It’s relatively easy to understand how optical microscopes work at low magnifications: one lens magnifies an image, the next magnifies the already-magnified image, and so on until it reaches the eye ...

The intricate, hidden processes that sustain coral life are being revealed through a new microscope developed by scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The diver-operated ...

Matin Durrani visits the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the US to find out how neutrons are being used to create a unique microscope that can see inside objects that other particles ...

The list of winners for this year’s Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition has finally been released, and the contest’s talented photographers once again wow viewers with fantastical images of ...

Through the lens of a microscope, even a dirty windowsill can hold some of nature’s tiniest treasures. A staged snapshot of a rice weevil spreading its wings on a grain of rice won first place in the ...

If you’re used to working through a microscope, you’ve probably noticed that the angle of the light greatly affects how your workpiece looks. Most of us prefer the relatively flat lighting provided by ...

TMEM16F, a membrane protein involved in several crucial biological processes, including blood coagulation and Covid-19 pathogenesis, has been the focus of an innovative study conceived and led by a ...

The above photo, taken through a microscope, is an example of the type of image that could be submitted for the #AtMiamiYouWill spring photo contest, with the theme "Miami Through the Lens: Magnify ...