Arco Bast studies how neurons communicate. Earlier this year, the Janelia postdoc encountered a more mechanical version of ...

To observe living cells through a microscope, a sample is usually squeezed onto a glass slide. It then lies there calmly and the cells are observable. The disadvantage is that this limits how the ...

Microscope stages are platforms where specimens are placed for observation with a microscope. They are often equipped with a mechanical device which holds the specimen slide in place, but allows the ...

Conventional microscopes provide essential information about samples in two dimensions—the plane of the microscope slide. But flat is not all that. In many instances, information about the object in ...

Achromatic lenses and semi-plan lenses are used to improve the alignment of colors at the focal point in order to provide a clearer image. They differ in terms of glass type, cost, and index of ...

Wyss Center, Geneva, Switzerland - The secret of capturing exquisite brain images with a new generation of custom-built microscopes is revealed today in Nature Methods. The new microscopes, known as ...