Nikon's Small World competition recognizes the art and science of microscope photography. This year's winning images reveal firing neurons, the vessels of leaves and eyeballs, and colorful crystals ...

Whether you are collecting images for your schoolwork or report with one of the best microscopes for students, keeping a personal record for yourself, or teaching your young ones with the best ...

Through a microscopic lens, the heat from an igniting matchstick – captured within one-eight-thousandth of a second – is palpable. A mosaic of caffeine crystals could be mistaken for a work of ...

As a girl growing up at the edge of Puget Sound's tidal flats, Carla Stehr found magic in the muck. Ribbons of eelgrass. Spitting clams. Burrowing sea cucumbers. The older she got, the closer she ...

In 1904, the micrographs Arthur E. Smith, were exhibited at the Royal Society’s Annual Conversazione in London, are showing many viewers the world under a microscope for the first time. And some ...

Just in time for spring, several winners capture a close-up view of fern spores to pollen tubes hidden in a flower petal This year's global winner was a close-up image of a thale cress (Arabidopsis ...

Thinking of beautifying your face today? You could be giving yourself a fungus facial. An alarming new UK study revealed that makeup brushes can be dirtier than a toilet — with microscopic photos ...