The saying goes, “Lightning never strikes the same place twice.” But what's in a saying? Dr. Eric Betzig recently showed creating one revolutionary new microscope doesn’t mean he can’t create another.

The ZDM Digital Video Microscope is a research grade video microscope system that can be completely powered by a laptop computer. The 2 megapixel color camera provides four times the resolution of a ...

Smartphones can take your pulse, monitor your mental health, keep track of your diet, analyze your sleep cycle and help control your diabetes. Now, a new smartphone technology can spot parasites in ...

Under the microscope lies a specimen of a liver. Deep in concentration, a student is analyzing the structure of the tissue when the university official asks her to finish up – the lab is about to ...

Imagine shrinking a microscope, integrating it with a chip and using it to observe inside living cells in real time. Wouldn't it be great if this tiny microscope could also be incorporated into ...

Recent advances in microscopy methods have enabled visualization of “known” molecular processes in action. In 1881, a time when anthrax killed millions of animals each year, Louis Pasteur hypothesized ...

New research shows that a portable, battery-operated fluorescence microscope, which costs $240, stacks up nicely against devices that retail for as much as $40,000 in diagnosing signs of tuberculosis.

Olympus has unveiled the CX23® microscope, designed to provide high-quality optical performance and stress-free, dependable operation in laboratory, classroom and training facilities worldwide. The ...

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, US, have built a new type microscope that provides a "chemical lens" for viewing biological systems including cell membranes and biofilms.