Researchers say the innovation, known as SmartEM, will speed scanning sevenfold and open the field of connectomics to a ...

Mapping the brain is one of the biggest challenges in modern science. Researchers are trying to understand how billions of ...

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Yi Xue works on 2P-FOCUS, a new two-photon microscopy system, in her lab. The system promises novel insights into biological features that were once only ...

Microscopy continues to transform the life sciences. Here are five recent breakthroughs made possible by the technique.

Our brain is a complex organ. Billions of nerve cells are wired in an intricate network, constantly processing signals, enabling us to recall memories or to move our bodies. Making sense of this ...

The next time you reach for a memory or make a quick choice, a storm of tiny signals races through your brain. Scientists can ...

Nearly 150 years ago, scientists began to imagine how information might flow through the brain based on the shapes of neurons they had seen under the microscopes of the time. With today's imaging ...

Most of the time, you assume your brain is either “on” or “off,” awake or asleep. A new study shows something far more ...

Illuminating the dark. Tavakoli, Lyudchik, and Danzl discuss a close-up image of the hippocampus—a brain region responsible for memory formation and spatial navigation—in the microscopy room at the ...