Researchers have built a tiny, lightweight microscope that captures neuron activity with unprecedented speed that can be used ...

Scientists at Duke University have created a real-time video that captures the frantic movements of a single virus as it tries to infect a cell. The video shows a part of the process that’s normally ...

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.

A new invention—a robotic microscope—is opening the way for scientists to track changes in cells over time as genes are expressed and the resulting proteins go into action. Tracking this dynamic ...

Progress in science is often linked to better ways of seeing: Stronger telescopes bring more stars into view, microscopes made bacteria vivid, new genomic techniques tease out once-hidden forms of ...

This article discusses what a digital microscope is, how it works, and the benefits of using one. It also provides some examples of how they are used. Rather than using an eyepiece, a digital ...

In Washington last week Hamilton Watch Co.’s Research Director George Paul Luckey told the Horological Institute about the “time microscope,” a device has contrived for making quick tests of a watch’s ...

A miniature microscope hidden in a Cotswolds house has sold for more than £18,000 at auction. The rare scientific instrument, ...