The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) has approved funding of approximately €14.5 million for13 innovative experimental optical microscopes for research. This decision ...

Open-science hardware offers unprecedented technological access to researchers and enthusiasts all over the globe. Richard Bowman and Julian Stirling of the Bath Open Instrumentation Group describe ...

The secret of capturing exquisite brain images with a new generation of custom-built microscopes has been revealed. The new microscopes, known as mesoSPIMs, can image the minute detail of brain tissue ...

Raman microscopy combines optical microscopy with the ability to determine the chemical makeup of surfaces. Laser light is delivered to the sample surface via the same objective as the optical light ...

At its autumn session, the Joint Committee of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) approved the funding of 17 high-performance electron microscopes with a total sum of ...

"Many of the greatest challenges of our time, from clean energy to environmental justice, require new approaches to the craft of scientific experimentation. This is exceedingly apparent in the field ...

Micro CTs generate 3D models from a series of non-destructive X-ray cross sections. The X-ray microscope (XRM) uses optical magnification to enhance the resolution of micro CT. Like electron ...

In the late 17th century, a Dutch draper and self-taught scientist named Antonie van Leeuwenhoek earned renown for building some of the best microscopes available at a time when the instrument was ...