Gravitational lenses bend and focus light from the more distant cosmos, offering astronomers a cheat code for chronicling the ...

Researchers believe they have unlocked an entirely new realm of optical science they are now calling ... of times their size far beyond what light microscopes can accomplish.

Liu's $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation furthers another pioneering ... Although he views his research as ...

The attomicroscope is a modified transmission electron microscope, which uses a beam of electrons to image things as small as a few nanometers across (SN: 7/16/08). Like light, electrons can be ...

Developed by researchers at the University of Arizona, who have published their work in the journal Science, the microscope uses ... an electron pulse and two light pulses. How they work together ...

Instead of using visible light, a transmission electron microscope directs beams of electrons through whatever sample is being studied. The interaction between the electrons and the sample is ...

Researchers developed a new smartphone-based digital holographic microscope that enables precision 3D measurements. The highly portable and inexpensive microscope could help bring 3D measurement ...

His invention, later named the daguerreotype, was based on a special property of silver iodide: when exposed to light, the molecules ... the role of photography in science has only grown.

This Portable Handheld Pocket LCD Microscope with a 4" Screen is on sale for just $69.97 (reg. $100) through 29.

Scientists have developed a new type of microscope that uses a smartphone to create detailed 3D images, known as holograms, ...