How do photosynthetic organisms harvest light so efficiently? To help answer this question, researchers have developed an ultrafast transient absorption microscope with sensitivity approaching the ...

Pollen, algae, insects, radiolarians – each unique microfossil holds clues to how Earth has changed over millions of years.

That's the number of specimens—including plants, animals, minerals, and human artifacts—curators estimate are held in the ...

Leica Microsystems has introduced the Viventis SCAPE light sheet microscope, a system designed for rapid 3D imaging of live biological samples.

Researchers have developed a new microscopy method that uses a magnetic field and polarized light to provide quantitative ...

In a basement lab in Brandeis' Rosenstiel building, a refrigerator-sized microscope dominates a small, windowless room. On its surface, it looks like a featureless white box. Yet inside, it's a study ...

Professor Iksung Kang (School of Electrical Engineering), in collaboration with Professor Na Ji's research team at UC ...

Explore 25 astonishing things you can only see under a microscope. Discover hidden universes in everyday objects, from ...

Scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography have uncovered new insights into the bioluminescence of a ...

Scientists have achieved a major step toward chip-scale ultraviolet light by converting red light into powerful UV within a ...

Researchers at Stanford have developed a compact optical amplifier that dramatically boosts light signals using very little ...