Werner Heisenberg's famous uncertainty principle describes one of the most intriguing features of quantum physics: certain pairs of physical quantities describing a particle, such as position and ...

Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) can help scientists determine the three-dimensional structure of proteins in unprecedented detail. Jacques Dubochet, former group leader at EMBL, shared the 2017 ...

Stretching protein samples in all directions pulls molecules farther apart, allowing them to be visualized using only light ...

Unlike almost every other kind of microscope, atomic-force microscopes (AFMs) don’t use any kind of optical beam to image ...

Human breast tissue imaged with SCOPE, a new device developed by Professor Raju Tomer and colleagues. The detailed 3D view of the milk-producing glands (called lobules) that are visible here is ...

SamanTree Medical announces that Histolog® Scanner confocal microscopy technology is featured in 13 peer-reviewed clinical papers in a special issue of BJU International.

Handheld imaging device combines advanced optics with deep learning to enable early detection of epithelial cancers ...

Fast piezo and voice-coil nano-focusing systems keep microscopes and metrology tools sharply focused with nanometer precision ...

Researchers at Peking University have developed DUET, a breakthrough dual-color miniature two-photon microscope that ...

Deep inside a small, windowless room at the University of California, Berkeley, two microscopes are quietly capturing some of the most detailed views of life ever recorded. Day and night, they collect ...