Microscopy continues to transform the life sciences. Here are five recent breakthroughs made possible by the technique.

Optical clearing techniques have emerged as pivotal methods in biomedical imaging by reducing the inherent light scattering in biological tissues. By modulating the optical properties of tissue – ...

Wearable health devices, such as smartwatches, have become commonplace, enabling the continuous monitoring of physiological ...

Genoa (Italy), July 24, 2025 – Until today, skin, brain, and all tissues of the human body were difficult to observe in detail with an optical microscope, since the contrast in the image was hindered ...

Osaka, Japan – Most computers run on microchips, but what if we’ve been overlooking a simpler, more elegant computational tool all this time? In fact, what if we were the computational tool? As crazy ...

Bioprinting is a bioengineering technique that utilizes the principles of 3D printing to build 3D tissue-like structures out of bioinks mixed with living cells. First making an appearance in 1988, ...

"Aging is inevitable as death and taxes but the rate we change varies a lot between individuals," Dr. Kuchel said.