Natural and manufactured materials rely on complex hierarchical microstructures to deliver a
suite of interesting properties. To predict and tailor their performance requires a joined-up …

Several imaging techniques are used in biological and biomedical studies. Micro-computed
tomography (micro-CT) is a non-destructive imaging technique that allows the rapid …

Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in
virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry …

Increasingly researchers are looking to bring together perspectives across multiple scales,
or to combine insights from different techniques, for the same region of interest. To this end …

The microenvironmental conditions in soil exert a major control on many ecosystem
functions of soil. Their investigation in intact soil samples is impaired by methodological …

In recent years, bumblebees have become a prominent insect model organism for a variety
of biological disciplines, particularly to investigate learning behaviors as well as visual …

Intravital microscopy provides dynamic understanding of multiple cell biological processes,
but its limited resolution has so far precluded structural analysis. Because it is difficult to …

Histology and immunohistochemistry of thin tissue sections have been the standard
diagnostic procedure in many diseases for decades. This method is highly specific for …

Characterisation and quantification of tissue structures is limited by sectioning-induced
artefacts and by the difficulties of visualising and segmenting 3D volumes. Here we …

Highlights•Specific innovative techniques for external and internal structures.•New quality of
documentation—accelerated acquisition of high quality data.•Independent data for …