In 1858, the first standard for microscope objectives was established to encourage interchangeable components. Over the following 150 years, standards have evolved to constrain the size of objectives, which limits the parameters of working distance, field of view and resolution. A new design breaks out of this conventional envelope, offering an ultra-long working distance in air and enabling new neuroscience experiments.
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This is a summary of: Yu, C.-H. et al. The Cousa objective: a long-working distance air objective for multiphoton imaging in vivo. Nat. Methods https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-023-02098-1 (2023).
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Ultra-long-working-distance multiphoton objective unlocks new possibilities for imaging. Nat Methods 21, 24–25 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-023-02116-2
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