These stunning images show the world from under a microscope From spines on neurons to pollen on an insect’s eye, the winners of Nikon’s Small World photo contest offer a kaleidoscopic glimpse ...

A device that can convert a smartphone or tablet into a fluorescence microscope for less than US $50 is presented in a proof-of-principle study in Scientific Reports. The authors suggest that the ...

"SEM is a microscope that uses electrons instead of light to form an image. Since their development in the early 1950's, scanning electron microscopes have developed new areas of study in the ...

10 weird and wonderful things to look at under a microscope Related: Magnificent microphotography: 50 tiny wonders "I knew the moment I saw this colorful specimen that it was going to be a ...

“A transmission electron microscope can distinguish each of these metals by electron energy-loss to give elemental maps of each that can be overlaid in color on the familiar monochrome electron ...

The slate is limited to 1,240 x 930 (150 PPI) in color but can double that to 2,480 x 1,860 (300 PPI) in black and white, and this can be see under magnification.

This results in beautiful images that enhance the 3D features of small specimens: the sporangia don’t normally glow like this. Inside them grow the plant’s spores, which appear as brown blobs ...