Microscope

New tech to diagnose abnormal chromosomes during IVF and prevent miscarriage

The new time-lapse technology monitors the health of the embryos by capturing digital images since the moment of creation until implanting it in the uterus.

ANU researchers use barcode scanner like technology to film neurons firing

The sophisticated microscope built by ANU engineers can image moving blood cells and neural activity in animals, in high speed and in high resolution.

Stanford University researchers develop LudusScope, a smartphone compatible microscope

Researchers at Stanford University have developed a smartphone microscope that allows kids to play games or make more serious observations with miniature light-seeking microbes called Euglena.

Australian researchers develop world's first scanning helium microscope

The world-first scanning helium microscope has been built by Australian researchers who feel it could "open doors" for many new discoveries by allowing scientists to scrutinise materials without disturbing them.

Three win Nobel in chemistry for giving the microscope a sharper vision

"Their ground-breaking work has brought optical microscopy into the nanodimension," the academy said.

Scientists invent neutron microscope to view high-res images

Neutron-based instruments have the ability to probe inside metal objects such as fuel cells, batteries, and engines, even when in use to learn details of their internal structure, researchers said.

Scientists invent neutron microscope to view high-res images

Neutron-based instruments have the ability to probe inside metal objects such as fuel cells, batteries, and engines, even when in use to learn details of their internal structure, researchers said.

New microscope to replace X-ray glasses, say scientists

A bunch of physicists at the University of California have achieved the unthinkable.