It’s always amazing, and more than a little humbling, when the universe reminds us that our “common sense” is provincial and will fall apart on cosmic scales. If you’re on the surface of Earth—and I’m ...

Today we're looking at Atomic Force Microscopy! I built a "macro-AFM" to demonstrate the principles of an atomic force microscope, then we look at a real AFM (an nGauge AFM from ICSPI) and do a few ...

The intricate, hidden processes that sustain coral life are being revealed through a new microscope developed by scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The diver-operated ...

Google’s Angular team has started maintaining an llms.txt file to help large language models find the latest Angular documentation and produce modern Angular code. Angular v20 is now available. The ...

Science is one of the most fruitful sources of new terminology. There’s nothing like a surfeit of terms like “mitochondrial synthesis” and “quantum fluctuations” to make your writing sound ...

In context: 3D printing is slowly becoming mainstream, having moved beyond functional prototyping, rapid tooling, trinkets, and toys. We have already seen people use 3D printers to create fashion ...

Six years on from the first iMicro smartphone microscope, the team has unveiled its latest: the iMicro Q3p, a fingertip-sized, lightweight device that makes microscopy inexpensive, portable and ...

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Infrared microscopy involves the examination of small samples, usually within the 10 to 100 μm range. Spatial resolution becomes a significant concern on the scale. The infrared light's relatively ...

Winners of the Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition captured insects, cancer cells, cat claws and more The iridescent abdomen of a cuckoo wasp (Hedychrum gerstaeckeri) looks beautiful when ...

From spines on neurons to pollen on an insect’s eye, the winners of Nikon’s Small World photo contest offer a kaleidoscopic glimpse into a tiny world. These water fleas (Daphnia sp.) can reproduce ...