A new kind of microscope is giving scientists a way to watch life inside cells with a clarity that feels almost unfair.
Johns Hopkins biomedical engineers unveil Back-Illumination Tomography (BIT), a high-speed microscope that provides ...
To ensure our bodies function correctly, the cells that compose them must operate properly. Imagine a cell as a bustling city ...
Researchers at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology) have developed an innovative microscopy ...
Using a tiny, spherical glass lens sandwiched between two brass plates, the 17th-century Dutch microscopist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was the first to officially describe red blood cells and sperm cells ...
Researchers have developed a new technique to view living mammalian cells. The team used a powerful laser, called a soft X-ray free electron laser, to emit ultrafast pulses of illumination at the ...
New device could be used to observe structures as small as individual proteins, as well as the environment in which they move ...
Microscopy continues to transform the life sciences. Here are five recent breakthroughs made possible by the technique.
Custom polymer structures can now be 3D printed inside living cells using laser-based fabrication, opening paths to intracellular sensors, cell tracking tags, and embedded microlasers.