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microscope

[mahy-kruh-skohp] / ˈmaɪ krəˌskoʊp /


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The Singaporean data center firm was already under the microscope for allegedly funneling restricted AI chips to Beijing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

"You just feel like you're under a microscope constantly," she said.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Across the country, state officials of both parties have been bracing for their electoral processes to come under a microscope, and their contingency planning has reached new heights.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

By examining that fluorescence under a microscope, researchers can identify the paths taken by individual radiation particles.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

Few doctors have ever used a microscope, because it is not considered a medical instrument.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

This CPL detection approach can be adapted to many types of systems for analysis of cells, including biological plate readers, microscopes, and cameras.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

Professor Pal has already demonstrated laboratory-scale CPL detection technologies involving microscopes, cameras, and biological cell plate readers, which are instruments commonly used to examine large numbers of cell samples.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

Nikon said the use of generative AI in the composition of the video broke the rules of its Small World In Motion contest, which accepts photos and video taken using powerful microscopes.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Nikon's annual Small World In Motion contest accepts photos and video taken using powerful microscopes, and has run annually for the last 15 years.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Indeed, armed with microscopes, cell biologists had become accustomed to a cellular world in which visible structures performed identifiable functions within cells.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee


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