Light sheet microscopy allows biologists to selectively light up a thin slice of a sample. This method can improve image ...

Rice’s Anna-Karin Gustavsson published a method in Nano Letters expanding the use of light sheet microscopy to include a ...

Researchers at Rice University have developed 3D-nanoprinted reflective micromirror inserts that enable single-objective ...

Overcoming the resolution limit in a light microscope of around half a wavelength of light (about 250 nanometers) is one of the most significant developments in optics. Due to the wave nature of light ...

The brain is the most energy-demanding organ in the body, in part due to its complexity. Its components are varied and intricate: comprising different cell types, including neurons designed to ...

A scoping review of 118 studies finds that deep learning models excel at detecting parasites in microscopy images under experimental conditions, but very few have been validated or deployed in real ...

A new type of advanced microscope (wide-field coherent multidimensional microscopy) has been developed. It uses a carefully ...

The invention that first enabled researchers to see clear images of living cells was the phase-contrast microscope, which won its inventor, Frits Zernike, a Nobel Prize in 1932. Prior to Zernike's ...

Scientists have achieved one-nanometer optical resolution in a microscope that can visualize how light interacts with individual atoms and molecules. The technique, called ultralow tip oscillation ...

Microscopy is a fundamental analytical tool used by laboratory professionals to ensure the integrity, composition, and safety of global food supplies. Advanced microscopy techniques are essential for ...