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

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a suite of algorithms to automate the counting of sister ...

In reliability engineering, few indicators are as consistently revealing as the particles that infiltrate a lubrication ...

Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) has revolutionized the realm of microscopic analysis. By delivering astonishingly detailed images of minuscule entities such as insects, bacteria, or even the ...

Researchers have developed a spectroscopic microscope to enable optical measurements of molecular conformations and orientations in biological samples. The novel measurement technique allows ...

Deep inside the brains of people with dementia and Lou Gehrig's disease, globs of abnormal protein gum up the inner workings of brain cells – dooming them to an early death.

A team of Cornell University engineers developed a new microscopy technique that’s powerful enough to spot an individual atom in three dimensions — and create an image so clear that the only ...