A new instrument makes available an innovative approach to fluorescence microscopy, opening up new possibilities for life ...

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 ...

A new kind of microscope is giving scientists a way to watch life inside cells with a clarity that feels almost unfair. Instead of choosing between seeing big structures or tiny particles, researchers ...

Scientists recorded 24 hours of the cellular construction process, revealing surprising new details about how plant cell ...

Shankar Mukherji and the team use a special microscope to look at nanodiamond sensors inside cells. (Photo: Sean Garcia/Arts ...