Scientists say their Stomata In-Sight tool can observe plants "breathe," which could be used to bioengineer crops that ...

A new kind of microscope is giving scientists a way to watch life inside cells with a clarity that feels almost unfair.

In many areas of neurobiology and cell biology, researchers who a decade ago were confined to studying stained tissues are today using their microscopes in new ways to directly observe dynamic events ...

Researchers have shown that consumer-grade 3D printers and low-cost materials can be used to produce multi-element optical ...

Researchers use laboratory tools every day to help them make groundbreaking discoveries. Read on to find out which ...

For centuries, scientists have used microscopes to magnify and peer into a world invisible to the naked eye. The earliest instruments were simple lens-filled tubes, the best of which revealed the ...

A newly described technology improves the clarity and speed of using two-photon microscopy to image synapses in the live brain. The brain's ability to learn comes from "plasticity," in which neurons ...

Safe drinking water has become a worldwide public health concern. From the most developed to the economically poor, every nation in the world is struggling to supply pure drinking water that is fit ...