RMS | infocus Library

infocus is the Royal Microscopical Society’s Magazine for members. It provides a common forum for scientists & technologists who use any form of microscope and includes all branches of microscopy

You can browse our infocus archive below. Articles are included in our online library once they are over 1 year old.
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8 March 2019 March 2019

Brillouin microscopy – measuring mechanics in biology using light

Mechanical properties of cells and tissues have been shown to play a crucial role in development and disease, but standard techniques for probing them are usually invasive and limited to the sample’s surface.
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8 March 2019 March 2019

Barley Tales

What does it mean for a scientist and artist to work together to create works that are a true fusion of their research and how can this experience feed back into broadening an appreciation and understanding of the world around us?
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8 March 2019 March 2019

Light field microscopy: principles and applications

The past two decades have seen huge developments in optical, and particularly fluorescence, microscopy.
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8 December 2018 December 2018

The Art of Electronics

The samples used in this article are from electronic circuits used in industry and heavy engineering. They consist of various capacitors, diodes, resistors and the micro circuits they are joined to. Sizes vary from 25mm diameter down to 2mm.
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8 December 2018 December 2018

The Problem of Perimeter

In Euclidean geometry, perimeter is a defined and readily measured property of shapes. In the real world, and especially in digitised images of real world objects, it is less well defined and much less readily measured, in spite of the fact that practically all image analysis programmes report numeric values, and use them in shape characterisation.
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8 December 2018 December 2018

Microscopy outreach in and around Malvern

Dr Adrian Burden writes about some of his experiences of engaging the public in the world of microscopy, highlighting how the Royal Microscopical Society has supported these activities, and encouraging readers to get involved or undertake similar activities in their own local community.
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8 December 2018 December 2018

Quantifying pre-inversion denting in Volvox globator embryos

This work is aimed at developing a method for quantifying the 3-dimensional morphological changes that occur during pre-inversion denting in Volvox globator captured using light-sheet microscopy.
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8 September 2018 September 2018

Bioimaging in a High Containment Laboratory

An overview of world leading Pirbright Institute
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8 September 2018 September 2018

A Bowl of Rice and SEM

A closer look at some of the most important components of rice grains
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8 September 2018 September 2018

An Investigation into the Use of Scanning Electron Microscopy in Textile Research

SEMs continue to be widely used in textile-based research
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