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

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

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 ...

Goethe University Frankfurt (Germany) ceremonially commissioned a state-of-the-art cryo plasma-FIB scanning electron microscope with nanomanipulator worth more than 5 million euros on Thursday. The ...

Maybe the translation is off on this one, but Hitachi's contender for the growing fitness monitor device market is called "Life Microscope." It's a watch-like device the user wears around the wrist.

Get up close and personal with life using a digital microscope Take a closer look at the plants, foods and textures around you using an microscope that connects to your phone, tablet or computer.

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 ...

A Huntsville company helped stage experiments on the International Space Station that could aid in the search for life beyond Earth. Teledyne Brown Engineering recently announced the successful ...

Bruker Corporation announced the launch of the LUMOS™ II ILIM , a quantum cascade laser (QCL) based infrared imaging microscope. The new LUMOS II ILIM redefines performance standards, enabling pharma ...

Seeing the small world up close gives students a clearer picture of the larger world around us. Here are the microscopes to help them get started. By John Alexander Published Apr 10, 2024 4:00 PM EDT ...

NASA has unveiled the science goals for Curiosity's successor, the 2020 Mars rover, which is scheduled for launch in -- you guessed it -- 2020. Whereas Curiosity is capable of analyzing Mars' past ...

Recurring questions, seeing and believing -- Hypothetical and observed embryos with microscopes at work -- Experimental embryos in the laboratory -- Inherited, evolved, and computed embryos -- The ...