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Diatoms to Dinosaurs—Our Most Popular Microscope Images for January 2022

By Kerry Israel - 10 February, 2022

Comparison of image quality when aperture stop is too wide, optimally set, and too small during Köhler illumination alignment

How to Align Köhler Illumination in 6 Simple Steps

By Lauren Alvarenga - 3 February, 2022

Hoffman modulation contrast images for assisted reproduction

What Is Hoffman Modulation Contrast?

By Alec De Grand - 20 January, 2022

Microscope artwork

Surf and Turf—Our Most Popular Microscope Images for December 2021

By Kerry Israel - 10 January, 2022

Olympus IOTY 2020 global winner Werner Zuschratter captured a whole rat embryo under the microscope

Aesthetics of Autofluorescence—Meet the IOTY 2020 Global Winner

By Rebecca Chandler - 6 January, 2022

Microscope autofocus system

Microscope Autofocus: Active vs. Passive Methods for Equipment Design

By Masato Yabe - 23 December, 2021

Popular microscope images

An Eye for Detail—Our Most Popular Microscope Images for November 2021

By Kerry Israel - 21 December, 2021

Helping Curb the Spread of COVID-19 with Faster, More Sensitive SARS-CoV-2 Detection

By Kristina Mayer - 16 December, 2021

Stitched panorama images of crystallized amino acids L glutamine and beta alanine using polarized light

Lifelong Love of the Microscopic—Meet the IOTY 2020 Americas Regional Winner

By Kerry Israel - 9 December, 2021

Popular microscope images for October 2021

Spooky and Spine-Chilling: Our Most Popular Microscope Images for October 2021

By Kerry Israel - 12 November, 2021

XinPei Zhang, the Asia-Pacific regional winner of the Olympus Global Image of the Year Award 2020

Spreading His Wings: IOTY 2020 Asia-Pacific Winner Shares the Beauty of the Microworld

By Rebecca Chandler - 4 November, 2021

Dr. Conor Evans from the Evans Lab at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at MGH

Making the Invisible Visible to Improve Patient Outcomes: A Conversation with Dr. Conor Evans

By Kerry Israel - 19 October, 2021