Stanford scientists have developed a revolutionary microscope that reveals the hidden inner workings of living cells in real time, without the fluorescent labels that can interfere with observations.

An international team of researchers led by UT Southwestern Medical Center has developed a versatile light-sheet microscope ...

Observe red blood cells under a microscope to examine their appearance after exposure to tequila. This microscopic ...

Microscope photos allow us to see where small particles inside a cell are located. But if those particles move toward or away ...

An international team of researchers led by UT Southwestern Medical Center has developed a versatile light-sheet microscope ...

Using a tiny, spherical glass lens sandwiched between two brass plates, the 17th century Dutch microscopist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was the first to officially describe red blood cells and sperm cells ...

The "cells" that make up our bodies. In fact, in that tiny world, substances like fat are constantly moving. However, it has ...

As space agencies prepare for human missions to the moon and Mars, scientists need to understand how the absence of gravity affects living cells. Now, a team of researchers has built a rugged, ...

Influenza viruses are among the most likely triggers of future pandemics. A research team has developed a method that can be used to study the interaction of viruses with host cells in unprecedented ...

Every schoolkid has peered into a microscope and been awed by the hidden world of skin cells and squiggly bacteria. But microscopes are also critical tools for investigating the causes of disease and ...