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 ...

Electron microscopy is a powerful technique that provides high-resolution images by focusing a beam of electrons to reveal fine structural details in biological and material specimens. 2 Because ...

Researchers at Leipzig University’s Carl Ludwig Institute for Physiology, working in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University, have achieved an important breakthrough in brain research. The ...

MBL Senior Scientist Jennifer Morgan explains how she uses the new, advanced microscopes at the Marine Biological Laboratory for her research on Parkinson's disease at an Open House at the MBL on June ...

For the first time, researchers have been able to show how a cell closes the door to free radicals—small oxygen molecules ...

Male infertility is a major issue worldwide and its causes remain unclear. Now, an international team of researchers led by ...

Advanced light microscopy techniques are giving scientists a new understanding of human biology and what goes wrong in diseases Katarina Zimmer, Knowable Magazine Innovative techniques are helping ...