James Herrick, a Chicago doctor, was the first to describe sickled red blood cells in a patient of African descent.

With open-source software and Lego hardware, researchers have created a low-cost, automated method for cellular fluorescence microscopy.

The tools researchers used to study how this amphipod’s limbs develop could help inform our understanding of cell lineages and fates.

Optical engineers have developed a portable field microscope that could aid the diagnosis of diseased cells.

A clever twist on a super-resolution microscopy technique improves the temporal resolution of single-molecule tracking. 

From confocal fluorescence microscopy to super-resolution and live 3-D imaging, microscopes have changed rapidly since 1986.

The newest life-science products making waves in labs and clinics

A new microscope allows researchers to watch biological processes at the cellular level in 3-D in living animals. 

Submissions are officially open for this year’s Top 10 Innovations contest.