A microscope that cost less than £50 and took under 3 hours to build using a common 3D printer could be transformative for ...

A new microscopy technique allows scientists to see single-atom-thick boron nitride by making it glow under infrared light. Researchers from the Physical Chemistry and Theory departments at the Fritz ...

A microscopic 'Christmas tree' is a seasonal look at a remarkable science project that found eerie comparisons between the ...

A simple light-based method is uncovering hidden fiber networks inside the brain and body, even in tissue slides over 100 years old.

A device smaller than a grain of dust is emerging as a surprisingly powerful candidate to reshape how quantum computers are ...

Largest deposit of pure black jade, called nephrite, is discovered in China, and it could revolutionize the world of jewelry.

Crimson red ladybug spider with surprising scientific characteristics has been discovered in Morocco and named Eresus ...

The kids seem more excited to be more hands-on because we have more tools than we did last year,’ says program leader Kira Higgins ...

What started as a casual weekend of planning turned into an uncomfortable discovery that lingered far longer than the trip ...

In a short talk at Caltech, physicist Richard Feynman laid out a vision of manipulating and controlling atoms at the tiniest ...

The magnetic compass is the last unknown sense in migrating animals. For some scientists, the monarch butterfly is leading ...

The tiny atom, the basic building block of everything, is itself almost nothing, but atoms form a crossroads where science ...