The modern microscope is an incredibly powerful tool when it comes to detecting disease, but typically the biological material being studied needs to be stained or dyed to reveal its secrets. This can ...

A low-resolution microscopic image posted on social media does not prove that cells glow after a person is inoculated with a COVID-19 vaccine. A screenshot of a text message with an image of what ...

Over the last few years, FTIR spectroscopy has become a potential analytical method in tissue and cell studies for cancer diagnosis. This has opened a way towards clinical applications such as a tool ...

A UCLA scientist's cell phone microscope -- pocket-size technology for global health researchers -- is the top innovation of 2011, according to a list published by The Scientist magazine. Instead of ...

Our window into the cellular world just got a whole lot clearer. By combining two imaging technologies, scientists can now watch in unprecedented 3-D detail as cancer cells crawl, spinal nerve ...

Although a microscope smartphone adapter always seemed like an inevitability, that doesn't make it any less cool now that it's here. Andy Mill and Tess Bakke from SkyLight stopped by the Gadget Lab to ...

Let's take a look at how to observe cells under a microscope. No prizes for guessing the first thing you'll need: a microscope. But don't worry if you don't have one of your own. Ask your school if ...

The researchers dubbed the individual cells "microscopic tornadoes" for their rapid rotation, which both forms the crystals by drawing in other cells and then powers the crystals' own motion. Insects ...