Nikon's annual Small World competition showcases images of a world that humans can't usually see, as captured through the ...

Zhang You of the Entomological Society of China took first place with an image of a rice weevil—an agricultural pest—on a ...

Not all threats are visible, and this tiny threat is insidious, even sneaking its way into the human body. But scientists ...

If you think of a single atom as a grain of sand, then a wavelength of visible light—which is a thousand times larger than ...

For more than 50 years, scientists have dreamed of seeing the hidden patterns that govern the motion of nonlinear waves—the ...

From fluorescent ferns to sprawling neurons, this year’s winning photos reveal the structures and artistry of life seen through a microscope.

Researchers have devised a new way to illuminate the previously invisible oligomer clumps driving Parkinson’s disease.

Scientists ‘draw’ crystal patterns using laser light. Call it a jazzed-up version of your childhood crystal-growing kit.

By miniaturizing THz spectroscopy to a chip-scale platform, James McIver’s lab has uncovered a promising new method for controlling quantum materials. Under certain conditions, two-dimensional (2D) ...

When Darwin Quiroz first started working with optics as an undergraduate, he was developing atomic magnetometers. That ...

Vascular dementia is caused by blood flow issues in the brain: it's one of the most common types of dementia, but not as well ...