Almost everyone carries microscopic mites on their skin. They live inside pores and hair follicles, feeding on skin oils and ...

For the first time, scientists have observed how tiny metal "thorns" called dendrites sprout inside lithium-ion batteries, which can cause the batteries to short-circuit. Their findings, published in ...

One day microscopic robots could be crawling through your body, clearing out disease or delivering drugs. And now we’re one step closer to that future, as scientists from Cornell University have ...

A new preclinical study in mice shows that precancerous cells in the pancreas can be eliminated before they have the chance to become tumors. Using an experimental therapy to target microscopic ...

It is a longstanding challenge to be able to control biological systems to perform specific tasks. In a paper published in Nature Physics, researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of ...

Scientists at King’s College London have built the world’s hottest engine—one so extreme that it reaches temperatures higher than the core of the sun. The engine isn’t a motor like you’d find in a car ...

This itty-bitty camera can spot big problems. Researchers at Princeton University and the University of Washington have developed a camera so ultracompact that it’s the size of a minuscule grain of ...

When you look around your living room, you likely see a clean, quiet space, but on a microscopic level, your home is actually a thrumming metropolis of alien-looking life. Every square inch of your ...

urinalysis urine lab test New findings suggest that individuals with prolonged hematuria should be monitored. Microscopic hematuria, especially if it persists, is associated with an increased risk for ...