Researchers from the National Institutes of Health and the University of Chicago improved the speed, resolution, and light efficiency of an optical microscope by switching from a conventional glass ...

THE year 1940 marked the centenary of the manufacture in Great Britain of specially thin glass for microscope cover-slips. Prior to this date, it was customary for microscopists to use thin talc or ...

The ability to visualize transparent objects such as biological cells is of fundamental importance in biology and medical diagnostics. Conventional approaches to achieve this include phase-contrast ...

Cell-cell interfaces convey mechanical and chemical information in multicellular systems. Microscopy has revealed intricate structure of such interfaces, yet typically with limited resolution due to ...