New Microscope Technology to Track Movement!

in #technology7 years ago

Wow, technology is helping science here in a way I didn't think was doable. But it is now!

Cameras can be used to track movements we can see in a certain frame, and even down to some smaller sized objects (as long as they stay in the frame). But when things get moving too much, tracking can become very difficult, especially at the microscopic level.

A team of scientists has come up with a new technique that lets microscopes automatically track moving objects, such as tracking growing roots in tiny plants.


Source: YoutTube

How do they do it? By using lasers and glowing proteins to put images together and create 3-D videos to see how the cells and root tips grow and split.


Source: YoutTube

To keep the plants healthy, they had to create their own type of lighting system. The microscope was also turned on its side so that the plants are growing upwards as is normally done, as opposed to having the plant try to grow sideways. A rotating plate is also added that allows them to change how the roots grow.

Analyzing how the roots can grow differently in different gravitational positions can lead to a better understanding of how to get plants to grow in space.


Source: YoutTube

Roots aren't the only thing being looked at with this tracking microscope technology. Zebrafish embryos were looked at using a different microscope to see how the cells moved.

The technology even allows a shift in perspective, which is shown at the end of the video. Even though the camera was only recording from one perspective, the re-created 3D imaging allows for a shift in perspective to look at things from a different angle, such as viewing the root growth by essentially "riding" the root itself.


Source: YoutTube

That's pretty awesome in itself!

Check it out below:

Watching plants grow has never been so exciting


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