This image shows a Vero cell that was grown on a first surface mirror and fluorescently stained to show the microtubules, which are part of the cell cytoskeleton. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!
Light microscopes use light and mirrors and can see things as small as 400 nanometers. This allows us to get down to the world of the cell, and that means some pretty amazing things can be seen.
The approach is easy to integrate into an existing optical microscope set-up and results in good-quality images. On the downside, the TIE method often requires multiple acquisitions with different ...
In a truly futuristic feat, researchers from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland, have built a 3D-printed ...