Short description: Resolution and Discovery is an open access, peer-reviewed journal covering all kinds of microscopy in materials science and in life sciences, new developments on instrumentation and microscopy techniques. The journal provides a forum for the publication of original research papers of the following subject areas: structure and imaging of biomolecules and live cells; multidisciplinary approaches; materials for nanotechnology, metal alloys and intermetallics, ceramics, composites, minerals; scanning probe microscopy, 3D imaging and tomography.