Prototype microscope teaches itself the best illumination settings for diagnosing malaria Engineers at Duke University have developed a microscope that adapts its lighting angles, colors and... Read more
Many tasks in biology require tiny, accurate motion – achieved with expensive hardware. We have used inexpensive, 3D printed parts to make high performance mechanisms for low cost science. O... Read more
A new microscope system can image living tissue in real time and in molecular detail, without any chemicals or dyes, report researchers at the University of Illinois. The system uses precise... Read more
A study published online in the journal Nature Communications describes how an updated version of this centuries-old tool can now enable scientists to see tiny objects while also measuring t... Read more
Super resolution microscopy is a technique that can see beyond the diffraction of light and provides unprecedented views of cells and their interior structures and organelles. An EPFL team h... Read more
New microscope has more than 100 times larger field of view for studying brain activity  A newly developed microscope is providing scientists with a greatly enhanced tool to study how neuro... Read more
A team of scientists from the Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has successfully developed a new type of microscope. The so-called NeuBtracker is an open... Read more
Rice University engineers are building a flat microscope, called FlatScope TM, and developing software that can decode and trigger neurons on the surface of the brain. Their goal as part of... Read more
When women undergo lumpectomies to remove breast cancer, doctors try to remove all the cancerous tissue while conserving as much of the healthy breast tissue as possible. But currently there... Read more
Developing new scientific devices pushing the limits of what we can observe and measure does not occur overnight. There are typically baby steps involved, small and continuous improvements t... Read more
An easily assembled smartphone microscope provides new ways of interacting with and learning about common microbes. The open-source device could be used by teachers or in other educational s... Read more