How do organic solar cells work on the inside? The answer lies in structures far too small to see—and difficult to access ...

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 ...

A hybrid microscope allows scientists to simultaneously image the full 3D orientation and position of an ensemble of molecules, such as labeled proteins inside cells. The microscope combines polarized ...

A new kind of microscope is giving scientists a way to watch life inside cells with a clarity that feels almost unfair. Instead of choosing between seeing big structures or tiny particles, researchers ...

Nikon Contributes to Research on the Effects of Microgravity in Drug Discovery TOKYO, April 7, 2026 /CNW/ -- Nikon Corporation (Nikon) is pleased to announce that the live cell observation system ...

The polarized diSPIM microscope, which can image full 3D orientation and position of molecules in cells. The instrument was constructed in the Hari Shroff lab at the National Institute of Biomedical ...

Using the tool kit, the team then achieved resolution high enough to visualize endosomes shuttling cargo into the cell’s ...

As space agencies prepare for human missions to the Moon and Mars, scientists need to understand how the absence of gravity affects living cells. Now, a team of researchers has built a rugged, ...

Cells can be thought of as cities, with factories, a transport system, and lots of building activity. An international team ...