A new microscope developed at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Research Campus is giving scientists a clearer, more comprehensive view of biological processes as they unfold in living ...

[JBumstead] didn’t want an ordinary microscope. He wanted one that would show the big picture, and not just in a euphemistic sense, either. The problem though is one of resolution. The higher the ...

One of the toughest problems in biology is how to take a microscope picture of a healthy living cell. Most tissue cells, whether animal or vegetable, are transparent to ordinary light. To make them ...

A microscope picture of human bone cells (U2OS) showing the localization of a lipid (phosphatidylethanolamine). The lipid is visible in orange, the cell membrane in purple, and endosomes in white. New ...

This gallery features extreme close-ups of popular foods. Everyday items were examined with a scanning electron microscope, revealing surprising details. This broccoli floret, for instance, looks like ...

What does a holographic microscope look like? Check out the picture, courtesy of the ISS (International Space Station) National Lab. The system is dubbed ELVIS standing for Extant Life Volumetric ...