Which compound microscope is best? Anybody who is into science has probably thought about getting a microscope. But with so many different types available, it can be overwhelming to decide on the ...

A newly developed microscope is providing scientists with a greatly enhanced tool to study how neurological disorders such as epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease affect neuron communication. A newly ...

Assistant Professor of Chemistry Andrew Kennedy has a microscope in his Dana Chemistry office that he cherishes but never uses. It’s a gold-plated Bausch and Lomb compound microscope once owned by his ...

Non-invasive microscopic techniques such as optical coherence microscopy and two-photon microscopy are commonly used for in vivo imaging of living tissues. When light passes through turbid materials ...

Throughout history, humans have endeavoured to see things that were too small to be perceived with the naked eye in order to understand our complex world. The first magnifier constructed for ...

Intelligent control: The fluorescence microscope at EPFL's Laboratory of Experimental Biophysics. (Courtesy: Hillary Sanctuary/EPFL/CC BY-SA) Fluorescence microscopy of live cells provides an ...