By combining two fundamentally different microscopy techniques, researchers can now measure the optical properties of a ...

UCSF scientists discover that the spindle, the structure that divides chromosomes equally during mitosis, actually gets stronger when it is stretched.

Unraveling the mysteries of how biological organisms function begins with understanding the molecular interactions within and ...

Unraveling the mysteries of how biological organisms function begins with understanding the molecular interactions within and ...

What's the first thing you did when you woke up this morning? Maybe you swung your legs over the side of your bed, placed ...

Image by the US National Institutes of Health, CC 3.0 Image by the US National Institutes of Health, CC 3.0 A new dual-light microscope lets researchers observe micro- and nanoscale activity inside ...

A new dual-light microscope lets researchers observe micro- and nanoscale activity inside living cells without using dyes. The system captures both detailed structures and tiny moving particles at ...

Fiber-optic technology revolutionized the telecommunications industry and may soon do the same for brain research. A group of researchers from Washington University in St. Louis in both the McKelvey ...

Japan’s Toray Industries has developed a recycling technology that can decompose diverse carbon-fiber-reinforced plastics (CFRPs) made from thermosetting resins while retaining the strength and ...

Researchers built a microscope that captures large, high-resolution images of uneven objects in one shot, aiding diagnostics, research, and quality inspection. (Nanowerk News) Researchers have ...

The microscope combines a big telecentric photolithography lens with a large tube lens to create sharp, detailed images of large and curved samples. These lenses project the image onto a flat array of ...