A Science Bulletin review finds that super-resolution microscopy is shifting from sharper visualization toward validated measurements of molecular organization and dynamics in living systems.

Researchers have built a reconfigurable light-sheet microscope that lets users swap oil, water and air objectives while ...

Stanford chemists have built a microscope that images the inside of living cells at about 120 nanometers without any ...

Stanford scientists have developed a revolutionary microscope that reveals the hidden inner workings of living cells in real ...

Researchers have developed a revolutionary microscope that uses an incredibly powerful laser to make previously invisible ...

In 2014, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry celebrated the breakthroughs in super-resolution microscopy, a technology that allows us to capture highly detailed images of small parts of cells using ...

The meteoric rise of cryo-electron microscopy from an obscure imaging technique to a powerhouse for determining biomolecular structures is transforming our understanding of biology. Our knowledge of ...

Stimulated Emission Depletion (STED) microscopy is a super-resolution imaging technique that overcomes the diffraction limit of conventional optical microscopy. It enables the visualization of ...

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 ...

Newswise — The way we study plant cells is expanding — literally — thanks to new research from Kevin Cox, an assistant professor of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis and ...

Using a tiny, spherical glass lens sandwiched between two brass plates, the seventeenth century Dutch microscopist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was the first to officially describe red blood cells and ...