
and in real time
a molecule of a particular DNA motor protein in the process of "unzipping"
a double strand of bacterial DNA. A Quicktime movie is also available
here.
(3) Lastly, using ultrafast flash photography, scientists at the Vienna University of
Technology (Austria), could for the first time ask Electrons to say "Cheese!".
They could
track the motion of electrons deep within atoms."
Scientists at UCLA were able to eavesdrop on cellular conversations between proteins.
Can you hear me now? Good....
"The mouse literally glowed under the camera," said Gambhir, a member of the UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center. "We 'heard' the proteins 'talk' by watching the communication pathways come to life."
Neat! There must be plenty of other bio-chemical applications too, like studying for nerve cells communicate and repair themselves. Such an interesting way to poke at the inner workings of life...
Plus, you'ld have your own built-in indiglo light!
=Smidge=
Whoops. Ladies and gentlemen, do you know what happened here? Repeat after me: Karma Whore Failure.
Sigh.
I know more than you drink.
They were getting great results until that damn guy stepped in to the picture asking "can you hear me now?"
--matt
"Luciferase" -- the glowing green protein of the devil.
Scientists at UCLA were able to eavesdrop on cellular conversations between proteins."
;-)
Wow....those most be nano cellphones those proteins are using. I knew cellphones were getting small, but not that small!
-psy