Microscopy continues to transform the life sciences. Here are five recent breakthroughs made possible by the technique.

Microscopes have long been scientists’ eyes into the unseen, revealing everything from bustling cells to viruses and nanoscale structures. However, even the most powerful optical microscopes have been ...

For centuries, the field of pathology has been defined by a single instrument: the microscope. But according to William Westra, MD, vice chair of Anatomic Pathology at Moffitt Cancer Center, the field ...

Researchers at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology) have developed an innovative microscopy technique capable of improving the observation of living cells. The study, ...

A new kind of microscope is giving scientists a way to watch life inside cells with a clarity that feels almost unfair.