On September 7, 1674, Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, a fabric seller living just south of The Hague, Netherlands, burst forth from scientific obscurity with a letter to London’s Royal Society detailing an ...

How do photosynthetic organisms harvest light so efficiently? To help answer this question, researchers have developed an ultrafast transient absorption microscope with sensitivity approaching the ...

Explore 25 astonishing things you can only see under a microscope. Discover hidden universes in everyday objects, from butterfly wings to snowflakes. Uncov ...

The museum has a magnificent collection of microscopes including some fine examples of early compound microscopes such as this one made by John Marshall, one of the leading optical instrument makers ...

CORNING, NY — To closely inspect the evolution of the microscope, the Corning Museum of Glass is highlighting the lens-making behind the optical tool. Revealing the Invisible includes one of the few ...

When University of Aberdeen researchers encountered an undecipherable molecule from the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench, IBM's fine-tuned atomic force microscope helped them complete the puzzle ...

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FITCHBURG — Using technology in class is very important to Christopher Landry, science teacher of seventh- and eighth-graders at Memorial Middle School. From a smartboard station to interactive ...

A physics-based autofocus method uses dual LED lighting to detect and correct defocus in microscopes. It enhances imaging ...

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently discovered that adding a modified form of the superabsorbent chemical used in disposable diapers can expand samples of brain tissues ...