To observe living cells through a microscope, a sample is usually squeezed onto a glass slide. It then lies there calmly and the cells are observable. The disadvantage is that this limits how the ...

Science educator Adolfo Sanchez-Blanco has performed a variety of engaging and enjoyable experiments for his TikTok audience, and this video is no exception. In this segment, he examines the onion ...

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 hybrid microscope allows scientists to simultaneously image the full 3D orientation and position of an ensemble of molecules, such as labeled proteins inside cells. The microscope combines polarized ...

Every year, wind and other abiotic forces cause herbaceous crop stems to buckle and snap, a phenomenon known as lodging that ...

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, ...

Researchers at Helmholtz Munich and the Technical University of Munich have developed a new microscope that significantly improves how bioluminescent signals in living cells can be observed. The ...

Immune cells fight infectious intruders, for example, or search for incipient cancers. Therefore, they are constantly migrating through the tissues of our body. But in the wrong place, immune cells ...

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 ...

An inverted microscope is an optical microscope that positions the objective lens below the sample stage, characterized by a structure that allows for the observation of cells, tissues, and liquid ...

A new type of advanced microscope (wide-field coherent multidimensional microscopy) has been developed. It uses a carefully ...