microprobes
Minuscule diagnostic instruments
Microprobes are miniature instruments used to examine, measure, or stimulate at very small scales.
In medicine and neuroscience, microprobes penetrate tissue to record electrical activity or deliver signals to individual cells: The microprobe detected neural firing patterns in the hippocampus.
In materials science, electron microprobes analyze the composition of tiny sample areas.
The term emphasizes precision at the microscopic level.
Devices that detect input
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- thermocoupleDual-metal temperature sensor
spectrometer · transducer · data acquisition · microanalysis · quantification · sensitivity · resolution · readout
Electrical contact points
- brain stimulationActivating neural tissue artificially
- cathetersTubes inserted into body cavities
- implantsSurgically embedded devices
- biosensorsDevices detecting via biological reactions
electrophysiology · tissue sampling · minimally invasive · diagnostic · biopsy · intracellular · extracellular · neuroscience
Billionth-meter dimension
- nanoparticlesUltrafine material fragments
- nanobotsSubmicroscopic robotic devices
- nanotubesHollow molecular cylinders
- grapheneMonolayer carbon hexagonal lattice
nanomedicine · drug delivery · nanoelectronics · nanofabrication · MEMS · cantilever · quantum dots · nanofibers
NASA interstellar mission name
- GalileoRenaissance astronomer from Italy
- CassiniSaturn mission namesake
- New HorizonsUndiscovered opportunities ahead
- Mars RoverNamed spacecraft exploring crimson world
Curiosity · Enceladus · Titan · flyby · orbiter · lander · interstellar · deep space
sensors
Devices that detect input
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- accuracyDegree of correctness
thermocouple · spectrometer · transducer · data acquisition · microanalysis · quantification · sensitivity · resolution · readout · high-resolution
electrodes
Electrical contact points
- brain stimulationActivating neural tissue artificially
- cathetersTubes inserted into body cavities
- implantsSurgically embedded devices
biosensors · electrophysiology · tissue sampling · minimally invasive · diagnostic · biopsy · intracellular · extracellular · neuroscience · cochlear
nanoscale
Billionth-meter dimension
- nanoparticlesUltrafine material fragments
- nanobotsSubmicroscopic robotic devices
- nanotubesHollow molecular cylinders
graphene · nanomedicine · drug delivery · nanoelectronics · nanofabrication · MEMS · cantilever · quantum dots · nanofibers · self-assembly
Voyager
NASA interstellar mission name
- GalileoRenaissance astronomer from Italy
- CassiniSaturn mission namesake
- New HorizonsUndiscovered opportunities ahead
Mars Rover · Curiosity · Enceladus · Titan · flyby · orbiter · lander · interstellar · deep space · planetary exploration