Carnegie Mellon researchers to demonstrate autonomous robotthat will seek life in Atacama Desert
...rom NASA to develop fluorescent dyes and automated microscopes that the robot will use to locate various forms of life. A solar-powered, autonomous rover like its predecessor Hyperion, Zoë is expected to travel 2 kilometers each solar day, with a maximum speed of 100 centimeters per second. By cont......o the specimen. "Over the years we've seen current microscopes falling short of what the scientists need. We desi...iewed under the microscope, something that current microscopes do not allow. SPIM also minimizes the amount of light-induced damage and extends the life of the sam...ASU researchers demonstrate new technique that improves the power of atomic force micrscopy
...t could vastly improve the ability of atomic force microscopes to "see" the chemical composition of a sample, fol...sitivity in much the way colored dyes gave optical microscopes optical sensitivity for much larger objects (~1 micron)." Atomic force microscopes provide images on......t cells. The researchers will use state-of-the-art microscopes and imaging tools to examine molecules in living cells and tissues. They will also create gene chips to study the activities of genes from viruses, bacteria, yeast, mice, rats and humans. A key feature of the project is the use of advanced computat...