Grab your lab coat, or at least pretend you have one, and prepare to zoom way, way in because we’re about to explore a world ...

When trying to measure molecular structures with nanometer precision, every bit of noise shows up in the data: someone walking past the microscope, tiny vibrations in the building and even the traffic ...

Light microscope images of E. coli cells in transmitted light (left) and reflected light that picks up the red fluorescence of a dye staining the cells' DNA (right). In normal cells (upper panel), the ...

Microscopy of all types has advanced at a rapid pace in recent decades. Scientists can bend neutron and electron beams to explore recalcitrant substances, and atomic force microscopes have even been ...