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

Microscopic fibers secretly shape how every organ in the body works, yet they’ve been notoriously hard to study—until now. A new imaging technique called ComSLI reveals hidden fiber orientations in ...

What can we learn from seeing the world up close? Life at even the smallest size, like the facets of an insect’s eye, can ...

It’s relatively easy to understand how optical microscopes work at low magnifications: one lens magnifies an image, the next ...

Understanding optical resolution is key in microscopy, highlighting the diffraction limit and innovations in super-resolution ...

For super-resolution microscopes, AI helps by restoring images from even noisy, low-fluorescence data. That capability helps ...

"An increased understanding of how neural circuits guide behavior and cognition could lead to new treatments for a variety of neurological disorders and neurodegenerative diseases," said Emily Gibson ...

Photons, for centuries both a puzzle and a tool, continue to help scientists illuminate nature at the smallest and largest ...

These miniature displays can be the size of your pupil, with as many pixels as you have photoreceptors—opening the way to ...

An extreme close-up of the Australian rufous net-casting spider's unique silk, captured by biologist Martín Ramírez and his ...

Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, in collaboration with the National Institute of Standards and Technology ...

“The Great Christmas Light Fight” has featured more than a dozen Arizona holiday displays since the show’s debut. The couple ...