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a new technique that allows them to expand tissue 20-fold before imaging it

Making high-resolution imaging more accessible

A new expansion technique to image nanoscale structures inside cells.

3D reconstruction of a spherical colony of 70 choanoflagellates

Another unusual creature found lurking in California’s Mono Lake

Colonies of these choanoflagellates have their own unique microbiomes.

Spiral-tip motion

Deciphering dynamics of electric charge

New tool presents precise, holistic picture of devices, materials.

Atomic map of high-entropy alloy

Scientists created 3D maps of the next-generation alloys

3D atomic details of next-generation alloys.

high-resolution images of things like this bacterial cell

Getting high-resolution images of individual proteins in cells

Tearing apart a million-dollar microscope – for science.

Image showing Posidonia Shale.

“Golden” fossils reveal origins of exceptional preservation

All that glitters is not gold, even in the case of fossils.

Image showing fungi

The positive benefits of fungi on coral have yet to be entirely understood

Fungi can help protect coral reefs from climate change.

holographic microscope

New microscope allows scientists to see through the skull and image the brain

The new label-free deep-tissue imaging with the wave correction algorithm.

Suliana Manley

Automating microscope control for imaging biological events

Intelligent microscopes for detecting rare biological events.

This light-shrinking material turns a conventional light microscope into a super-resolution microscope

Turning a conventional light microscope into a super-resolution microscope

Light-shrinking material lets ordinary microscopes see in super-resolution.

a new type of hydrogel

A technique for imaging biological samples with accuracy

The method offers inexpensive imaging at the scale of virus particles.

Revolutionizing fluorescence microscopy using a new type of microscope slide

Fluorescence microscopy works by detecting the light that compounds called fluorophores transmit when energized. All the more explicitly, fluorophores retain light at a given...

The algorithm performs the calculation in just a few seconds and generates a single number© 2019 EPFL

Universal algorithm set to boost microscopes

An universal algorithm that can determine whether a super-resolution microscope is operating at a maximum resolution based on a single image.

It works like an MRI machine that generates images of cells from all angles using their refractive index and then compiles 3D images with the help of an advanced software© 2019 Alain Herzog

Automated microscope gives a look inside live cell populations

EPFL scientists have recently come up with a next-generation microscope that can show live cells function and react under various experimental conditions. Called as...

World's tiniest flatoscope

Scientists designed lens-free fluorescent microscope

According to Rice University engineers with a notion that lenses are no longer necessary for some microscopes since they are developing FlatScope, a thin fluorescent...

Scientists Make Droplet Microscope From Droplets

Scientists Make Droplet Microscope From Droplets

Liquid droplets are real magnifier that act as lens. Microscopes on this principle were state of the art in the 17th century. Once again, MIT...

New Smartphone Microscope To Power Artificial Systems

New Smartphone Microscope To Play Games

Observational microscopy has greatly helped biology education. Still, we cannot easily and playfully interact with the microscopic world. Therefore, scientists from the Stanford University...

Thermal Noise Imaging Method 3-D Images by Mapping Negative Space

Thermal Noise Imaging Method 3-D Images by Mapping Negative Space

Scientists from the University of Texas at Austin, have discovered a new method. This method captures three-dimensional images of structures in organic material. They...

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