The journal discusses, among other subjects and developments, the current and future applications of this technology to clinical medicine and bioscience.
Special issues appear each year.
FAMS also organizes symposia and sponsors an annual international scientific meeting, which includes short courses and presentations covering all aspects of the microscopies. The editorial content addresses the basic science and applications in food structure, forensics, and materials. In addition to paid subscriptions, copies of each issue are distributed to researchers, professors, and advanced students in the field of scanning microscopy. The journal is used as a text at many university courses, and aims to be on the cutting edge of developments in the science. Applications of the technology are an increasing component of both the editorial content of the journal, and the meeting.