Discover how to transform a basic webcam into a powerful DIY microscope using simple materials. In this step-by-step tutorial, you'll learn how to build a functional microscope stand from cardboard, ...

Scientists have shattered the diffraction limit, using continuous-wave lasers to resolve images at 0.1 nanometers.

Researchers from Regensburg and Birmingham have overcome a fundamental limitation of optical microscopy. With the help of ...

Endoscopic optical coherence tomography is widely used to visualize tissue microstructures in real time, but current probes ...

By combining two fundamentally different microscopy techniques, researchers can now measure the optical properties of a ...

Researchers have succeeded in developing the smallest fully autonomous robot in history. It measures less than 1 millimeter and can swim underwater for months powered only by light.

Scoop up a cup of water anywhere on Earth, and you will find strange, entrancing life-forms called plankton. From brilliantly colored blobs to miniature monsters adorned with tentacles and gigantic ...