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2022 Top 10 Innovations
2022 Top 10 Innovations
This year’s crop of winning products features many with a clinical focus and others that represent significant advances in sequencing, single-cell analysis, and more.
2022 Top 10 Innovations
2022 Top 10 Innovations

This year’s crop of winning products features many with a clinical focus and others that represent significant advances in sequencing, single-cell analysis, and more.

This year’s crop of winning products features many with a clinical focus and others that represent significant advances in sequencing, single-cell analysis, and more.

microscopy, imaging

3D imaging of organoid
Infographic: Generating Hundreds of 3D Organoid Images per Hour
Natalia Mesa, PhD | Oct 17, 2022 | 1 min read
By modifying a technique used to image single cells, researchers have managed to generate a super-resolution 3D image of a complete organoid in just seven seconds.
Cellular therapy. 3d illustration
Expert JeWell-ry Designers
Natalia Mesa, PhD | Oct 17, 2022 | 3 min read
Analyzing organoids has proven slow and cumbersome for scientists. But a new technique may speed things up, producing 3D images of hundreds of organoids per hour.
Mapping the Brain in 3-D
Mapping the Brain in 3-D
Nathan Ni, PhD | 1 min read
3-D brain atlases help scientists better understand brain function in physiological and pathological situations.
Conceptual image of blue neurons with glowing segments over blue background.
CRACK Method Reveals Novel Neuron Type in Mouse Brain
Dan Robitzski | Apr 18, 2022 | 3 min read
A new technique reveals cells’ precise locations and functions in the brain. Its developers have already used it to identify a previously unknown neuron type.
Top 10 Innovations 2021
2021 Top 10 Innovations
The Scientist | Dec 1, 2021 | 10+ min read
The COVID-19 pandemic is still with us. Biomedical innovation has rallied to address that pressing concern while continuing to tackle broader research challenges.
Technique Talk: Developing Fluorescence Microscopy Skills
The Scientist | 1 min read
Learn how to obtain more representative and reproducible microscopy images in this workshop.
computerized image of different layers of a cell shown at great detail
New Studies Enable a Clearer View Inside Cells
Andrew Chapman | Nov 4, 2021 | 5 min read
Armed with improved imaging techniques and supercomputers, researchers are generating detailed three-dimensional images of cellular structures that anyone can explore.
Microscopy and Imaging Leader Shinya Inoué Dies
Jef Akst | Oct 7, 2019 | 1 min read
The long-time Marine Biological Laboratory scientist was known for using his own hand-built microscopes to image the dynamics of live cells.
traced mouse neurons
Image of the Day: Brain Map
Nicoletta Lanese | Sep 6, 2019 | 1 min read
Scientists traced 1,000 neurons through the mouse brain, uncovering new details about how the organ is wired.
two photon microscopy organoid mouse adipose tissue
Image of the Day: Neon Tissue
Chia-Yi Hou | May 31, 2019 | 1 min read
See a mouse organoid imaged using two-photon microscopy.
freeze frame
Caught on Camera
The Scientist | Feb 1, 2019 | 1 min read
Selected Images of the Day from the-scientist.com
AI Networks Generate Super-Resolution from Basic Microscopy
Jef Akst | Dec 17, 2018 | 3 min read
A new study uses deep learning to improve the resolution of biological images, but elicits skepticism about its ability to enhance snapshots of sample types that it has never seen before.
Imaging Chromatin to Deduce Function from Form
Marissa Fessenden | Dec 1, 2018 | 7 min read
Researchers describe their tools for probing how the physical shape of the genome affects genes’ function.
Image of the Day: The Birth of a Nervous System
Jef Akst | Oct 2, 2018 | 1 min read
The winner of the 2018 Nikon Small World in Motion video competition shows the development of sensory neurons in a zebrafish embryo.
Image of the Day: Rainbotubules
The Scientist and The Scientist Staff | Apr 26, 2018 | 1 min read
By combining two microscopy techniques, researchers produce images of structures less than 10 nanometers wide.
Image of the Day: Mosquito Brain
The Scientist | Mar 6, 2018 | 1 min read
Researchers have constructed the first neuroanatomy atlas of a female mosquito’s brain.
Image of the Day: Cell Division
The Scientist and The Scientist Staff | Feb 5, 2018 | 1 min read
A combination of imaging techniques allows researchers to observe subcellular processes within organisms.
Image of the Day: Guess Whose Leg Ā 
The Scientist and The Scientist Staff | Nov 8, 2017 | 1 min read
Scientists have developed a computer tomography device capable of visualizing objects at nanoscale. 
Entire Fruit Fly Brain Imaged with Electron Microscopy
Ashley Yeager | May 31, 2017 | 3 min read
Synaptic connections and a new neuron type emerge in high-res images, which hold promise for mapping the complete connectome.
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