Atomic-scale detail is now possible with photons, thanks to a cooled-down silver tip and a clever use of plasmonics.

A recent breakthrough is the use of artificial intelligence (AI), which learns how to manipulate atoms to improve a material’s properties.

Until today, skin, brain, and all tissues of the human body were difficult to observe in detail with an optical microscope, since the contrast in the image was hindered by the high density of their ...

Advanced light microscopy techniques have come into their own — and are giving scientists a new understanding of human biology and what goes wrong in disease ...

A new handheld microscope lets scientists monitor coral health in real time, underwater, without harming reefs.

Called the Benthic Underwater Microscope Imaging PAM, or BUMP, this microscope is diver-operated and allows scientists to study the relationship between corals, algae, and photosynthesis in detail ...

Looking at immune cells and how they move. Patricia Reis-Rodrigues at the microscope in the lab at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA).