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Research and Microscope Innovations

Computing the best high-resolution 3-D tissue images

University of Illinois engineers developed a method to computationally correct aberrations in three-dimensional tissue microscopy. More>>

First Atomic-Scale Real-Time Movies of Platinum Nanocrystal Growth in Liquids

A team of scientists with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California (UC) Berkeley has developed a technique for encapsulating liquids of nanocrystals between layers of graphene so that chemical reactions in the liquids can be imaged with an electron microscope. More>>

Web Highlights

Confocal Microscopy Lecture Video

Kurt Thorn (UCSF) discusses the basic principles of confocal microscopy, the operation of laser scanning and spinning disk confocal microscopes, and the application to biology. Learn more.

The Fly EM Project

Fly EM Project is using electron microscopy to create a map of every neuron and synapse in the Drosophila nervous system. Learn more.

Featured Image

Siliceous skeleton of a nassellarian radiolarian from Plankton Chronicles Project Learn more.

Latest Microscopy News

Lumenera® Corporation Introduces Improved High Resolution 11 Megapixel GigE Camera Details

JEOL Introduces New Sub-nm Field Emission SEM Series Details

First Dedicated Commercial 3D-Electron Microscopy Service Details

Bruker fully automated stand-alone FTIR microscope LUMOS Details

New series of Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopes from Hitachi Details

Field Transmission X-ray Microscope Captures Nanoscale Structures in 3D Details

Microscope Buyers Guide

From stereo microscopes to live cell confocal to high resolution electron microscopes, our product guide includes product information and direct links to the to vendor web sites.

News And Events

Advancements in microscope technology, new microscopes, jobs in microscopy, company news, meetings, and more. We have searched the wires to bring you the latest.

Organizations

From stereo microscopes to live cell confocal to high resolution electron microscopes, our product guide includes product information and direct links to the to vendor web sites.

Microscopy Web Resources

This is an annotated reference to the best web sites for information on microscopy. It includes introductions, techniques, applications, images and more.  The resources are present by instrument, application, and type of resource.