Not all defects are visible with the same microscope. Explore how resolution, contrast, and signal interpretation shape ...

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 ...

Light microscopy is a key tool that scientists use to image cells, organelles, subcellular structures, and molecules such as proteins and nucleic acids. Because visible light leaves biological ...

Sulfanilamide is best known as a treatment for yeast infections, but as it turns out, it dazzles under a microscope. Just ask José Manuel Martínez López, a microscopy specialist at the instrumentation ...

Scientists have developed a new imaging technique that uses a novel contrast mechanism in bioimaging to merge the strengths of two powerful microscopy methods, allowing researchers to see both the ...

"In contrast, a traditional microscope requires users to carefully follow instructions provided by the manufacturer to perform a high-quality capture," Zhang said. Zhang and his colleagues use an ...

Quantitative phase imaging is a powerful, non-invasive and quantitative microscopy technique that allows multi-scale imaging of cellular systems, explain Mustafa Mir and Gabriel Popescu Imaging by ...

Effective stereo microscope selection depends on understanding application demands and the performance factors that affect 3D ...

Harvard University researchers have developed a cathodoluminescence-based multicolour electron microscopy technique that ...