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>;they haven't been discovered because staining techniques don't make them visible? To that point, there was a recent article here (that, sadly went mostly unn
by Bluestein 2y ago
>;they haven't been discovered because staining techniques don't make them visible?
To that point, there was a recent article here (that, sadly went mostly unnoticed), about Polish scientists finding novel applicability of gold particles of a certain shape in cancer treatment ...
... but crucial and structural to their findings (and salient about the article, I thought) was the use of a novel kind of microscopy and procedure that enabled the discovery itself. Worth reading ...
- Bluestein 2y agoFound the article. Interesting: - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40819854 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40819854
- ahazred8ta 2y agoHarold Edgerton was a mechanical engineer trying to analyze a vibrating drive shaft. He finally took strobe photos of it vibrating. His advisor told him, never mind the drive shaft, start working on strobe photography.