This scattered light creates an image of the sample’s features that are in bright contrast to the dark background. To create such images, however, researchers need to fit standard optical microscopes ...

For this stuff, dark field microscopy (where you get bright objects against the dark background) is obviously better than bright field. I'm just starting to figure out how to do it. We are using ...

"Fluorescence microscopy requires more equipment ... "The bright green fluorescent light stands out clearly from the dark background. It's this contrast in fluorescent imaging that allowed ...

ASU Biodesign Institute researcher Tony Hu and postdoctoral researcher Dali Sun turned a smart phone into a powerful dark-field microscope. The affordability and mobility of the microscope allows ...