Elastic tissue staining was the most reliable way to determine scarring pattern in alopecia biopsy specimens, with fluorescent microscopy displaying an identical pattern in most cases, according to ...

When imaging a biological specimen, scientists typically use microscope optics to magnify features they’re studying. A new method called expansion microscopy improves resolution by physically ...

Reviewed by Maryam Mahdi, B.Sc. Expansion microscopy, put simply, is a method of improving the final image resolution during regular light microscopy, by physically enlarging the organism itself. The ...

Rebecca Bonfig and Matthew Weitzman (both Olympus Life Science, MA, USA) explore the ways researchers can make the most out of their treasured neural and brain tissue samples using three different ...