Inside living cells, mitochondria divide, lysosomes travel, and synaptic vesicles pulse—all in three dimensions (3Ds) and constant motion. Capturing these events with clarity is vital not just for ...

As a researcher interested in the architecture and organization of neurons within mammalian brains, Christophe Leterrier, a neuroscientist at the French National Centre for Scientific Research-Aix ...

When single-molecule super-resolution microscopes were first commercialized some 15 years ago, they made headlines for their ability to resolve individual molecules and structures at the nanometer ...

Schematic of the imaging process. Incoherent light, modulated by the DMD, is directed into the microscope and focused onto the sample plane by the objective lens, creating structured illumination for ...

Using a tiny, spherical glass lens sandwiched between two brass plates, the 17th-century Dutch microscopist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was the first to officially describe red blood cells and sperm cells ...