There are lots of uses for a microscope, but using them to get a closer look at small creatures such as insects can be truly startling especially for those that don't seem all that strange in ...

Vinegar eel "flash mob" caught under the microscope! Researchers were stunned when they measured the force of the roiling ...

The winners of a microscopic video competition have been announced, and among the remarkable entries is an incredible clip of a tiny tardigrade riding a roundworm. The Nikon Small World in Motion ...

Smartphones aren't simply an amazing convenience. In Africa they can be used to make a lifesaving diagnosis. In fact, scientists are hoping to use a souped-up smartphone microscope to help them ...

Composite image showing fluorescent-tagged nuclei in every cell of five different C. elegans captured in the Advanced Light Microscopy Unit at the CRG. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...