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A new kind of microscope is giving scientists a way to watch life inside cells with a clarity that feels almost unfair.

Researchers from the Optics Group at the Universitat Jaume I in Castellón have managed to correct in real time problems ...

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Microscopy continues to transform the life sciences. Here are five recent breakthroughs made possible by the technique.

A new holographic microscope allows scientists to see through the skull and image the brain. The new label-free deep-tissue imaging with the wave correction algorithm retrieves the fine neural network ...

The intricate, hidden processes that sustain coral life are being revealed through a new microscope developed by scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The diver-operated ...