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How emergency procurement fuels corruption – and how to prevent it
Gold fingerprinting using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
Gold fingerprinting is the identification of different origins of gold through specific element associations, resulting in a characteristic chemical signa...
Prof Naudé receives honorary title from European university
Prof Piet Naudé, Emeritus Professor of Ethics at the Stellenbosch Business School (SBS), has received an honorary title from the Technical University of...
Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM)
Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM)
Sample: Colorectal Cancer Cells
Instruments: ThermoFisher Apreo STEM, Leica UC7 Ultra-Microtome
Description...
Super-resolution microscopy – SR-SIM
Super-resolution microscopy – SR-SIM
Sample: Neuronal cells
Instrument: ZEISS LSM780 with ELYRA PS1
The confocal microscope is also equipped with two super...
Montage (MERLIN)
Montage (MERLIN)
Sample: Geological sample
Instrument: ZEISS MERLIN FE-SEM
Description: The AZTEC Software combined with the MERLIN FE-SEM allows for high...
Confocal Microscopy
Confocal Microscopy
Sample: Muscle cross section
Instrument: ZEISS LSM780 CONFOCAL
The confocal microscope can be used for multi-colour fluorescence imaging...