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

Engineers have developed a technology that turns a conventional light microscope into what's called a super-resolution microscope. It improves the microscope's resolution (from 200 nm to 40 nm) so ...

With a new microscope that's as light as a penny, researchers can now observe broad swaths of the brain in action as mice move about and interact with their environments. As a mouse explores its ...

Big and small: RUSH image of the brain of a live mouse. The coloured lines show the motions of labelled immune cells. The image is about 1 cm across. (Courtesy: Jingtao Fan et al/Nature Photonics) A ...