Nearly 100 years ago, a seemingly simple discovery revolutionized the microscope. The introduction of phase-contrast, which garnered a Nobel Prize in 1953, brought into clear view structures inside ...

Cytological tests are a common method of screening for cancer cells in stained cell samples. Using a microscope, pathologists ...

Scientists are combining an electron microscope with a quantum computer to squeeze far more information from each electron. The approach could reveal faint details with fewer electrons, helping ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have shown for the first time that expensive aberration-corrected microscopes are no longer required to achieve record-breaking ...

Asanuma has unveiled the Apexel APL-MS200 200x smartphone microscope with multiple LED ring lights that can be set to three brightness levels and two color temperatures. The lights can be set to only ...

Scientists at TU Wien, the University of Vienna, JKU Linz, and the University of ...

A technique that supersizes cells to reveal minute details has gone big — really big. Using a polymer similar to those used in nappies to make them super-absorbent, scientists have expanded the volume ...

Imagine owning a camera so powerful it can take freeze-frame photographs of a moving electron—an object traveling so fast it could circle the Earth many times in a matter of a second. Researchers at ...

With a new microscope that's as light as a penny, researchers can now observe broad swaths of the brain in action as mice move about and interact with their environments. As a mouse explores its ...

Key points of this article As a child, I was taught the fun of cameras, astronomical telescopes, electronics, and old machinery by an adult. In that person's room, there was a small microscope with a ...